Cesar Cruz Aguilar, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Woodstock, GANPI 1144407198
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,752 of the $8,877 with a category attached, or 76.1%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 34.0% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $21,716.
Across 184 payments — averaging $48.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Abbott$3K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$295
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$257
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$233
- plus $1K from 17 others
Across 18 payments — averaging $1599.35 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$21K
- Abbott$8K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,12624%
- Food & beverage$6,75276%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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) | 33 | $3,022 |
| Abbott | 29 | $2,603 |
| Boston Scientific | 46 | $1,243 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 9 | $295 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 3 | $257 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 10 | $233 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $231 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $175 |
| BD | 3 | $132 |
| Novartis | 7 | $125 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 5 | $100 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 5 | $85 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $50 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $28 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $13 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Arctic Front$1,279
- AVEIR$1,107
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$434
- ENSITE PRECISION$265
- Micra$245
- WATCHMAN Access System$231
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$191
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$163
- Reveal LINQ$145
- ENSITE$144
- Carto 3$140
- Cardioblate$140
- Inspire$112
- WATCHMAN FLX$109
- Rhythmia Mapping System$107
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$105
- Attain$101
How this compares
$8,877 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 93 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Georgia.
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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 | 445 | $494,209 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 115 | $143,063 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 11 | $16,076 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 12 | $13,715 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 369 | $10,069 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 444 | $8,314 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 375 | $4,485 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 133 | $3,754 |
| Propafenone Hcl ErPropafenone Hcl | 26 | $2,916 |
| Dofetilide | 38 | $2,588 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 17 | $2,512 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 81 | $2,215 |
| Digoxin | 47 | $1,849 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 243 | $1,547 |
| Verapamil ErVerapamil Hcl | 20 | $1,435 |
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 | $231 | $494,209445 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $175 | $143,063115 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $125 | $13,71512 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 25th percentile of 93 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Georgia.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Woodstock
- David DelurgioAtlanta$695K
- Thomas DeeringAtlanta$237K
- David NewtonSavannah$225K
- Michael LloydAtlanta$221K
- Kent NilssonAthens$198K
- Mikhael El-ChamiAtlanta$172K
- Sandeep GoyalAtlanta$153K
- Alok GambhirGainesville$146K
- Joseph PokuMacon$130K
- Anand KeniaDalton$126K
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.