Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | $50,000 | 9 | 50.2% |
| Food and Beverage | $25,112 | 466 | 25.2% |
| Travel and Lodging | $21,833 | 87 | 21.9% |
| Education | $2,292 | 18 | 2.3% |
| Entertainment | $279.82 | 7 | 0.3% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Laboratories | $50,474 | 121 | $0 (2024) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $15,496 | 113 | $0 (2024) |
| BIOTRONIK INC. | $14,746 | 127 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $5,526 | 34 | $0 (2024) |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $3,306 | 30 | $0 (2024) |
| ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | $1,294 | 23 | $0 (2024) |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | $1,181 | 33 | $0 (2024) |
| CVRx, Inc. | $886.35 | 8 | $0 (2023) |
| Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc | $835.61 | 9 | $0 (2024) |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $695.27 | 7 | $0 (2021) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $26,008 | 214 | Abbott Laboratories ($11,189) |
| 2023 | $51,781 | 151 | Abbott Laboratories ($38,495) |
| 2022 | $11,198 | 98 | BIOTRONIK INC. ($8,394) |
| 2021 | $7,564 | 83 | BIOTRONIK INC. ($3,570) |
| 2020 | $1,095 | 21 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) ($342.37) |
| 2019 | $1,870 | 20 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($417.05) |
All Payment Transactions
587 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 24
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | AVEIR (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.12 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 12/27/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.98 | General |
| Category: Pacemakers | ||||||
| 12/26/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | NA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.47 | General |
| Category: Electrophysiology | ||||||
| 12/25/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $50.44 | General |
| 12/19/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ENSITE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $99.13 | General |
| Category: Electrophysiology | ||||||
| 12/16/2024 | BIOTRONIK INC. | BIOMONITOR (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $8.65 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 12/15/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | MICRA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $54.70 | General |
| Category: Pacemakers | ||||||
| 12/15/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $53.91 | General |
| 12/14/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $202.69 | General |
| 12/14/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $199.00 | General |
| 12/14/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $97.06 | General |
| 12/14/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $78.87 | General |
| 12/14/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $53.91 | General |
| 12/14/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $40.71 | General |
| 12/14/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $28.00 | General |
| 12/13/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $199.00 | General |
| 12/13/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $28.00 | General |
| 12/13/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.64 | General |
| Category: Pacemakers | ||||||
| 12/12/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ENSITE (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $127.36 | General |
| Category: Electrophysiology | ||||||
| 12/12/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ENSITE (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $84.31 | General |
| Category: Electrophysiology | ||||||
| 12/12/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ENSITE (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $56.72 | General |
| Category: Electrophysiology | ||||||
| 12/12/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ENSITE (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $54.41 | General |
| Category: Electrophysiology | ||||||
| 12/12/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.66 | General |
| 12/10/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | AVEIR (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.61 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 12/10/2024 | Stereotaxis Inc | Genesis (Device) | Entertainment | Cash or cash equivalent | $11.98 | General |
| Category: Cardiac | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 19 | 19 | $10,716 | $2,033 |
| 2020 | 1 | 44 | 44 | $36,212 | $8,232 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
2 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 19 | $10,716 | $2,033 | 19.0% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day | Facility | 2020 | 44 | 44 | $36,212 | $8,232 | 22.7% |
About Dr. Lu Chen, MD
Dr. Lu Chen, MD is a Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology healthcare provider based in Fountain Valley, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/24/2016. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1679935050.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Lu Chen, MD has received a total of $99,517 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $26,008 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 587 transactions from 36 companies. The most common payment nature is "Grant" ($50,000).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Chen has provided services to 63 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 63 services with total Medicare billing of $10,265. Data is available for 2 years (2020–2023), covering 2 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Location Fountain Valley, CA
- Active Since 03/24/2016
- Last Updated 07/02/2025
- Taxonomy Code 207RC0001X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1679935050
Products in Payments
- ENSITE PRECISION (Device) $6,419
- CARTO 3 (Device) $4,487
- ENSITE (Device) $1,754
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX (Device) $1,456
- LifeVest (Device) $1,294
- AVEIR (Device) $1,149
- Sentus (Device) $1,120
- BioMonitor (Device) $1,069
- XARELTO (Drug) $908.78
- Rivacor 7 DR-T (Device) $888.95
- Barostim Neo System (Device) $886.35
- BIOMONITOR (Device) $706.04
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $695.27
- WATCHMAN (Device) $682.98
- RESONATE EL ICD VR (Device) $649.30
- WATCHMAN FLX (Device) $642.35
- Solia (Device) $609.91
- Edora (Device) $556.08
- Acticor (Device) $461.43
- Rivacor (Device) $452.14
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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.