Gregory Czaja
Interventional Cardiology · la Jolla, CANPI 1225390461
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.5% of the total across 118 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Shockwave Medical, Inc at 31.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,806, more than ten times the $265 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $8,581.
Across 118 payments — averaging $69.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$3K
- Medtronic$1K
- Abbott$970
- Boston Scientific$801
- Abiomed$661
- Edwards Lifesciences$448
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$390%
- Food & beverage$8,108100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 23 | $2,579 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 18 | $1,497 |
| Abbott | 25 | $970 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $801 |
| Abiomed | 14 | $661 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $448 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $193 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 9 | $192 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $153 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $112 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $108 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $61 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $18 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$2,408
- AVVIGO Guidance System$493
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$411
- RESOLUTE ONYX$385
- Resolute$328
- CoreValve Evolut$279
- Impella$259
- ONYX FRONTIER$175
- Sentinel$172
- RhythmVIEW Work Stations$153
- FFRct$146
- APTIVUE$142
- MitraClip$138
- DRAGONFLY OPSTAR$138
- LifeVest$134
- TURNPIKE$125
- VYNDAQEL$112
- Micropuncture$108
How this compares
$8,147 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 585 interventional cardiology providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 39 | $585 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in la Jolla
- Matthew Pricela Jolla$2.3M
- Curtiss Stinisla Jolla$759K
- Paul Teirsteinla Jolla$518K
- Richard Schatzla Jolla$119K
- Frederick St GoarMountain View$2.2M
- Saibal KarThousand Oaks$1.1M
- Rahul SharmaStanford$1M
- Puneet KhannaRancho Mirage$1M
- Dennis SheehanRedwood City$900K
- Suhail DohadBeverly Hills$802K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.