Joaquin Gonzalez, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Chicago, ILNPI 1750371365
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,598 of the $4,771 with a category attached, or 75.4%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abiomed at 37.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,359 and has fallen 61.9% since, to $517 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in IL, where the typical reported total is $7,434.
Across 92 payments — averaging $51.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$949
- Boston Scientific$403
- Abbott$384
- Medtronic$294
- Novartis$197
- plus $738 from 12 others
Across 15 payments — averaging $7318.46 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.
- Procyrion, Inc.$63K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$28K
- Medtronic$19K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,12224%
- Food & beverage$3,59875%
- Education$351%
- Entertainment$160%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 24 | $1,804 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 8 | $949 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $403 |
| Abbott | 11 | $384 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $294 |
| Novartis | 7 | $197 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 2 | $135 |
| Stryker | 2 | $110 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $106 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 4 | $93 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $64 |
| Amgen | 3 | $57 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $53 |
| Procyrion, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Opsens Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$4,771 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 303 interventional cardiology providers in Illinois.
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 | 123 | $163,956 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 77 | $122,421 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 156 | $113,963 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 83 | $105,920 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 30 | $52,070 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 65 | $36,012 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 16 | $27,989 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 21 | $21,536 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 19 | $12,381 |
| Repatha PushtronexEvolocumab | 16 | $9,630 |
| Ezetimibe | 402 | $8,810 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 383 | $7,212 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 633 | $6,456 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 218 | $4,131 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 27 | $3,542 |
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 | $197 | $52,07030 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 35th percentile of 303 interventional cardiology providers in Illinois.
Other interventional cardiology in Chicago
- Atman ShahChicago$788K
- David StewartChicago$169K
- Hussam SuradiChicago$97K
- Anita AsgarChicago$85K
- Daniel SchimmelChicago$79K
- Ranya SweisChicago$62K
- Charles DavidsonChicago$62K
- Fareed Moses ColladoChicago$42K
- James FlahertyChicago$38K
- Ashvarya ManglaChicago$36K
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.