Rovnat Babazade, MD
Anesthesiology · Galveston, TXNPI 1861858458
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (35.7%), education and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by BD at 37.0% of the total. Among anesthesiology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 8 payments — averaging $455.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- BD$1K
- Milestone Scientific Inc.$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$850
- GE HealthCare$190
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$56
Across 12 payments — averaging $6862.25 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.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$82K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,09030%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,30036%
- Food & beverage$562%
- Education$1,20033%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BD | 3 | $1,350 |
| Milestone Scientific Inc. | 1 | $1,200 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $850 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $190 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $56 |
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.
- COMPUFLO EPIDURAL$1,200
- HemoSphere$450
How this compares
$3,646 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,899 anesthesiology providers in Texas.
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.
Other anesthesiology in Galveston
- Richard TeamesFort Worth$746K
- Tong GanHouston$700K
- Valentine GibsonRichardson$671K
- James MuellerDallas$636K
- Randy RobbinsPlano$593K
- Gabriel MenaHouston$494K
- Maxim EckmannSan Antonio$349K
- Iden CowanAustin$305K
- Ryan CaseyAustin$287K
- Girish JoshiDallas$239K
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.