Irakli Giorgberidze
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Houston, TXNPI 1104871953
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $19,099 of the $27,762 with a category attached, or 68.8%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 46.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $7,338 and has fallen 61.9% since, to $2,795 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $27,892.
Across 558 payments — averaging $49.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$13K
- Medtronic$7K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$1K
- Philips North America LLC$914
- Biotronik Inc.$767
- plus $2K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,0004%
- Travel & lodging$7,14726%
- Food & beverage$19,09969%
- Education$5172%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 260 | $13,022 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 189 | $7,101 |
| Boston Scientific | 37 | $2,992 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 13 | $1,335 |
| Philips North America LLC | 6 | $914 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 21 | $767 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $386 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 6 | $284 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 4 | $266 |
| Cardiofocus, Inc. | 3 | $206 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 12 | $171 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $26 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $16 |
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.
- AVEIR$2,986
- OPTIMIZER$1,836
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,302
- Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator$1,051
- ACCENT$1,000
- Fortify Assura, Ellipse ICD$533
- GALLANT$458
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$452
- Confirm Rx$405
- Impella$386
- (9124) LM Undivided$332
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$323
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$314
- Quartet CRT Lead$312
- ENSITE PRECISION$276
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$265
- Allure Quadra RF CRT Pacemaker$263
- CardioMEMS HF System$238
- JOT DX$178
- Rhythmia Mapping System$171
How this compares
$27,762 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 233 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Texas.
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Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Houston
- Miguel ValderrabanoHouston$461K
- Mehdi RazaviHouston$358K
- Ilyas ColombowalaHouston$204K
- Ramesh HariharanHouston$165K
- Nadim NasirHouston$162K
- John SegerHouston$147K
- Alexander DrtilHouston$126K
- Hamid Afshar-KharaghanHouston$112K
- David BurklandHouston$101K
- Jie ChengHouston$82K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.