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RAFAEL E GONZALEZ
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RAFAEL E GONZALEZ

Listed Specialty: Interventional Cardiology
1709 DRYDEN RD, MS BCM620, SUITE 9.91, HOUSTON, TX, 77030-2400
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DR. RAFAEL GONZALEZ,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

52

payments

$4,969

payment total

11

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Travel and Lodging
 1 $3,666
Food and Beverage
 51 $1,302

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
IFR

device

 $3,666
ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM

device

 $165
LIFEVEST

device

 $140
REPATHA

drug

 $138
IGT_D PERIPHERAL

device

 $138
COOK MEDICAL ACCESSORIES

device

 $126
GLIDEWIRE

device

 $110
IMPELLA

device

 $102
CORLANOR

drug

 $97
GLIDESHEATH

device

 $97
FOX SV PTA CATHETER AND ARMADA 14 PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER AND VIATRAC 14 PLUS PERIPHERAL CATHETER

device

 $88
HERCULINK ELITE RENAL AND BILIARY STENT SYSTEM

device

 $88
HI-TORQUE SPARTACORE GUIDE WIRES

device

 $88
OMNILINK ELITE VASCULAR STENT SYSTEM

device

 $88
SUPERA PERIPHERAL STENT SYSTEM

device

 $88
BRILINTA

drug

 $70
SYNERGY

device

 $57
HI-TORQUE COMMAND GUIDE WIRE

device

 $49
PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $36
ANGIOSEAL

device

 $30
OPTITORQUE

device

 $30
AZUR

device

 $21
PRESSUREWIRE FFR

device

 $18
CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM

device

 $18
MICRA

device

 $15
PROD. CATEGORY: OCT

device

 $13
HEARTRAIL

device

 $6
AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS

device

 $4
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Apr 3, 2018 $3,666 IFR Travel and Lodging PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Dec 19, 2018 $165 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 20, 2018 $126 COOK MEDICAL ACCESSORIES Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Oct 31, 2018 $88 FOX SV PTA CATHETER AND ARMADA 14 PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER AND VIATRAC 14 PLUS PERIPHERAL CATHETER HERCULINK ELITE RENAL AND BILIARY STENT SYSTEM HI-TORQUE SPARTACORE GUIDE WIRES OMNILINK ELITE VASCULAR STENT SYSTEM SUPERA PERIPHERAL STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 20, 2018 $73 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Mar 21, 2018 $43 IGT_D PERIPHERAL Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Jan 24, 2018 $40 IGT_D PERIPHERAL Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Apr 30, 2018 $36 GLIDEWIRE GLIDESHEATH Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Jun 11, 2018 $30 GLIDESHEATH GLIDEWIRE OPTITORQUE Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Jun 14, 2018 $29 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
May 17, 2018 $28 CORLANOR REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Dec 10, 2018 $27 CORLANOR REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $24 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Apr 19, 2018 $24 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Aug 14, 2018 $24 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $23 CORLANOR REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $22 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Sep 20, 2018 $22 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
May 24, 2018 $21 HI-TORQUE COMMAND GUIDE WIRE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 4, 2018 $21 GLIDESHEATH GLIDEWIRE AZUR Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Apr 25, 2018 $20 IGT_D PERIPHERAL Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Nov 14, 2018 $19 CORLANOR REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $19 ANGIOSEAL GLIDEWIRE Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Dec 21, 2018 $19 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Oct 23, 2018 $19 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
May 23, 2018 $19 IGT_D PERIPHERAL Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Jun 20, 2018 $18 PRESSUREWIRE FFR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 10, 2018 $18 CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 19, 2018 $17 HI-TORQUE COMMAND GUIDE WIRE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 12, 2018 $16 IGT_D PERIPHERAL Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Apr 13, 2018 $15 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Dec 18, 2018 $15 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 5, 2018 $15 SYNERGY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 10, 2018 $14 SYNERGY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 20, 2018 $14 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Nov 20, 2018 $14 SYNERGY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 19, 2018 $14 SYNERGY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 19, 2018 $13 PROD. CATEGORY: OCT Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Jul 27, 2018 $13 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jan 26, 2018 $13 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Sep 19, 2018 $12 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Jul 3, 2018 $12 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jan 12, 2018 $12 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Feb 16, 2018 $12 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
May 4, 2018 $12 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Mar 2, 2018 $12 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Feb 13, 2018 $11 HI-TORQUE COMMAND GUIDE WIRE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 16, 2018 $11 ANGIOSEAL Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Apr 6, 2018 $8 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jun 25, 2018 $6 HEARTRAIL GLIDESHEATH Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Jul 19, 2018 $5 GLIDESHEATH GLIDEWIRE Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Aug 10, 2018 $4 AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
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