Carlos Gonzalez Lengua, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Jackson Heights, NYNPI 1568732451
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (32.4%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 56.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $21,072 and has fallen 59.7% since, to $8,502 in 2025. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 325 payments — averaging $171.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$31K
- Edwards Lifesciences$8K
- Abbott$6K
- Boston Scientific$5K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Abiomed$1K
- plus $3K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,83010%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,12820%
- Grants$18,05532%
- Travel & lodging$5,58510%
- Food & beverage$14,95827%
- Education$1900%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 56 | $31,198 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 26 | $8,059 |
| Abbott | 68 | $5,901 |
| Boston Scientific | 73 | $4,742 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 18 | $1,984 |
| Abiomed | 20 | $1,253 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 8 | $469 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $450 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 9 | $294 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 8 | $281 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 5 | $267 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 12 | $262 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 4 | $204 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $152 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 3 | $66 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $36 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $33 |
| Amgen | 1 | $27 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $16 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 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.
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$11,697
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$5,431
- Indigo System$1,776
- TRICLIP$1,538
- MitraClip$1,400
- WATCHMAN Access System$1,186
- Impella$544
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$530
- WATCHMAN FLX$522
- CoreValve Evolut$518
- Trilogy 100$298
- Mitra Clip system$285
- AMPLATZER AMULET$280
- EPIC VASCULAR$278
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$269
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$239
- Optis Coronary Imaging System$190
- Xience V coronary stent system$163
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$148
- GENERAL - STENTS$145
How this compares
$55,745 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,302 cardiovascular disease providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 43 | $762 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Jackson Heights
- Roger HajjarNew York$5.2M
- Szilard VorosStony Brook$3.7M
- Gregg StoneNew York$2M
- Augustin DelagoAlbany$1.8M
- Philippe GenereuxNew York$1.3M
- Adam RosenbluthNew York$1.1M
- Luigi di BiaseBronx$978K
- Vijay IyerAmherst$855K
- Megha PrasadNew York$813K
- Ronald DagostinoLake Success$782K
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.