Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $469,321 | 169 | 32.7% |
| Current or prospective ownership or investment interest | $367,051 | 7 | 25.6% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $240,602 | 66 | 16.8% |
| Travel and Lodging | $222,158 | 289 | 15.5% |
| Food and Beverage | $74,862 | 1,515 | 5.2% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program | $28,500 | 5 | 2.0% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program | $27,100 | 10 | 1.9% |
| Honoraria | $4,500 | 4 | 0.3% |
| Grant | $258.93 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Education | $196.40 | 4 | 0.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $652,044 | 262 | $0 (2024) |
| BIOTRONIK INC. | $103,150 | 85 | $0 (2024) |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | $100,123 | 673 | $0 (2024) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $88,755 | 526 | $0 (2024) |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $80,630 | 49 | $0 (2024) |
| Itamar Medical Inc | $76,413 | 2 | $0 (2022) |
| Volta Medical Inc | $66,231 | 21 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $62,541 | 102 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $50,622 | 108 | $0 (2020) |
| Acutus Medical, Inc. | $27,854 | 22 | $0 (2023) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $245,224 | 335 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($127,058) |
| 2023 | $214,274 | 272 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($96,188) |
| 2022 | $208,194 | 315 | Itamar Medical Inc ($59,575) |
| 2021 | $87,991 | 263 | Abbott Laboratories ($12,733) |
| 2020 | $66,085 | 215 | Abbott Laboratories ($17,272) |
| 2019 | $152,864 | 288 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($45,534) |
| 2018 | $75,944 | 185 | BIOTRONIK INC. ($23,613) |
| 2017 | $383,973 | 197 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($319,598) |
All Payment Transactions
2,070 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 83 of 83
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/06/2017 | Abbott Laboratories | CRT Leads (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.47 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure | ||||||
| 02/02/2017 | Abbott Laboratories | Ablation Therapy Hardware (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.72 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure | ||||||
| 02/02/2017 | Abbott Laboratories | EnSite Velocity System Expansion Modules (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.24 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure | ||||||
| 01/26/2017 | Biosense Webster, Inc. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $704.21 | General |
| 01/26/2017 | Biosense Webster, Inc. | Confidense (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $77.47 | General |
| Category: Cardiology | ||||||
| 01/26/2017 | Abbott Laboratories | Cardiac Mapping System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.85 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure | ||||||
| 01/26/2017 | Abbott Laboratories | Cardiac Mapping System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.97 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure | ||||||
| 01/25/2017 | Kalila Medical, Inc. | — | Current or prospective ownership or investment interest | Cash or cash equivalent | $5,886.39 | General |
| 01/25/2017 | Biosense Webster, Inc. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $5,356.56 | General |
| 01/25/2017 | Kalila Medical, Inc. | — | Current or prospective ownership or investment interest | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,077.03 | General |
| 01/24/2017 | Biosense Webster, Inc. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $152.23 | General |
| 01/18/2017 | BIOTRONIK INC. | — | Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,750.00 | General |
| 01/18/2017 | Biosense Webster, Inc. | Carto 3 System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $29.14 | General |
| Category: Cardiology | ||||||
| 01/18/2017 | Abbott Laboratories | Cardiac Mapping System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $10.81 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure | ||||||
| 01/18/2017 | Abbott Laboratories | Cardiac Mapping System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $9.31 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure | ||||||
| 01/13/2017 | Biosense Webster, Inc. | Carto 3 System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $117.46 | General |
| Category: Cardiology | ||||||
| 01/12/2017 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | CardioInsight (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $71.33 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Diagnostics and Monitoring | ||||||
| 01/12/2017 | Biosense Webster, Inc. | Carto 3 System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $35.00 | General |
| Category: Cardiology | ||||||
| 01/10/2017 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $17.96 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 01/04/2017 | Biosense Webster, Inc. | Thermocool (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $28.63 | General |
| Category: Therapeutic Catheters | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21 | 1,518 | 1,765 | $1.5M | $309,441 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,533 | 1,751 | $1.5M | $332,993 |
| 2021 | 26 | 2,047 | 2,373 | $2.1M | $481,344 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,937 | 2,326 | $1.9M | $455,123 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
104 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 5
