Susan Kim, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Chicago, ILNPI 1962419119
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (54.2%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 39.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $64,159, 4.4 times the $14,419 reported in 2019. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in IL 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 333 payments — averaging $557.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$73K
- Boston Scientific$68K
- Abbott$14K
- GE HealthCare$12K
- Regeneron$8K
- Biotronik Inc.$7K
- plus $4K from 5 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $6753.67 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.
- GE HealthCare$20K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$48,25126%
- Speaking & faculty fees$100,58054%
- Travel & lodging$24,61813%
- Food & beverage$12,1447%
- 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 | 116 | $72,567 |
| Boston Scientific | 97 | $67,948 |
| Abbott | 48 | $13,902 |
| GE HealthCare | 12 | $12,077 |
| Regeneron | 11 | $8,122 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 29 | $7,032 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $3,375 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 16 | $526 |
| Catheter Precision Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $16 |
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 - THERAPIES$31,956
- Farapulse$8,589
- CardioLab$6,422
- GALLANT$5,615
- VersaCross Access Solution$4,630
- Carto 3$3,519
- ENSITE$2,971
- ENSITE PRECISION$2,625
- AVEIR$1,913
- AMPLIA MRI QUAD CRT-D SURESCAN$1,035
- LIBTAYO$591
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$188
- Micra$165
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$156
- RELIANCE 4 FRONT$150
- WATCHMAN Access System$147
- Carto 3 System$122
- LUX-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor$118
How this compares
$185,606 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 158 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Illinois.
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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 | 270 | $377,825 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 100 | $118,853 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 17 | $29,671 |
| Dofetilide | 53 | $17,077 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 151 | $7,220 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 357 | $6,750 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 171 | $3,269 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 12 | $3,137 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 49 | $1,496 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 40 | $975 |
| Nadolol | 15 | $939 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 14 | $350 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 29 | $309 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 25 | $247 |
| Digoxin | 11 | $153 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Chicago
- Roderick TungChicago$795K
- Bradley KnightChicago$661K
- Gaurav UpadhyayChicago$593K
- Hany DemoChicago$297K
- Nishant VermaChicago$232K
- Martin BurkeChicago$183K
- Arjun MehtaChicago$152K
- Rod PassmanChicago$92K
- Zaid AzizChicago$74K
- Lalit WadhwaniChicago$73K
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.