Sandeep Gautam, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Bowling Green, KYNPI 1568416014
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (51.0%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biosense Webster, Inc. at 54.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $8,154 and has fallen 70.5% since, to $2,404 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in KY, where the typical reported total is $16,637.
Across 105 payments — averaging $140.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$8K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Biotronik Inc.$260
- Atricure, Inc.$232
- plus $419 from 9 others
Across 34 payments — averaging $2892.09 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.
- Medtronic$98K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,25215%
- Travel & lodging$7,52551%
- Food & beverage$4,79933%
- Education$1651%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 25 | $8,042 |
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $2,125 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 25 | $1,930 |
| Abbott | 23 | $1,733 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $260 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $232 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $130 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $87 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $26 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $24 |
| Vital Connect, Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $17 |
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$1,039
- Watchman$816
- SelectSecure$726
- OCTARAY MAPPING CATHETER$465
- Carto 3$390
- Claria MRI$165
- Arctic Front$158
- Pentaray Nav$155
- QDOT MICRO$136
- EVOQUE$114
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$109
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$104
How this compares
$14,742 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 57 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Kentucky.
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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 | 308 | $341,961 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 74 | $90,649 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 14 | $23,998 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 16 | $18,041 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 142 | $9,293 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 168 | $3,108 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 155 | $2,699 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 72 | $2,495 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 49 | $1,539 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 63 | $1,053 |
| Digoxin | 19 | $800 |
| Furosemide | 102 | $770 |
| Dofetilide | 14 | $745 |
| Lisinopril | 82 | $689 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 65 | $671 |
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 | $26 | $341,961308 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 40th percentile of 57 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Kentucky.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Bowling Green
- Charles LinBowling Green$19K
- Frank SchwenderBowling Green$16K
- Arshad Muhammad IqbalBowling Green$12K
- Johan AasboLexington$451K
- Rajdeep GaitondeLouisville$404K
- Jeffrey StidamLouisville$196K
- Gery TomassoniLexington$196K
- Kent MorrisLouisville$187K
- John LeeLexington$139K
- Joseph SouzaLexington$110K
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.