Sara Dezell
Clinical Nurse Specialist · Saint Cloud, MNNPI 1801244199
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.7%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 84.2% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $83,315, more than ten times the $5,401 reported in 2021. Among clinical nurse specialist clinicians in MN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 814 payments — averaging $279.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$192K
- Boston Scientific$17K
- Medtronic$10K
- Abbott$9K
- Cardiac Dimensions, Inc.$116
- Abiomed$43
- plus $50 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$126,75156%
- Speaking & faculty fees$36,27616%
- Travel & lodging$47,10321%
- Food & beverage$17,5268%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 585 | $191,647 |
| Boston Scientific | 30 | $16,828 |
| Medtronic | 161 | $9,525 |
| Abbott | 31 | $9,447 |
| Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. | 2 | $116 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $43 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Angiodynamics, 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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$59,039
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$57,000
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$14,733
- Sentinel$9,675
- MitraClip$8,392
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$7,247
- PASCAL$4,304
- MitraClip System$700
- HemoSphere$363
- EVOQUE$300
- CoreValve Evolut$104
How this compares
$227,656 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 32 clinical nurse specialist providers in Minnesota.
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 | 36 | $33,228 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 104 | $1,538 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 60 | $683 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 43 | $508 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 47 | $387 |
| Losartan Potassium | 35 | $346 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 12 | $290 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 13 | $288 |
| Carvedilol | 14 | $278 |
| Furosemide | 32 | $169 |
| Lisinopril | 23 | $147 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 11 | $128 |
| Spironolactone | 20 | $127 |
| Amoxicillin | 101 | $83 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 16 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical nurse specialist in Saint Cloud
- Lisa BeckRochester$6K
- Mary JaegerRichfield$1K
- Carrie SchmidtRochester$1K
- Elisa SmithMinneapolis$835
- Patricia BrunsMinneapolis$395
- Kathy BauleRochester$336
- Carissa BordelonRochester$315
- Karen GozelSt Cloud$292
- Christopher AllenSaint Paul$260
- Karen MartinMinneapolis$242
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.