Rhea Pimentel, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Kansas City, KSNPI 1053323493
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (39.9%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 32.3% of the total. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in KS with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 603 payments — averaging $269.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$52K
- Medtronic$39K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$22K
- Boston Scientific$22K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$20K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$4K
- plus $4K from 21 others
Across 111 payments — averaging $1111.65 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$58K
- Boston Scientific$30K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$18K
- Biotronik Inc.$17K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$39,06324%
- Speaking & faculty fees$64,88740%
- Travel & lodging$33,91521%
- Food & beverage$24,83515%
- Education$100%
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 | 215 | $52,475 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 153 | $38,868 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 36 | $22,156 |
| Boston Scientific | 85 | $21,567 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 29 | $20,276 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 8 | $3,733 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 8 | $1,462 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 7 | $472 |
| Philips North America LLC | 8 | $318 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 7 | $278 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $175 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 7 | $165 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $143 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $119 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $112 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Amgen | 3 | $52 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $43 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Bayer | 1 | $24 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $21 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $20 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Carto 3$37,457
- ENSITE PRECISION$23,097
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$11,890
- Farapulse$7,553
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$5,157
- ENSITE$5,120
- Confirm Rx$2,613
- OPTIMIZER$2,517
- Arctic Front$1,369
- AVEIR$994
- EP-WorkMate Claris System$975
- Carto 3 System$900
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$736
- TACTICATH ABLATION CATHETER, SENSOR ENABLED$461
- Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator$385
- OCTARAY MAPPING CATHETER$298
- AMPLATZER AMULET$273
- WATCHMAN Access System$260
- WATCHMAN FLX$257
- Pentaray$249
How this compares
$162,710 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 37 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Kansas.
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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 | 506 | $575,614 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 184 | $203,212 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 34 | $43,819 |
| Dofetilide | 147 | $30,205 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 299 | $16,391 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 23 | $15,662 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 142 | $5,426 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 377 | $4,726 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 155 | $3,307 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 26 | $2,726 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 109 | $2,322 |
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 26 | $1,420 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 139 | $1,219 |
| Carvedilol | 142 | $994 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 134 | $953 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $119 | $575,614506 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $43 | $203,212184 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $3,733 | $43,81934 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 37 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Kansas.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Kansas City
- Dhanunjaya LakkireddyKansas City$1.1M
- Yeruva Veera Madhu Mohan ReddyKansas City$122K
- Martin EmertKansas City$69K
- Seth SheldonKansas City$64K
- Anila RaoKansas City$57K
- Raghuveer DendiKansas City$53K
- Ninad NadkarniKansas City$52K
- Rigoberto RamirezKansas City$32K
- Siva Kumar SomaKansas City$23K
- Neil PhillipsKansas City$17K
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.