Giselle Baquero Caranama, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Honolulu, HINPI 1437383213
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.7%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 51.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $10,342 and has fallen 75.8% since, to $2,506 in 2025.
Across 241 payments — averaging $84.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$11K
- Abiomed$3K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$1K
- Abbott$960
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$446
- Teleflex LLC$410
- plus $4K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,80038%
- Grants$1551%
- Travel & lodging$1,2596%
- Food & beverage$11,16855%
- Education$200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 26 | $10,509 |
| Abiomed | 37 | $2,845 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 12 | $1,340 |
| Abbott | 13 | $960 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 5 | $446 |
| Teleflex LLC | 3 | $410 |
| Novartis | 18 | $357 |
| Amgen | 15 | $353 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $321 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 13 | $309 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $300 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $296 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $238 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 10 | $229 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 10 | $202 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $156 |
| Bayer | 7 | $129 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $118 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $93 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $93 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $90 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $81 |
| CMS Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $65 |
| Merck | 3 | $63 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $45 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
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.
- Watchman$4,200
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS$3,600
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$2,063
- Impella$1,789
- Venclose Maven Catheter$477
- Mitra Clip system$326
- MANTA$318
- AMPLATZER Occluders$253
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$158
- VYNDAQEL$125
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$118
- Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve$113
- AMPLATZER AMULET$100
How this compares
Too few interventional cardiology providers in Hawaiito place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 391 | $526,734 |
| EliquisApixaban | 331 | $471,214 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 234 | $302,416 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 121 | $110,069 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 55 | $81,150 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 74 | $79,096 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 820 | $32,623 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 51 | $31,160 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 742 | $14,745 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | $14,274 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 206 | $11,359 |
| Ezetimibe | 114 | $7,188 |
| Losartan Potassium | 199 | $4,320 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 122 | $4,139 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 76 | $3,595 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisEntresto | $357 | $526,734391 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $321 | $471,214331 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $238 | $302,416234 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta, Farxiga | $93 | $93,37085 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $309 | $81,15055 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. There are too few interventional cardiology providers in Hawaiion file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other interventional cardiology in Honolulu
- John CoganHonolulu$82K
- Kris KawamotoHonolulu$25K
- Atsushi TerakuboHonolulu$20K
- Kelly PaschkeHonolulu$7K
- John KaoHonolulu$6K
- John O'MaraHonolulu$5K
- Brandon KaiHonolulu$3K
- Jay GadgilHonolulu$2K
- Marie NguyenHonolulu$189
- Jason CallWailuku$7K
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.