Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $360,349 | 110 | 53.2% |
| Travel and Lodging | $108,708 | 401 | 16.0% |
| Honoraria | $107,165 | 26 | 15.8% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $54,763 | 23 | 8.1% |
| Food and Beverage | $26,650 | 411 | 3.9% |
| Unspecified | $10,350 | 4 | 1.5% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program | $9,750 | 3 | 1.4% |
| Education | $38.00 | 1 | 0.0% |
Payments by Type
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $268,011 | 372 | $0 (2024) |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $123,869 | 96 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $112,025 | 199 | $0 (2020) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $79,651 | 109 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $42,893 | 115 | $0 (2024) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $21,447 | 53 | $0 (2024) |
| ShockWave Medical, Inc | $13,060 | 8 | $0 (2024) |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | $10,067 | 12 | $0 (2018) |
| ABIOMED | $6,278 | 11 | $0 (2023) |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | $234.40 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $64,033 | 98 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($43,360) |
| 2023 | $123,854 | 154 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($58,637) |
| 2022 | $64,349 | 115 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($30,844) |
| 2021 | $34,333 | 64 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($15,013) |
| 2020 | $78,221 | 57 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($26,773) |
| 2019 | $115,621 | 173 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($36,503) |
| 2018 | $131,405 | 177 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($42,815) |
| 2017 | $65,956 | 141 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($31,127) |
All Payment Transactions
979 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 40
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/19/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $170.04 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 12/16/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | NAVITOR (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.68 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 12/16/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | NAVITOR (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.18 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | PORTICO (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $75.42 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | PORTICO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $74.95 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | PORTICO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $72.45 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | PORTICO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $72.45 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | PORTICO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $72.45 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | PORTICO (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.78 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 11/27/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $425.00 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 11/25/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | PORTICO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $619.40 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 11/25/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | PORTICO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $62.99 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 11/18/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,225.00 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 11/13/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $440.25 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $382.33 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.59 | General |
| 10/31/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $66.55 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/31/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $65.59 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/28/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $11,375.00 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/28/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $116.57 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/25/2024 | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | Product in Development (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,250.00 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 10/25/2024 | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | Product in Development (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $900.00 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 10/21/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $7,475.00 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/21/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $50.56 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/18/2024 | ShockWave Medical, Inc | Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) | Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $750.00 | General |
| Category: Lithoplasty | ||||||
Research Studies & Clinical Trials
| Study Name | Company | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony TPV Pivotal | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $750.00 | 2 |
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16 | 1,005 | 1,308 | $918,142 | $142,294 |
| 2022 | 17 | 870 | 1,157 | $706,326 | $114,371 |
| 2021 | 18 | 872 | 1,108 | $893,383 | $144,746 |
| 2020 | 20 | 862 | 1,222 | $929,186 | $151,508 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
71 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | Facility | 2023 | 69 | 69 | $384,261 | $41,573 | 10.8% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2023 | 118 | 138 | $105,402 | $20,472 | 19.4% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 113 | 269 | $79,970 | $18,020 | 22.5% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Office | 2023 | 89 | 89 | $88,036 | $16,880 | 19.2% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 89 | 92 | $49,927 | $9,958 | 19.9% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 55 | 61 | $49,105 | $8,810 | 17.9% |
| 92928 | Insertion of stents with balloon dilation of coronary artery or branch, single artery or branch | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 17 | $41,421 | $6,966 | 16.8% |
| 93000 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report | Office | 2023 | 278 | 378 | $35,304 | $4,615 | 13.1% |
| 93454 | Insertion of tube in coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 25 | 26 | $25,043 | $3,853 | 15.4% |
| 93456 | Insertion of tube in right heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 17 | $21,259 | $3,811 | 17.9% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 17 | 17 | $13,192 | $2,429 | 18.4% |
| 93451 | Insertion of tube in right heart chambers for measurement | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 16 | $8,450 | $1,559 | 18.4% |
| 92978 | Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel or graft with review by radiologist, initial vessel | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 14 | $5,346 | $1,086 | 20.3% |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 20 | $3,483 | $837.40 | 24.0% |
| 99152 | Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 67 | 74 | $3,774 | $770.34 | 20.4% |
| 93571 | Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel during diagnosis or treatment, initial vessel | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $4,169 | $653.18 | 15.7% |
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | Facility | 2022 | 49 | 49 | $285,411 | $30,905 | 10.8% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Office | 2022 | 90 | 90 | $82,760 | $17,720 | 21.4% |
| 99232 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 106 | 281 | $79,761 | $17,110 | 21.5% |
| 92928 | Insertion of stents with balloon dilation of coronary artery or branch, single artery or branch | Facility | 2022 | 15 | 15 | $36,351 | $7,460 | 20.5% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 37 | 41 | $32,461 | $6,959 | 21.4% |
| 99233 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 41 | 72 | $29,412 | $6,313 | 21.5% |
| 93456 | Insertion of tube in right heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2022 | 22 | 22 | $28,129 | $5,232 | 18.6% |
| 93000 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report | Office | 2022 | 278 | 346 | $31,832 | $4,177 | 13.1% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2022 | 25 | 25 | $18,795 | $3,984 | 21.2% |
About Dr. Ignacio Inglessis-Azuaje, MD
Dr. Ignacio Inglessis-Azuaje, MD is a Internal Medicine healthcare provider based in Boston, Massachusetts. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/27/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1134186927.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Ignacio Inglessis-Azuaje, MD has received a total of $677,773 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $64,033 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 979 transactions from 13 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($360,349).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Inglessis-Azuaje has provided services to 3,609 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 4,795 services with total Medicare billing of $552,919. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 71 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Internal Medicine
- Other Specialties Cardiovascular Disease
- Location Boston, MA
- Active Since 04/27/2006
- Last Updated 07/15/2009
- Taxonomy Code 207R00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- Practice Solo Practitioner
- NPI Number 1134186927
Products in Payments
- EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) $126,023
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $108,303
- CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder (Device) $73,979
- AMPLATZER Occluders (Device) $42,333
- CoreValve Evolut (Device) $37,184
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder (Device) $23,497
- Occluders (Device) $20,051
- PASCAL (Device) $17,280
- Resolute (Device) $15,545
- Product in Development (Device) $12,825
- SHOCKWAVE IVL SYSTEM WITH THE SHOCKWAVE C2 CORONARY IVL CATHETER (Device) $12,310
- GORE CARDIOFORM ASD Occluder (Device) $12,113
- MITRACLIP (Device) $10,233
- General - Structural Heart (Device) $8,741
- Impella (Device) $6,278
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) $4,269
- Edwards SAPIEN XT Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $4,060
- AMPLATZER Vascular Plugs (Device) $3,808
- Artis Q.zen (Device) $2,948
- RESOLUTE ONYX (Device) $1,385
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Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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