Ronald Jones, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Prescott, AZNPI 1255541876
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $10,810 of the $17,019 with a category attached, or 63.5%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 28.4% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $29,180.
Across 243 payments — averaging $70.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$5K
- Boston Scientific$5K
- Medtronic$4K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$615
- Biotronik Inc.$424
- plus $392 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,20936%
- Food & beverage$10,81064%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 32 | $4,827 |
| Boston Scientific | 59 | $4,646 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 64 | $4,187 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 62 | $1,929 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 7 | $615 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 5 | $424 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $107 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $105 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $37 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Amgen | 2 | $25 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Novartis | 1 | $12 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $11 |
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$3,392
- Farapulse$1,764
- Micra$1,090
- Carto 3$916
- WATCHMAN Access System$775
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$426
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$279
- NUVISION ICE CATHETER$267
- ENSITE$218
- RESONATE EL ICD VR$218
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$141
- PatientCare Link$131
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$128
- ENSITE PRECISION$124
- Carto 3 System$118
- TACTICATH ABLATION CATHETER, SENSOR ENABLED$106
- Impella$105
- JOT DX$102
- WATCHMAN FLX$100
How this compares
$17,019 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 80 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Arizona.
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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 | 316 | $394,040 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 155 | $181,538 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 17 | $24,337 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 19 | $23,062 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 106 | $5,832 |
| Propafenone Hcl ErPropafenone Hcl | 16 | $4,526 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 209 | $3,583 |
| Propafenone Hcl | 17 | $2,182 |
| Droxidopa | 11 | $1,907 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 59 | $1,379 |
| Cartia XtDiltiazem Hcl | 26 | $782 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 42 | $777 |
| Propranolol Hcl ErPropranolol Hcl | 17 | $764 |
| Diltiazem 24hr ErDiltiazem Hcl | 14 | $681 |
| Potassium Chloride | 24 | $633 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $37 | $181,538155 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $12 | $23,06219 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 35th percentile of 80 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Arizona.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Prescott
- Akash MakkarPhoenix$318K
- Jonathan WeissPhoenix$290K
- Ashish SadhuScottsdale$264K
- Yoaav KrauthammerPhoenix$238K
- Vijendra SwarupPhoenix$187K
- Paul HaasPhoenix$136K
- Andy TranSurprise$125K
- Ambrose PanicoMesa$108K
- Aadhavi SridharanTucson$106K
- Junaid BhuttoScottsdale$84K
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.