RxDoctor Payments Data

Nicola Maschietto

Interventional Cardiology · Boston, MANPI 1376069039

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (46.1%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 57.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $21,769 and has fallen 79.2% since, to $4,518 in 2025.

$46,899in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 60 payments — averaging $781.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medtronic$27K
  • Edwards Lifesciences$20K
  • Biosense Webster, Inc.$51
  • Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$27
$493,493in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 41 payments — averaging $12,036 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.

  • Edwards Lifesciences$493K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$15,20032%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$21,63846%
  • Travel & lodging$5,97813%
  • Food & beverage$1,6534%
  • Education$2,4305%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Medtronic(2 entities)35$26,766
Edwards Lifesciences21$20,054
Biosense Webster, Inc.3$51
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.1$27

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.

How this compares

$46,899 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 128 interventional cardiology providers in Massachusetts.

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