Timothy Donahue, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Durham, NCNPI 1467410597
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 196 payments — averaging $64.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$4K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Medtronic$3K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$1K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$234
- Biotronik Inc.$196
- plus $518 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,33134%
- Food & beverage$8,28165%
- Education$701%
- Other$320%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 25 | $4,362 |
| Boston Scientific | 78 | $3,308 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 50 | $3,018 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 18 | $1,077 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $234 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $196 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $104 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $56 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $32 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $32 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $29 |
| Amgen | 2 | $28 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $13 |
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$3,720
- WATCHMAN FLX$996
- Micra$652
- Carto 3$621
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$126
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$123
- GENERAL CATHETER$111
- WATCHMAN Access System$108
- CapSureFix$102
How this compares
$12,713 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 98 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in North Carolina.
See all clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in North Carolina →
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 | 347 | $312,888 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 82 | $80,957 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 30 | $29,787 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 237 | $4,419 |
| Dofetilide | 22 | $4,401 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 106 | $3,681 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 184 | $2,742 |
| Carvedilol | 112 | $912 |
| Losartan Potassium | 54 | $749 |
| Cartia XtDiltiazem Hcl | 11 | $400 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 60 | $286 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 25 | $249 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 27 | $240 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 14 | $233 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 74 | $226 |
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 | $32 | $312,888347 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $56 | $80,95782 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 25th percentile of 98 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in North Carolina.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Durham
- Daniel FriedmanDurham$2.3M
- Albert SunDurham$170K
- Jason KoontzDurham$129K
- Zak LoringDurham$91K
- Larry JacksonDurham$90K
- Ching ZhuDurham$54K
- Jason LappeDurham$43K
- Godefroy CheryDurham$21K
- James AllredGreensboro$1.9M
- William SmithWilmington$1.7M
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.