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Covered recipient · General Payments record

ISMAEL A SALAS DE ARMAS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1245478585
CMS profile
398553
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$120,526.55

  • Reported across 231 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$23,139.86

47 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ABIOMED $20,608.26 23
ATRICURE, INC. $860.33 5
Abbott Laboratories $668.45 8
Medtronic, Inc. $538.72 5
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $271.22 4
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY $166.08 1
Ethicon US, LLC $26.80 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $3,357.27 41
PY2020 $615.62 9
PY2021 $882.71 9
PY2022 $2,555.43 30
PY2023 $36,001.04 48
PY2024 $53,974.62 47
PY2025 $23,139.86 47

Payment records · PY2025 (47)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2025 201920202021202220232024 Record-level detail is published for PY2025; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Abbott Laboratories $114.62 01/09/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241029804 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $52.01 06/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1240611491 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $8.83 07/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1240614065 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $148.40 07/09/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1240614916 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $26.73 08/28/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1240665899 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $130.02 09/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1240620602 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $37.88 10/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1240672840 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $149.96 12/31/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1240848999 CMS
ABIOMED $105.01 03/18/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175013022 CMS
ABIOMED $320.10 04/01/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175018372 CMS
ABIOMED $6,000.00 04/01/2025 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175018682 CMS
ABIOMED $436.40 04/01/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175018766 CMS
ABIOMED $125.00 04/01/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175018834 CMS
ABIOMED $251.11 08/06/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175011298 CMS
ABIOMED $150.00 08/06/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175015252 CMS
ABIOMED $28.03 08/07/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175011651 CMS
ABIOMED $31.74 08/07/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175011789 CMS
ABIOMED $136.07 08/07/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175011836 CMS
ABIOMED $68.35 08/11/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175005274 CMS
ABIOMED $76.17 08/11/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175014550 CMS
ABIOMED $140.50 08/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175005532 CMS
ABIOMED $371.45 09/18/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175018316 CMS
ABIOMED $285.26 09/18/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175018455 CMS
ABIOMED $5,400.00 09/18/2025 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175018844 CMS
ABIOMED $107.63 09/18/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175018941 CMS
ABIOMED $138.16 09/18/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175019067 CMS
ABIOMED $152.32 10/02/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175018219 CMS
ABIOMED $150.00 10/02/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175018932 CMS
ABIOMED $541.03 10/02/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175019008 CMS
ABIOMED $193.93 10/02/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175019029 CMS
ABIOMED $5,400.00 10/02/2025 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175019204 CMS
AtriCure, Inc. $165.24 04/22/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1223212544 CMS
AtriCure, Inc. $145.05 04/29/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1223212546 CMS
AtriCure, Inc. $196.12 06/25/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1223212548 CMS
AtriCure, Inc. $175.65 10/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1223212550 CMS
AtriCure, Inc. $178.27 11/25/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1223212552 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $166.08 02/20/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1232250178 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $23.68 09/12/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1225178836 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $36.76 09/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1225178838 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $118.84 10/01/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1225178832 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $91.94 10/01/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1225178834 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $26.80 05/08/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173869174 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $114.99 01/29/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1219987118 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $55.68 08/18/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1219987124 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $165.61 08/21/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1219987120 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $6.53 08/27/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1219987122 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $195.91 10/08/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1219987126 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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