RxDoctor Payments Data

John Costello, DO

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Philadelphia, PANPI 1699037291

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — grants (38.4%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 39.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $15,413 and has fallen 56.9% since, to $6,639 in 2025.

$32,587in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 404 payments — averaging $80.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medtronic$13K
  • Boston Scientific$8K
  • Abbott$4K
  • Biosense Webster, Inc.$2K
  • Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$1K
  • Biotronik Inc.$1K
  • plus $4K from 28 others
$69,258in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 13 payments — averaging $5327.54 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Biosense Webster, Inc.$57K
  • ZOLL Respicardia, Inc.$9K
  • Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$4K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$9213%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$5,05015%
  • Grants$12,50038%
  • Travel & lodging$1,9276%
  • Food & beverage$11,77536%
  • Education$4141%

General payments by program year

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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.

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.

How this compares

$32,587 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 201 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Pennsylvania.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$607,840
Medicare patients
2,153
Services billed
6,896

What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.

Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban158$201,842
XareltoRivaroxaban40$55,274
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan24$26,025
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol16$9,430
Metoprolol Succinate88$1,671
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl20$668
Atorvastatin Calcium35$632
Metoprolol Tartrate79$575
Rosuvastatin Calcium28$536
Digoxin22$489
Carvedilol36$333
Amiodarone Hcl15$206
Amlodipine Besylate25$205
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate14$203
Furosemide29$157

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
PfizerEliquis$202$201,842158 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$171$55,27440 claims
NovartisEntresto$100$26,02524 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$15$9,43016 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 65th percentile of 201 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Pennsylvania.

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