Sampath Gunda, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Columbus, OHNPI 1477865301
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $56,888 of the $72,916 with a category attached, or 78.0%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 59.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $45,113 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $442 in 2025.
Across 164 payments — averaging $444.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$44K
- Boston Scientific$20K
- Abbott$5K
- Biotronik Inc.$3K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$383
- Johnson & Johnson$155
- plus $755 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$56,88878%
- Travel & lodging$9,53613%
- Food & beverage$6,4799%
- Education$130%
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(2 entities) | 38 | $43,631 |
| Boston Scientific | 28 | $19,653 |
| Abbott | 38 | $5,117 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 20 | $3,223 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 6 | $383 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $155 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $147 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $95 |
| Acutus Medical, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $84 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $74 |
| Novartis | 4 | $71 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $69 |
| Amgen | 2 | $39 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $34 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
- GENERAL BRADY$15,000
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$2,701
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$2,645
- AGILIS$1,401
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$888
- Sentus$540
- Edora 8 DR-T$429
- BioMonitor$429
- Solia$429
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$429
- Rivacor 7 DR-T$429
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$220
- Carto 3$220
- Micra$156
- AVEIR$134
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$129
How this compares
$72,916 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 159 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Ohio.
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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 | 125 | $145,446 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 24 | $32,530 |
| Dofetilide | 36 | $4,285 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 19 | $792 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 59 | $704 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 42 | $624 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 16 | $316 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 26 | $102 |
| Carvedilol | 11 | $100 |
| Lisinopril | 12 | $72 |
| Losartan Potassium | 11 | $69 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 11 | $32 |
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 | $84 | $145,446125 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $155 | $32,53024 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 85th percentile of 159 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Ohio.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Columbus
- Anish AminColumbus$1.1M
- John HummelColumbus$275K
- Auroa BadinColumbus$188K
- Ralph AugostiniColumbus$174K
- David NemerColumbus$97K
- Eugene FuColumbus$96K
- Ankur ShahColumbus$75K
- Sreedhar BillakantyColumbus$64K
- Salvatore SavonaColumbus$49K
- Natee SirinvaravongColumbus$44K
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.