Anthony Choi, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · San Diego, CANPI 1255591020
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 274 payments — averaging $98.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$17K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Philips North America LLC$2K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$556
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$444
- plus $2K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,66532%
- Travel & lodging$10,03837%
- Food & beverage$8,12730%
- Education$800%
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 | 114 | $17,261 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 15 | $2,267 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 26 | $2,133 |
| Philips North America LLC | 11 | $2,010 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 11 | $556 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 18 | $444 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $262 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $252 |
| Merck | 6 | $158 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $149 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $115 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $113 |
| Novartis | 6 | $112 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $90 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $70 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 2 | $70 |
| Acutus Medical, Inc. | 5 | $70 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $67 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $50 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $46 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $40 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Reflow Medical Inc | 2 | $20 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $19 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $11 |
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.
- Allure Quadra RF CRT Pacemaker$3,355
- AVEIR$3,282
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$2,135
- AMPLATZER AMULET$1,981
- Confirm Rx$1,875
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,256
- Carto 3$1,206
- Carto 3 System$1,206
- NA$821
- CVX-300$700
- TENDRIL$600
- ENSITE$577
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$518
- (9124) LM Undivided$433
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$252
- iFuse Implant$212
- RhythmVIEW Work Stations$153
- Indigo System$145
- CardioMEMS HF System$140
- Accent Pacemaker$137
How this compares
$26,911 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 290 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in California.
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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 | 90 | $99,755 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 73 | $915 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 55 | $901 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 17 | $580 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 12 | $296 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 12 | $252 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 21 | $226 |
| Carvedilol | 16 | $220 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 25 | $188 |
| Lisinopril | 19 | $143 |
| Losartan Potassium | 15 | $131 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 11 | $32 |
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 | $67 | $99,75590 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 35th percentile of 290 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in California.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in San Diego
- David KrummenSan Diego$7.3M
- Jonathan HsuSan Diego$1.4M
- Charles AthillSan Diego$1.2M
- Ulrika Birgersdotter-GreenSan Diego$1.1M
- Frederick HanSan Diego$370K
- Gregory FeldSan Diego$202K
- Jonathan DukesVentura$2.9M
- Shephal DoshiSanta Monica$2.9M
- Arash AryanaSacramento$2.4M
- Marco PerezStanford$2.1M
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.