William Stevenson, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Nashville, TNNPI 1780641191
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (46.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 28.7% of the total. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in TN 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 275 payments — averaging $627.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$49K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$43K
- Abbott$32K
- Biotronik Inc.$19K
- Medtronic$9K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$9K
- plus $12K from 5 others
Across 15 payments — averaging $36,753 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.
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$374K
- Adagio Medical, Inc.$155K
- Medtronic$22K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$58,15034%
- Speaking & faculty fees$80,24447%
- Grants$5,1303%
- Travel & lodging$16,78610%
- Food & beverage$12,1227%
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 | 54 | $49,415 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 44 | $43,068 |
| Abbott | 69 | $31,787 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 58 | $18,692 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 12 | $9,098 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 18 | $8,670 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 9 | $7,263 |
| Adagio Medical, Inc. | 5 | $2,544 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $1,750 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 3 | $118 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $27 |
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$43,396
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$24,906
- ENSITE$13,743
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$8,884
- ENSITE PRECISION$7,645
- Carto 3 System$7,125
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$6,300
- Rivacor$5,146
- Acticor$5,146
- Edora$5,146
- GENERAL EP$5,130
- Plexa$5,000
- Sentus$5,000
- Farapulse$3,424
- Impella$1,750
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$759
- Micra$297
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$293
- AMPLATZER AMULET$279
- INTELLAMAP ORION$173
How this compares
$172,432 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 82 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Tennessee.
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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 | 52 | $53,928 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 20 | $3,382 |
| Dofetilide | 16 | $2,991 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 29 | $404 |
| Carvedilol | 14 | $145 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Nashville
- Stephen FahrigNashville$605K
- Gregory BashianNashville$361K
- Sandeep DuggalNashville$151K
- Sean WhalenNashville$149K
- Harikrishna TandriNashville$97K
- Robert PickettNashville$95K
- Robert JonesNashville$57K
- Giovanni Davogustto CataldoNashville$42K
- Jonathan GandhiNashville$36K
- Ricardo LugoNashville$33K
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.