Matthew Zipse, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Aurora, CONPI 1861652794
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $91,956 of the $137,462 with a category attached, or 66.9%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Philips North America LLC at 40.7% of the total. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in CO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 274 payments — averaging $501.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Philips North America LLC$56K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$34K
- Boston Scientific$16K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$16K
- Abbott$8K
- Medtronic$7K
- plus $667 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$91,95667%
- Speaking & faculty fees$21,08815%
- Travel & lodging$15,97512%
- Food & beverage$8,4436%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Philips North America LLC | 36 | $55,906 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 28 | $34,125 |
| Boston Scientific | 29 | $15,663 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 80 | $15,602 |
| Abbott | 56 | $8,141 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 40 | $7,358 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 2 | $337 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $222 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
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$34,922
- GlideLight$17,075
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$13,384
- Bridge$7,835
- LLD$6,310
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$5,105
- Carto 3 System$4,950
- ENSITE PRECISION$4,043
- SightRail$3,315
- Farapulse$3,125
- VisiSheath$2,465
- AVEIR$2,105
- SLS$1,955
- TightRail$1,875
- (9124) LM Undivided$689
- ENSITE$629
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$610
- IGT Devices Und$603
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$357
- TACTICATH ABLATION CATHETER, SENSOR ENABLED$190
How this compares
$137,462 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 111 interventional cardiology providers in Colorado.
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 | 38 | $59,175 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 23 | $1,087 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 41 | $652 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 12 | $56 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Aurora
- Gareth MorganAurora$536K
- Jamaluddin MolooAurora$272K
- Jenny Zablah AlabiAurora$269K
- Sridhar Sampath-KumarAurora$142K
- Jeffrey ParkAurora$132K
- Akhil Rasim ReddyAurora$29K
- John CarrollAurora$25K
- Connie HessAurora$19K
- Aken DesaiAurora$19K
- Neel ButalaAurora$10K
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.