Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

EDWARD JOHN BRENDAN HICKEY

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1336797729
CMS profile
6609706
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$18,380.90

  • Reported across 67 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$16,021.75

29 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

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Consulting Fee $14,000.00 6
Food and Beverage $1,275.47 19
Travel and Lodging $746.28 4

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Abbott Laboratories $15,428.24 26
CVRx Inc. $223.57 1
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $207.41 1
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $162.53 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $80.27 1
PY2020 $35.71 2
PY2021 $344.83 12
PY2022 $1,374.37 12
PY2023 $523.97 11
PY2024 $16,021.75 29

Payment records · PY2024 (29)

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

Program year 2024 20192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Abbott Laboratories $24.15 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124997457 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $875.00 02/06/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125403853 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $2,187.50 02/06/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125403855 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $437.50 02/06/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125403857 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $50.00 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124997469 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $130.45 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124997471 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $56.34 02/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124997473 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $32.76 02/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124997475 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $340.15 02/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125403865 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $9.02 02/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125403871 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $6,562.50 03/12/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125403859 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $1,750.00 03/12/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125403861 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $20.78 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124997459 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $21.96 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124997461 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $2,187.50 07/18/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125403863 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $23.18 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124997487 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $38.24 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124997463 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $21.01 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124997465 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $46.00 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124997479 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $100.00 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124997481 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $33.48 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124997483 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $33.98 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124997485 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $383.21 11/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125403867 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $13.90 11/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125403869 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $23.82 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124997467 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $25.81 12/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124997477 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $223.57 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128593599 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $162.53 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138780181 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $207.41 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148131870 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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