Nilay Patel, MD
Internal Medicine · Boston, MANPI 1013279454
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (39.7%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 32.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $18,260 and has fallen 71.1% since, to $5,280 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in MA 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 79 payments — averaging $639.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$16K
- Edwards Lifesciences$16K
- Boston Scientific$8K
- Abiomed$5K
- Pi-cardia, Inc.$3K
- Abbott$2K
- plus $1K from 6 others
Across 67 payments — averaging $1190.86 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.
- Medtronic$46K
- Boston Scientific$22K
- Biotronik Inc.$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$20,07040%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,2006%
- Grants$18,00036%
- Travel & lodging$6,28912%
- Food & beverage$2,9326%
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) | 20 | $16,307 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 25 | $16,263 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $7,500 |
| Abiomed | 10 | $4,704 |
| Pi-cardia, Inc. | 1 | $3,000 |
| Abbott | 13 | $1,617 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $350 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $260 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 1 | $234 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $126 |
| Novartis | 2 | $109 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$12,267
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$7,500
- Impella$3,939
- Shortcut$3,000
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$1,791
- PORTICO$619
- Indigo$410
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$358
- NAVITOR$324
- AccuCinch$234
- (6575) Coronary Undivided$107
How this compares
$50,491 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,983 internal medicine providers in Massachusetts.
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 internal medicine in Boston
- David SchenkeinBoston$5M
- John FallonBoston$1.8M
- Michael MendelsohnBoston$1.6M
- Gaurav SingalBoston$798K
- Asit ParikhBoston$486K
- Noopur RajeBoston$481K
- Daniel KuritzkesBoston$443K
- Xiuning leBoston$364K
- Nancy GaglianoBoston$358K
- Fatima StanfordBoston$285K
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.