Matthew Sellers, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Greenville, SCNPI 1528225356
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (46.0%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 37 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 45.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $14,194 and has fallen 88.0% since, to $1,701 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $35,448.
Across 532 payments — averaging $58.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$14K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$4K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Biotronik Inc.$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$957
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$909
- plus $3K from 31 others
Across 1,265 payments — averaging $151.64 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.
- Biotronik Inc.$142K
- Abbott$49K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,4815%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,38043%
- Travel & lodging$1,9016%
- Food & beverage$14,27546%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 40 | $14,241 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 108 | $4,406 |
| Boston Scientific | 96 | $4,290 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 40 | $2,742 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $957 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 62 | $909 |
| Abbott | 37 | $760 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 21 | $377 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 9 | $372 |
| Novartis | 21 | $355 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 28 | $311 |
| Amgen | 15 | $252 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 7 | $137 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $132 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $111 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $108 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $77 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $51 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Bayer | 2 | $38 |
| Merck | 2 | $36 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $25 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $22 |
| BD | 1 | $21 |
| CMP Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $17 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $13 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
| Catheter Precision 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.
- XARELTO$13,680
- Carto 3$2,341
- Carto 3 System$1,588
- WATCHMAN FLX$825
- Watchman$584
- WATCHMAN Access System$403
- Farapulse$264
- Solia$238
- Rivacor$238
- Acticor$238
- Edora$238
- BioMonitor$238
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$144
- AMVIA EDGE$135
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$135
- Safeguard Focus$132
- Worley Adv Coronary Sinus Guide$132
- VIGILANT X4 CRT-D$130
- Soundstar$125
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$111
How this compares
$31,038 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 58 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in South Carolina.
See all clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in South Carolina →
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 | 794 | $803,673 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 246 | $279,253 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 70 | $79,980 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 48 | $51,797 |
| Dofetilide | 99 | $13,777 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 283 | $12,037 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 367 | $5,103 |
| Colchicine | 134 | $3,389 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 105 | $3,194 |
| Sucralfate | 146 | $3,075 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 101 | $1,670 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 57 | $1,442 |
| Losartan Potassium | 71 | $1,353 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 63 | $1,194 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 141 | $1,148 |
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 | $108 | $803,673794 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $14,241 | $279,253246 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $137 | $79,98070 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $355 | $51,79748 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 45th percentile of 58 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in South Carolina.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Greenville
- Joseph ManfrediGreenville$213K
- Peter NetzlerGreenville$146K
- Jeffrey SenfieldGreenville$88K
- Adam BarnettGreenville$73K
- Zain GowaniGreenville$36K
- George BlackGreenville$35K
- Donald RubensteinGreenville$3K
- Lawrence WestonGreenville$137
- Jeffrey WinterfieldCharleston$498K
- Frank CuocoCharleston$306K
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.