Karl Ilg, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Detroit, MINPI 1336267723
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (43.9%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 32.3% of the total.
Across 161 payments — averaging $177.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$9K
- Medtronic$6K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$6K
- Philips North America LLC$4K
- Abbott$2K
- Boston Scientific$421
- plus $811 from 14 others
Across 49 payments — averaging $586.12 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.
- Boston Scientific$15K
- Atricure, Inc.$7K
- Biotronik Inc.$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,55044%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,4008%
- Travel & lodging$7,15825%
- Food & beverage$6,49923%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $9,250 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 34 | $6,466 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 31 | $5,856 |
| Philips North America LLC | 26 | $3,562 |
| Abbott | 20 | $2,243 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $421 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 10 | $253 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $140 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 5 | $123 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $79 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $37 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $34 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $33 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $17 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Novartis | 1 | $14 |
| Stereotaxis Inc | 1 | $5 |
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.
- Carto 3 System$12,550
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$2,046
- Carto 3$1,868
- AVEIR$1,513
- Micra$1,477
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,281
- (9124) LM Undivided$543
- Bridge$249
- PulseSelect$168
- LINQ II$157
- VIEWMATE$143
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$142
- QDOT MICRO Catheter$142
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$130
- (5028) IGT Devices Systems Undivided$123
- Trillium cushions$110
- Arctic Front$110
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE$108
- WATCHMAN Access System$105
How this compares
$28,608 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 105 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Michigan.
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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 | 105 | $127,820 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 13 | $19,470 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 31 | $1,318 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 46 | $1,131 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 42 | $733 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 20 | $494 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 22 | $424 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 22 | $211 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $37 | $19,47013 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 105 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Michigan.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Detroit
- Randy LiebermanDetroit$1.2M
- Joya GangulyDetroit$96K
- Claudio SchugerDetroit$44K
- Matthew EbingerDetroit$36K
- Tarek MakkiDetroit$25K
- Waddah MaskounDetroit$18K
- Asim YunusSaginaw$236K
- Jackson LiangAnn Arbor$229K
- Ryan CunnaneAnn Arbor$218K
- Dipak ShahSouthfield$194K
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.