Yonathan Melman, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Ogden, UTNPI 1952569931
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,631 of the $8,443 with a category attached, or 66.7%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biosense Webster, Inc. at 41.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,380 and has fallen 63.1% since, to $879 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in UT, where the typical reported total is $33,716.
Across 201 payments — averaging $42.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Medtronic$625
- Novartis$58
- Atricure, Inc.$38
- plus $52 from 3 others
Across 20 payments — averaging $318.76 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.
- Boston Scientific$6K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,81233%
- Food & beverage$5,63167%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 120 | $3,466 |
| Boston Scientific | 30 | $2,265 |
| Abbott | 20 | $1,940 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 24 | $625 |
| Novartis | 3 | $58 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$8,443 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 29 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Utah.
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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 | 63 | $71,066 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 47 | $50,338 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 15 | $524 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 23 | $474 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 38 | $388 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 13 | $237 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Ogden
- Dan DanOgden$40K
- Clinton ThurberOgden$21K
- Peter ForstallOgden$6K
- Ravi RanjanSalt Lake City$345K
- John DaySalt Lake City$313K
- Chun HwangProvo$289K
- Roger FreedmanSalt Lake City$177K
- Douglas PackerMurray$169K
- Sandeep TalwarFarmington$82K
- Michael CutlerMurray$70K
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.