John Schoenhard, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · St Cloud, MNNPI 1699865840
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $207,238 of the $209,642 with a category attached, or 98.9%. Boston Scientific accounts for 99.0% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in MN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 270 payments — averaging $776.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$208K
- Medtronic$2K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$47
Across 128 payments — averaging $1951.08 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.
- Medtronic$201K
- Boston Scientific$48K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$207,23899%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,0001%
- Food & beverage$4040%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 263 | $207,551 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $2,043 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $47 |
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.
- CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT$124,275
- Watchman$17,763
- WATCHMAN Access System$15,250
How this compares
$209,642 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 72 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Minnesota.
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Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 378 | $452,925 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 181 | $213,402 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 451 | $26,708 |
| Dofetilide | 54 | $23,377 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 516 | $12,013 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 402 | $9,218 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 187 | $6,814 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 333 | $6,734 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 25 | $4,588 |
| Digoxin | 76 | $1,660 |
| Propafenone Hcl | 14 | $1,241 |
| Cartia XtDiltiazem Hcl | 20 | $1,059 |
| Sotalol AfSotalol Hcl | 20 | $643 |
| Carvedilol | 33 | $615 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 43 | $587 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in St Cloud
- Keith LurieSt Cloud$74K
- Julia MontgomerySt Cloud$7K
- Samuel AsirvathamRochester$1M
- Daniel MelbyMinneapolis$94K
- Suraj KapaRochester$92K
- David HayesRochester$86K
- Paul FriedmanRochester$83K
- Vy JocsonRobbinsdale$64K
- Venkatakrishna TholakanahalliMinneapolis$62K
- Mohsan ChaudhrySaint Cloud$55K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.