Cara Pellegrini
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · San Francisco, CANPI 1982834586
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.0%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 36.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $23,126, more than ten times the $450 reported in 2019.
Across 152 payments — averaging $480.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$26K
- Boston Scientific$21K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$11K
- Cook Incorporated$9K
- Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated$3K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$2K
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$35,08548%
- Speaking & faculty fees$27,42138%
- Travel & lodging$6,1788%
- Food & beverage$4,4126%
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 | 109 | $26,380 |
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $20,812 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $11,025 |
| Cook Incorporated | 4 | $8,730 |
| Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated | 1 | $2,560 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $2,125 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $474 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 3 | $286 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $260 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $202 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $126 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $44 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $14 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $13 |
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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$20,625
- Evolution$11,492
- Carto 3$11,025
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$10,474
- ENSITE PRECISION$5,130
- AVEIR$4,486
- GALLANT$4,400
- XYWAV$2,125
- OPTIMIZER$520
- Edora$264
- BioMonitor$264
- Acticor$264
- Rivacor$264
- Solia$264
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$164
- Evera$151
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$130
- HeartSpan Steerable Sheath Introducer$126
How this compares
$73,096 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 290 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in California.
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- Daniel MorinSan Francisco$265K
- Henry HsiaSan Francisco$231K
- Edward GerstenfeldSan Francisco$211K
- Randall LeeSan Francisco$174K
- Joshua MossSan Francisco$138K
- Shephal DoshiSanta Monica$2.1M
- Jonathan HsuSan Diego$1.2M
- Leslie SaxonLos Angeles$1.1M
- Rahul BhardwajLoma Linda$935K
- Nicholas Olsonla Jolla$801K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.