Michael Cinelli
Chapel Hill, NCNPI 1265964696
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (48.9%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 39.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,901, more than ten times the $12 reported in 2022.
Across 148 payments — averaging $109.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$6K
- Medtronic$4K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$871
- Abiomed$754
- Philips North America LLC$388
- plus $1K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$2,19013%
- Travel & lodging$5,72735%
- Food & beverage$7,94249%
- Education$3862%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 35 | $6,487 |
| Medtronic | 55 | $4,414 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 12 | $1,861 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 13 | $871 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $754 |
| Philips North America LLC | 5 | $388 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $373 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $248 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $205 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 3 | $204 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $133 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $130 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $129 |
| Novartis | 2 | $47 |
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.
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$1,176
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$924
- ONYX FRONTIER$782
- VITALFLOW CONSOLE$714
- WATCHMAN Access System$636
- Impella$607
- SYMPLICITY G3$388
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$296
- JARDIANCE$223
- JETSTREAM SC$177
- PASCAL$157
- BioMonitor$152
- CVI SYSTEMS$139
- Orsiro Mission$130
- (BQ9) Coronary IVUS$122
- AVVIGO Guidance System$116
- FFRangio$105
- METACROSS OTW$101
- GlideWire$101
- Heartrail$101
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.