Kenneth Brownell
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Maywood, ILNPI 1831686658
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (49.5%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 42.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $21,736, more than ten times the $147 reported in 2021.
Across 258 payments — averaging $166.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$18K
- Medtronic$14K
- Boston Scientific$6K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$940
- Biotronik Inc.$481
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$21,25049%
- Travel & lodging$11,64127%
- Food & beverage$8,43120%
- Education$1,6114%
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 | 63 | $18,347 |
| Medtronic | 87 | $13,837 |
| Boston Scientific | 24 | $6,417 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 15 | $1,288 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 28 | $940 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 7 | $481 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $341 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $246 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $136 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $127 |
| Amgen | 1 | $125 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $106 |
| Novartis | 3 | $99 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $66 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $64 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- TACTICATH$3,125
- ASSURITY$3,125
- ENSITE$2,966
- Carto 3$1,418
- WATCHMAN Access System$1,265
- ENSITE PRECISION$1,220
- Farapulse$903
- Micra$896
- AMPLIA MRI QUAD CRT-D SURESCAN$591
- CAMZYOS$246
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$135
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$128
- Repatha$125
- Zio monitor$124
- ZIO XT Patch$124
- AMVUTTRA$115
- WAINUA$106
How this compares
$42,934 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 158 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Illinois.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 11 | $9,724 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 13 | $565 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $66 | $9,72411 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 70th percentile of 158 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Illinois.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Maywood
- Alexander GreenMaywood$74K
- Lucas ChanMaywood$36K
- Mansour RazminiaPalos Heights$927K
- Mark MetzlEvanston$799K
- Roderick TungChicago$795K
- Bradley KnightChicago$661K
- Gaurav UpadhyayChicago$593K
- Henry HuangGeneva$501K
- Kousik KrishnanNaperville$311K
- Hany DemoChicago$297K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.