Kolade Agboola, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Gastonia, NCNPI 1356791644
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (32.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 36.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $20,415, more than ten times the $118 reported in 2019.
Across 202 payments — averaging $213.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$16K
- Abbott$12K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$11K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Biotronik Inc.$721
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$283
- plus $883 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,30015%
- Grants$14,03533%
- Travel & lodging$12,01228%
- Food & beverage$10,20024%
- Education$5321%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 60 | $15,848 |
| Abbott | 49 | $12,314 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 58 | $11,090 |
| Boston Scientific | 21 | $1,940 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 3 | $721 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $283 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $215 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $146 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $119 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $51 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $22 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $17 |
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$10,171
- AMPLATZER AMULET$3,018
- AVEIR$2,477
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$854
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$699
- WATCHMAN FLX$580
- ENSITE$451
- OPTIMIZER$279
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$272
- ENSITE PRECISION$174
- Micra$167
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$159
- NUVISION ICE CATHETER$144
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$142
- GALLANT$130
- QDOT MICRO$125
- Sotalol Hydrochloride$119
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$118
- Zio monitor$116
- ZIO XT Patch$116
How this compares
$43,079 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 98 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in North Carolina.
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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 | 26 | $21,207 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 26 | $528 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 30 | $397 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 17 | $296 |
| Mupirocin | 18 | $119 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 27 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Gastonia
- Omer SheddGastonia$24K
- Michael ManogueAsheville$230K
- Daniel FriedmanDurham$196K
- James AllredGreensboro$184K
- John RhynerAsheville$168K
- Gregory HarrisGreenville$164K
- John CatanzaroGreenville$159K
- Kevin ManochaRaleigh$146K
- Albert SunDurham$138K
- Manish JainConcord$127K
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.