Phillip Cuculich, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Saint Louis, MONPI 1639252190
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $386,965 of the $473,451 with a category attached, or 81.7%. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. accounts for 80.1% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $162,646 and has fallen 68.7% since, to $50,935 in 2025. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in MO 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 212 payments — averaging $2233.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$379K
- Medtronic$49K
- Abbott$34K
- Varian Medical Systems, Inc.$5K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Irhythm Technologies, Inc.$875
- plus $2K from 6 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $4743.80 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.
- Abbott$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$386,96582%
- Speaking & faculty fees$60,49413%
- Travel & lodging$18,3114%
- Food & beverage$7,6822%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 20 | $379,399 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 62 | $48,833 |
| Abbott | 87 | $34,464 |
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | 6 | $5,237 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $2,998 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $875 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 25 | $823 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $275 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $250 |
| Baylis Medical Company Inc | 1 | $200 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $30 |
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.
- TrueBeam$131,440
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$9,446
- Arctic Front$9,297
- CardioInsight$7,764
- ENSITE$7,218
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$6,539
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE$6,450
- ENSITE PRECISION$5,955
- Radiation Oncology$3,922
- ADVISOR$3,300
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$2,850
- Edge$2,000
- DIAMONDTEMP BIDIRECTIONAL ABLATION CATHETER$948
- ZIO XT Patch$875
- Zio monitor$875
- Treatment Planning Systems$655
- NA$287
- Cardiva VASCADE MVP VVCS 6-12F$250
- VersaCross$200
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$167
How this compares
$473,451 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 74 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Missouri.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 166 | $159,235 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 25 | $26,087 |
| Dofetilide | 99 | $20,148 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 74 | $3,263 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 12 | $2,063 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 79 | $1,765 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 80 | $1,401 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 93 | $683 |
| Carvedilol | 14 | $125 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 21 | $54 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Saint Louis
- Daniel CooperSaint Louis$168K
- Krasimira MikhovaSaint Louis$52K
- Gregory BotteronSaint Louis$52K
- Ali MehdiradSaint Louis$47K
- Milan KahandaSaint Louis$45K
- Saulius KalvaitisSaint Louis$43K
- Gabriel SotoSaint Louis$39K
- Justin PieperSaint Louis$39K
- Christopher BauerSaint Louis$38K
- Peter RothsteinSaint Louis$30K
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.