Michael Markel, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Massillon, OHNPI 1386643096
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,898 of the $5,497 with a category attached, or 70.9%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 34.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,335 and has fallen 88.7% since, to $265 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $17,892.
Across 108 payments — averaging $50.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$999
- Johnson & Johnson$541
- Boehringer Ingelheim$366
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$339
- Boston Scientific$238
- plus $1K from 13 others
Across 38 payments — averaging $1915.82 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.
- Boston Scientific$73K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,59929%
- Food & beverage$3,89871%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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(2 entities) | 13 | $1,900 |
| Abbott | 10 | $999 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 24 | $541 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $366 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 10 | $339 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $238 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $215 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 4 | $192 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $190 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Amgen | 4 | $87 |
| Novartis | 3 | $62 |
| Merck | 4 | $54 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $51 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $33 |
| Bayer | 2 | $32 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $25 |
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.
- ENSITE PRECISION$495
- Micra$377
- Mitra Clip system$224
- JARDIANCE$118
- CAMZYOS$116
How this compares
$5,497 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 159 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Ohio.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 45 | $41,027 |
| EliquisApixaban | 22 | $16,933 |
| Dofetilide | 21 | $3,807 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 34 | $1,017 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 73 | $922 |
| Losartan Potassium | 38 | $532 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 59 | $427 |
| Potassium Chloride | 23 | $265 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 45 | $231 |
| Carvedilol | 43 | $167 |
| Simvastatin | 19 | $122 |
| Ezetimibe | 21 | $117 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 26 | $112 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 12 | $103 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 12 | $97 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $541 | $41,02745 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 30th percentile of 159 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Ohio.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Massillon
- Anish AminColumbus$1.1M
- Walid SalibaCleveland$511K
- Mohamed KanjBeachwood$442K
- John HummelColumbus$275K
- Bruce WilkoffCleveland$213K
- Alexandru CosteaCincinnati$188K
- Auroa BadinColumbus$188K
- Gaurang GandhiCincinnati$179K
- Ralph AugostiniColumbus$174K
- Dina SparanoMayfield Heights$147K
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.