Robert Schneider
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · West Des Moines, IANPI 1770965733
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (58.3%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 61.1% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $12,509 and has fallen 73.4% since, to $3,327 in 2025.
Across 118 payments — averaging $263.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$19K
- Abbott$8K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Merck$92
- Abiomed$18
- Cvrx, Inc.$17
- plus $14 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$18,15358%
- Travel & lodging$5,54918%
- Food & beverage$6,54821%
- Education$8813%
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 | 51 | $19,011 |
| Abbott | 46 | $8,089 |
| Boston Scientific | 17 | $3,890 |
| Merck | 1 | $92 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $18 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 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.
- Farapulse$2,391
- Micra$2,065
- ENSITE PRECISION$1,664
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,239
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$338
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$334
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$210
- LINQ II$145
- ENSITE$142
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE$138
- ACUITY Steerable$135
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$123
How this compares
$31,131 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 42 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Iowa.
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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 | 11 | $10,981 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 24 | $1,307 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 20 | $158 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in West Des Moines
- Jason MeyersWest Des Moines$189K
- Steven BailinWest Des Moines$45K
- Denise SorrentinoWest Des Moines$39K
- Dwayne CampbellWest Des Moines$37K
- Pitayadet JumrussirikulWest Des Moines$23K
- Robert HoytWest Des Moines$22K
- William JohnsonWest Des Moines$734
- Steven MickelsenIowa City$2.4M
- Mohit ChawlaCedar Rapids$101K
- Paari DominicIowa City$83K
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.