Nicole Cain, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Charleston, SCNPI 1215072855
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 59.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,708 and has fallen 90.2% since, to $363 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $35,448.
Across 74 payments — averaging $81.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$4K
- Medtronic$2K
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$456
- Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC$106
- Boston Scientific$34
- B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc.$25
- plus $44 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,30355%
- Food & beverage$2,72745%
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 | 32 | $3,602 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 22 | $1,764 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 15 | $456 |
| Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $106 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $34 |
| B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $20 |
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$1,848
- VANTAGEVIEW$932
- Azure$259
- ONCASPAR$106
How this compares
$6,031 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th 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.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Charleston
- Jeffrey WinterfieldCharleston$498K
- Frank CuocoCharleston$306K
- Anne KromanCharleston$279K
- Michael GoldCharleston$204K
- Rachel KaplanCharleston$93K
- Joshua PayneCharleston$81K
- Swati RaoCharleston$61K
- John WhartonCharleston$44K
- 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.