Steven Mickelsen, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Iowa City, IANPI 1063676955
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $2,178,595 of the $2,405,643 with a category attached, or 90.6%. Boston Scientific accounts for 90.6% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,075,038 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $43 in 2025. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in IA 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 128 payments — averaging $18,794 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2.2M
- Acutus Medical, Inc.$215K
- Abbott$10K
- Volta Medical Inc$276
- Medtronic$217
- ZOLL Respicardia, Inc.$158
- plus $327 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$90,4844%
- Speaking & faculty fees$27,4181%
- Travel & lodging$46,0252%
- Food & beverage$7,6210%
- Education$55,5002%
- Other$2,178,59591%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $2,179,733 |
| Acutus Medical, Inc. | 81 | $214,862 |
| Abbott | 22 | $10,069 |
| Volta Medical Inc | 1 | $276 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $217 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $158 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 2 | $127 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $66 |
| Stereotaxis Inc | 1 | $59 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
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 EP$1,471,104
- ENSITE PRECISION$9,320
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$889
- VX1$276
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$158
- remede System$158
- RESONATE EL ICD VR$155
- NA$128
How this compares
$2,405,643 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Iowa City
- Paari DominicIowa City$83K
- Peter FarjoIowa City$72K
- Oluwaseun AdeolaIowa City$49K
- Sean ByrnesIowa City$36K
- Edward PowersIowa City$33K
- Samuel JohnstonIowa City$23K
- Denice Hodgson ZingmanIowa City$17K
- Troy RhodesIowa City$15K
- Hina AminIowa City$14K
- David HamonIowa City$11K
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.