Jessica Kaczmarek
Charleston, SCNPI 1376049460
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (48.6%), food and beverage and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 40.7% of the total.
Across 199 payments — averaging $132.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$11K
- Biotronik Inc.$9K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Abbott$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$383
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$54
- plus $94 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$4,00015%
- Travel & lodging$12,83249%
- Food & beverage$9,15135%
- Education$4252%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 67 | $10,747 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 70 | $9,282 |
| Boston Scientific | 22 | $3,810 |
| Abbott | 30 | $2,038 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $383 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$2,842
- Solia$2,618
- Edora 8 DR-T$2,267
- Rivacor 7 DR-T$1,597
- BioMonitor$1,354
- ENSITE PRECISION$1,220
- Micra$1,146
- Plexa ProMRI$1,107
- WATCHMAN Access System$918
- Sentus$670
- AMVIA EDGE$479
- Selectra$479
- PAMIRA$479
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$186
- WATCHMAN FLX$174
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$170
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$164
- ENSITE$145
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$100
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.