Mihail Chelu
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Houston, TXNPI 1285882019
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.4%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. at 40.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $6,925 and has fallen 74.2% since, to $1,787 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 153 payments — averaging $110.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$7K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$776
- plus $340 from 4 others
Across 199 payments — averaging $1199.52 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.
- Abbott$88K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$66K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$40K
- Biotronik Inc.$28K
- Boston Scientific$16K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,00035%
- Travel & lodging$1,91311%
- Food & beverage$9,04953%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 25 | $6,907 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 49 | $2,998 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 13 | $2,345 |
| Abbott | 34 | $2,255 |
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $1,341 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $776 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 9 | $212 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $66 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $38 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $24 |
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.
- OPTIMIZER$9,831
- Carto 3$1,757
- Arctic Front$1,500
- Carto 3 System$884
- Watchman$828
- QUADRA ASSURA$331
- Micra$292
- Durata Defibrillation ICD Lead$184
- GALLANT$183
- QUARTET$180
- Agilis HisPro$172
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$164
- Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator$158
- TENDRIL$156
- OPTIMIZER SMART SYSTEM$153
- AVEIR$152
- Fortify Assura, Ellipse ICD$151
- Smartablate$112
- RHYTHMIA$110
How this compares
$16,962 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 233 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Texas.
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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 | 181 | $214,949 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 59 | $77,237 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 88 | $3,670 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 78 | $1,388 |
| Propafenone Hcl ErPropafenone Hcl | 18 | $1,249 |
| Losartan Potassium | 36 | $641 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 35 | $601 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 50 | $566 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 37 | $399 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 44 | $396 |
| Carvedilol | 29 | $273 |
| Digoxin | 12 | $270 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 18 | $216 |
| Lisinopril | 15 | $195 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 15 | $184 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.