Michael Gold, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Charleston, SCNPI 1740398783
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (43.3%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 48.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $69,303 and has fallen 66.1% since, to $23,471 in 2025. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in SC 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 260 payments — averaging $784.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$98K
- Acutus Medical, Inc.$46K
- Medtronic$25K
- Cvrx, Inc.$20K
- Abbott$7K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$4K
- plus $2K from 9 others
Across 78 payments — averaging $2100.95 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.
- Abbott$71K
- Medtronic$55K
- Boston Scientific$38K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$80,84940%
- Speaking & faculty fees$88,26543%
- Travel & lodging$22,70911%
- Food & beverage$12,2116%
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 | 81 | $98,352 |
| Acutus Medical, Inc. | 21 | $46,402 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 46 | $25,346 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 22 | $20,089 |
| Abbott | 30 | $7,325 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 9 | $4,449 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 9 | $844 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 17 | $326 |
| Catheter Precision Inc. | 4 | $288 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 8 | $265 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 7 | $186 |
| Nuwellis, Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $52 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $24 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$54,863
- Barostim Neo System$19,932
- S-ICD System Magnet$8,646
- OPTIMIZER$8,582
- CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT$3,850
- CardioMEMS HF System$2,625
- ENSITE$1,575
- ENSITE PRECISION$868
- AVEIR$867
- AMPLATZER Occluders$825
- Micra$496
- EMBLEM S ICD ELECTRODE DELIVERY SYSTEM$350
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$314
- Azure$258
- BodyGuardian$133
- Rivacor$118
- Solia$118
- BioMonitor$118
- Edora$118
- Acticor$118
How this compares
$204,034 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 58 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in South 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 | 447 | $572,692 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 128 | $209,007 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 93 | $111,463 |
| Dofetilide | 52 | $17,512 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 12 | $12,872 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 323 | $5,937 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 152 | $5,798 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 47 | $2,094 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 53 | $1,619 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 100 | $1,389 |
| Carvedilol | 69 | $1,293 |
| Losartan Potassium | 91 | $1,123 |
| Lisinopril | 112 | $999 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 37 | $799 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 32 | $788 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Charleston
- Jeffrey WinterfieldCharleston$498K
- Frank CuocoCharleston$306K
- Anne KromanCharleston$279K
- Rachel KaplanCharleston$93K
- Joshua PayneCharleston$81K
- Swati RaoCharleston$61K
- John WhartonCharleston$44K
- Nicole CainCharleston$6K
- Lanier JacksonCharleston$4K
- Rory DowdCharleston$98
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.