Kara Motonaga, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Palo Alto, CANPI 1073709648
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $6,237 of the $9,135 with a category attached, or 68.3%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 58.7% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $26,911.
Across 54 payments — averaging $169.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$5K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$2K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$762
- Medtronic$415
- Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC$182
- Baxter Healthcare$164
- plus $254 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,23768%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1001%
- Travel & lodging$7668%
- Food & beverage$2,03222%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 19 | $5,358 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $2,000 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 11 | $762 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $415 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $182 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 7 | $164 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 7 | $133 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $100 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 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.
- Allure Quadra RF CRT Pacemaker$2,200
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$2,000
- NA$757
- Carto 3$554
- Sotalol Hydrochloride$182
- SelectSecure$154
How this compares
$9,135 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 290 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in California.
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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.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Palo Alto
- Byron LeePalo Alto$267K
- Shephal DoshiSanta Monica$2.1M
- Jonathan HsuSan Diego$1.2M
- Leslie SaxonLos Angeles$1.1M
- Rahul BhardwajLoma Linda$935K
- Nicholas Olsonla Jolla$801K
- Jonathan DukesVentura$775K
- Brett GidneySanta Barbara$756K
- John Rogersla Jolla$738K
- Rajesh BankerNewport Beach$538K
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.