Sunita Ferns, MD
Pediatric Cardiology · Philadelphia, PANPI 1255591707
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (57.4%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 48.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,461 and has fallen 72.9% since, to $1,481 in 2025. Among pediatric cardiology clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 136 payments — averaging $150.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$10K
- Abbott$5K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$508
- Atricure, Inc.$141
- plus $356 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,30016%
- Travel & lodging$11,75357%
- Food & beverage$5,38426%
- Education$310%
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) | 53 | $9,967 |
| Abbott | 37 | $4,720 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 21 | $3,553 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $1,225 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 10 | $508 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $79 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $46 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Braemar Manufacturing, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Acutus Medical, Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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.
- Carto 3 System$2,049
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$1,830
- ENSITE PRECISION$1,649
- Carto 3$1,399
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,043
- RHYTHMIA$1,033
- Arctic Front$481
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS$141
- ENSITE$119
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$107
How this compares
$20,469 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 102 pediatric cardiology providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 11 | $222 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatric cardiology in Philadelphia
- Matthew GillespiePhiladelphia$1.5M
- Catherine AvitabilePhiladelphia$66K
- Jonathan EdwardsPhiladelphia$65K
- Joseph RossanoPhiladelphia$55K
- Jack RychikPhiladelphia$30K
- Robert ShaddyPhiladelphia$23K
- Carol Wittlieb-WeberPhiladelphia$21K
- Jonathan EdelsonPhiladelphia$19K
- Julie BrothersPhiladelphia$11K
- Catherine TomasuloPhiladelphia$10K
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.