Brett Gidney, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Santa Barbara, CANPI 1528283249
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,413 payments — averaging $626.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$331K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$220K
- Boston Scientific$159K
- Abbott$69K
- Johnson & Johnson$62K
- Atricure, Inc.$28K
- plus $16K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$6,4801%
- Consulting fees$454,82760%
- Speaking & faculty fees$174,80523%
- Travel & lodging$89,83812%
- Food & beverage$30,4634%
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. | 579 | $330,801 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 105 | $220,170 |
| Boston Scientific | 271 | $159,237 |
| Abbott | 39 | $68,961 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 60 | $61,744 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 31 | $28,404 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 297 | $12,101 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $2,260 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 4 | $350 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 11 | $346 |
| Biosig Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $226 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $147 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $60 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Volta Medical Inc | 1 | $35 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $31 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| Braemar Manufacturing, LLC | 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.
- Carto 3$309,641
- Carto 3 System$96,690
- WATCHMAN Access System$77,994
- Watchman$55,094
- XARELTO$54,357
- Perclose ProGlide suture mediated closure system$16,879
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$9,201
- Carto Smarttouch$7,000
- Thermocool SF$3,824
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,222
- Micra$1,098
- Omnilink Elite vascular stent system$1,000
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$855
- SelectSecure$668
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$433
- OPTIMIZER$302
- WATCHMAN FLX$289
- QDOT MICRO Catheter$265
- NUVISION ICE CATHETER$227
- Cobalt$179
How this compares
$885,050 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 | 88 | $62,952 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 40 | $36,520 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 164 | $1,916 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 52 | $593 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 45 | $556 |
| Carvedilol | 12 | $65 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $61,744 | $36,52040 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 90th percentile of 290 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in California.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Santa Barbara
- David KrummenSan Diego$7.3M
- Jonathan DukesVentura$2.9M
- Shephal DoshiSanta Monica$2.9M
- Arash AryanaSacramento$2.4M
- Marco PerezStanford$2.1M
- Rahul DoshiLos Angeles$2M
- Mayer RashtianPasadena$1.8M
- Rajesh BankerNewport Beach$1.6M
- Edward GerstenfeldSan Francisco$1.5M
- Jonathan HsuSan Diego$1.4M
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.