Paras Patel, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Columbia, SCNPI 1225492895
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,426 of the $10,429 with a category attached, or 61.6%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 33.1% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $35,448.
Across 168 payments — averaging $62.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$482
- Philips North America LLC$378
- Amgen$188
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,59634%
- Food & beverage$6,42662%
- Education$4064%
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 | 38 | $3,447 |
| Boston Scientific | 20 | $2,789 |
| Abbott | 12 | $1,861 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 17 | $482 |
| Philips North America LLC | 7 | $378 |
| Amgen | 11 | $188 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 12 | $178 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 6 | $143 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $127 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $116 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $113 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $97 |
| Merck | 5 | $93 |
| Bayer | 4 | $74 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $45 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $38 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $31 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $27 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $18 |
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.
- AVEIR$1,459
- Micra$1,438
- VersaCross Access Solution$314
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$294
- Carto 3$243
- LINQ II$212
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$174
- Farapulse$140
- QDOT MICRO Catheter$136
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$135
- ENSITE$124
How this compares
$10,429 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th 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 Columbia
- Sultan SiddiqueColumbia$182K
- Walter MazzeiColumbia$96K
- Todd SennColumbia$49K
- Venkateshwar GottipatyColumbia$46K
- Francis UgoweColumbia$43K
- Jennifer FeldmanColumbia$19K
- Gerald BauknightColumbia$10K
- Donald SiddowayColumbia$8K
- Hampton CollinsColumbia$22
- Jeffrey WinterfieldCharleston$498K
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.