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93656 | Comprehensive electrophysiologic evaluation with catheter destruction of abnormality causing atrial fibrillation (uncoordinated contraction of upper chambers of heart) by pulmonary vein isolation | Facility | 2023 | 121 | 128 | $466,936 | $94,929 | 20.3% |
| 93653 | Comprehensive electrophysiologic evaluation with catheter destruction of abnormality of upper chamber of heart causing supraventricular tachycardia (rapid heart rate) | Facility | 2023 | 80 | 88 | $219,600 | $56,022 | 25.5% |
| 93657 | Destruction of tissue of upper heart chamber through tube to treat abnormal heart rhythm | Facility | 2023 | 99 | 138 | $179,315 | $33,098 | 18.5% |
| 93655 | Insertion of catheters and destruction of tissue to treat abnormal heart rhythm | Facility | 2023 | 83 | 121 | $149,459 | $28,646 | 19.2% |
| 33340 | Repair of left upper heart chamber with implant with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 60 | 60 | $154,704 | $23,856 | 15.4% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 193 | 249 | $34,590 | $16,209 | 46.9% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 109 | 125 | $25,400 | $11,638 | 45.8% |
| 93462 | Insertion of tube in left heart chamber through heart septum | Facility | 2023 | 47 | 50 | $31,369 | $7,768 | 24.8% |
| 93662 | Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 85 | 96 | $79,040 | $5,610 | 7.1% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 56 | 56 | $11,648 | $4,514 | 38.8% |
| 99443 | Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes | Office | 2023 | 49 | 50 | $10,000 | $4,450 | 44.5% |
| 93622 | Insertion of catheters for recording and pacing of left lower heart chamber rhythm and induction of abnormal rhythm | Facility | 2023 | 22 | 25 | $15,348 | $3,254 | 21.2% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 23 | 23 | $7,360 | $2,956 | 40.2% |
| 93623 | Programming of heart rhythm stimulation after drug infusion | Facility | 2023 | 43 | 43 | $26,222 | $2,839 | 10.8% |
| 93244 | Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | Office | 2023 | 126 | 135 | $9,720 | $2,475 | 25.5% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 26 | 36 | $4,248 | $1,910 | 45.0% |
| 93000 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report | Office | 2023 | 133 | 168 | $10,080 | $1,857 | 18.4% |
| 93248 | Heart rhythm review and interpretation of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | Office | 2023 | 81 | 84 | $6,636 | $1,687 | 25.4% |
| 99442 | Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | Office | 2023 | 21 | 22 | $3,344 | $1,590 | 47.5% |
| 93280 | Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | Office | 2023 | 17 | 23 | $4,260 | $1,366 | 32.1% |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 17 | $4,301 | $1,335 | 31.0% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 15 | $2,715 | $980.88 | 36.1% |
| 93291 | Evaluation of cardiac rhythm monitor system | Office | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $1,354 | $452.46 | 33.4% |
| 93656 | Comprehensive electrophysiologic evaluation with catheter destruction of abnormality causing atrial fibrillation (uncoordinated contraction of upper chambers of heart) by pulmonary vein isolation | Facility | 2022 | 100 | 103 | $363,530 | $90,809 | 25.0% |
| 93653 | Comprehensive electrophysiologic evaluation with catheter destruction of abnormality of upper chamber of heart causing supraventricular tachycardia (rapid heart rate) | Facility | 2022 | 98 | 110 | $279,550 | $70,160 | 25.1% |
About Dr. Andrea Natale, MD
Dr. Andrea Natale, MD is a Cardiovascular Disease healthcare provider based in Austin, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 09/29/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1841382421.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Andrea Natale, MD has received a total of $1.4M in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $245,224 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 2,070 transactions from 45 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($469,321).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Natale has provided services to 7,035 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 8,215 services with total Medicare billing of $1.6M. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 104 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Cardiovascular Disease
- Other Specialties Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Location Austin, TX
- Active Since 09/29/2006
- Last Updated 07/21/2022
- Taxonomy Code 207RC0000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1841382421
Products in Payments
- GENERAL - THERAPIES (Device) $321,099
- CARTO 3 (Device) $93,866
- WATCHMAN FLX (Device) $70,522
- VX1 (Device) $66,231
- WatchPAT (Device) $59,575
- WATCHMAN Access System (Device) $44,919
- GENERAL THERAPIES (Device) $38,514
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System (Device) $29,012
- Carto 3 System (Device) $27,548
- WATCHMAN (Device) $23,307
- WatchPat (Device) $16,838
- MULTAQ (Drug) $14,344
- ELIQUIS (Drug) $14,009
- PURE EP SYSTEM (Device) $12,593
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX (Device) $11,423
- Carto 3 (Device) $10,846
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE (Device) $10,778
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX (Device) $9,762
- ENSITE PRECISION (Device) $9,636
- ENSITE (Device) $9,631
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Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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