Michael Seckeler, MD
Pediatric Cardiology · Tucson, AZNPI 1568506186
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $18,500 of the $26,869 with a category attached, or 68.9%. Abbott accounts for 74.5% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $8,637 and has fallen 97.0% since, to $259 in 2025. Among pediatric cardiology clinicians in AZ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 89 payments — averaging $301.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$20K
- Medtronic$5K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Boston Scientific$66
- Renata Medical, Inc.$63
- Philips North America LLC$13
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$18,50069%
- Travel & lodging$3,95015%
- Food & beverage$4,41816%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 29 | $20,009 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 47 | $5,285 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 10 | $1,434 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $66 |
| Renata Medical, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- AMPLATZER PICCOLO$9,273
- AMPLATZER Occluders$8,091
- HARMONY$2,296
- AMPLATZER$2,037
- Melody$1,223
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$1,176
How this compares
$26,869 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 47 pediatric cardiology providers in Arizona.
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.
Other pediatric cardiology in Tucson
- Stanley GoldbergTucson$3K
- Ryan JohnsonTucson$517
- Jesus MaciasTucson$438
- Brent BarberTucson$330
- Scott KlewerTucson$64
- Edward RheePhoenix$68K
- Mitchell CohenPhoenix$13K
- John BreinholtTempe$10K
- Joseph GrazianoPhoenix$6K
- Arash SabatiPhoenix$5K
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.