Ali Mortazavi, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Houston, TXNPI 1295821478
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 34.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,086 and has fallen 61.1% since, to $812 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $27,892.
Across 160 payments — averaging $40.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Medtronic$730
- Avinger Inc.$24
Across 5 payments — averaging $1771.50 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$9K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,88859%
- Food & beverage$2,64841%
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 | 26 | $2,278 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 122 | $2,015 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $1,489 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $730 |
| Avinger Inc. | 1 | $24 |
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.
- LOTUS EDGE$1,463
- AMPLATZER AMULET$911
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$575
- AMPLATZER TORQVUE 45 X 45$511
- HARMONY$131
- ESPRIT$123
- Mitra Clip system$114
How this compares
$6,536 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 233 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Texas.
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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 | 331 | $252,209 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 64 | $53,934 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 28 | $28,372 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 426 | $13,196 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 211 | $9,379 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 386 | $8,857 |
| Ezetimibe | 50 | $6,826 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 263 | $6,520 |
| Carvedilol | 354 | $5,809 |
| Losartan Potassium | 215 | $4,318 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 153 | $2,958 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 292 | $2,870 |
| Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 47 | $2,003 |
| Lisinopril | 172 | $1,858 |
| Minocycline Hcl | 193 | $1,546 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Houston
- Miguel ValderrabanoHouston$461K
- Mehdi RazaviHouston$358K
- Ilyas ColombowalaHouston$204K
- Ramesh HariharanHouston$165K
- Nadim NasirHouston$162K
- John SegerHouston$147K
- Alexander DrtilHouston$126K
- Hamid Afshar-KharaghanHouston$112K
- David BurklandHouston$101K
- Jie ChengHouston$82K
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.