Dr. Danny Ramzy, MD
Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honoraria | $253,208 | 67 | 42.5% |
| Travel and Lodging | $109,406 | 216 | 18.3% |
| Consulting Fee | $78,345 | 26 | 13.1% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $70,034 | 25 | 11.7% |
| Food and Beverage | $67,783 | 975 | 11.4% |
| Education | $8,555 | 7 | 1.4% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program | $7,200 | 1 | 1.2% |
| Unspecified | $1,686 | 5 | 0.3% |
| Gift | $31.40 | 1 | 0.0% |
Payments by Type
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABIOMED | $333,663 | 475 | $0 (2024) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $110,531 | 253 | $0 (2024) |
| LivaNova USA, Inc. | $35,549 | 50 | $0 (2024) |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | $24,117 | 52 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $15,533 | 48 | $0 (2024) |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $14,470 | 115 | $0 (2024) |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $14,147 | 50 | $0 (2024) |
| Corcym Inc | $11,944 | 10 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $5,275 | 61 | $0 (2020) |
| Baxter Healthcare | $4,916 | 13 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $112,501 | 217 | ABIOMED ($39,536) |
| 2023 | $70,493 | 167 | Abbott Laboratories ($31,163) |
| 2022 | $29,558 | 149 | ABIOMED ($20,128) |
| 2021 | $94,246 | 164 | ABIOMED ($83,652) |
| 2020 | $68,663 | 107 | Abbott Laboratories ($40,119) |
| 2019 | $77,359 | 166 | ABIOMED ($42,886) |
| 2018 | $71,999 | 173 | ABIOMED ($48,380) |
| 2017 | $71,430 | 180 | ABIOMED ($61,677) |
All Payment Transactions
1,323 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 53
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/23/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | EPIC (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $120.11 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 12/20/2024 | CVRx, Inc. | Barostim Neo System (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $477.95 | General |
| Category: Heart Failure and Hypertension | ||||||
| 12/20/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ENSITE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $87.55 | General |
| Category: Electrophysiology | ||||||
| 12/18/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | EPIC (Device) | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,050.00 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 12/13/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | PENDITURE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.13 | General |
| Category: Ablation | ||||||
| 12/12/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $164.80 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 12/12/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $57.42 | General |
| Category: Heart Failure | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | AVALUS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $35.77 | General |
| Category: Heart Valves | ||||||
| 12/09/2024 | Teleflex LLC | MANTA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $162.14 | General |
| Category: INTERVENTIONAL ACCESS | ||||||
| 12/06/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $5,000.00 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 12/06/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | MITRACLIP (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $91.06 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 12/05/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | SIMULUS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.64 | General |
| Category: Heart Valves | ||||||
| 12/04/2024 | Corcym Inc | PERCEVAL (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $150.14 | General |
| Category: PERICARDIAL SURGICAL HEART VALVE | ||||||
| 12/04/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $146.17 | General |
| Category: Heart Failure | ||||||
| 12/02/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | EPIC (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.85 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 12/02/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | EPIC (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.52 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 11/27/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | EPIC (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $139.68 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 11/19/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | SENSITHERM MULTI (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.87 | General |
| Category: Electrophysiology | ||||||
| 11/19/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ADVISOR (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.73 | General |
| Category: Electrophysiology | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | AVALUS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $52.35 | General |
| Category: Heart Valves | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.36 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/13/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | EPIC (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $64.95 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 11/13/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $37.94 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/13/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.55 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | EPIC (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,000.00 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
Research Studies & Clinical Trials
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 18 | 18 | $6,822 | $2,329 |
| 2022 | 2 | 29 | 29 | $111,226 | $24,681 |
| 2021 | 5 | 109 | 111 | $218,980 | $54,291 |
| 2020 | 6 | 103 | 105 | $303,691 | $67,498 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
14 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 18 | 18 | $6,822 | $2,329 | 34.1% |
| 33533 | Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | Facility | 2022 | 15 | 15 | $105,920 | $22,758 | 21.5% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2022 | 14 | 14 | $5,306 | $1,923 | 36.2% |
| 33533 | Heart artery bypass, single graft | Facility | 2021 | 32 | 32 | $193,910 | $47,262 | 24.4% |
| 99204 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 28 | 28 | $11,921 | $3,174 | 26.6% |
| 99205 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 13 | 13 | $7,398 | $2,095 | 28.3% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 15 | 17 | $4,646 | $1,478 | 31.8% |
| 33508 | Harvest of veins for coronary artery bypass procedure using an endoscope | Facility | 2021 | 21 | 21 | $1,105 | $282.03 | 25.5% |
| 33533 | Heart artery bypass to repair one artery | Facility | 2020 | 28 | 28 | $170,268 | $42,649 | 25.0% |
| 33405 | Replacement of aortic valve using artificial valve on heart-lung machine, open procedure | Facility | 2020 | 15 | 15 | $110,655 | $18,832 | 17.0% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 16 | 16 | $8,768 | $2,309 | 26.3% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 19 | 19 | $7,961 | $2,153 | 27.0% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 13 | 15 | $5,415 | $1,386 | 25.6% |
| 33508 | Harvest of veins for coronary artery bypass procedure using an endoscope | Facility | 2020 | 12 | 12 | $624.00 | $169.57 | 27.2% |
About Dr. Danny Ramzy, MD
Dr. Danny Ramzy, MD is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Houston, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 09/22/2008. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1679723175.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Danny Ramzy, MD has received a total of $596,248 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $112,501 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 1,323 transactions from 65 companies. The most common payment nature is "Honoraria" ($253,208).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Ramzy has provided services to 259 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 263 services with total Medicare billing of $148,799. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 14 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
- Other Specialties Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
- Location Houston, TX
- Active Since 09/22/2008
- Last Updated 02/01/2023
- Taxonomy Code 208G00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1679723175
Products in Payments
- Impella (Device) $333,557
- Trifecta Tissue Heart Valve (Device) $35,604
- EPIC (Device) $32,114
- Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $19,967
- Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve (Device) $16,711
- TandemLife (Device) $13,528
- PERCEVAL (Device) $11,944
- ESSENZ (Device) $10,460
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) $9,842
- CP5 (Device) $8,000
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX (Device) $6,649
- Tri-Ad (Device) $6,164
- SIMULUS (Device) $6,102
- Aortic Tissue Valve - Perceval (Device) $5,358
- PREVELEAK (Device) $4,631
- HeartWare HVAD (Device) $4,215
- DA VINCI SP (Device) $4,150
- AMPLATZER Occluders (Device) $3,873
- THORATEC PVAD, CANNULA TUNNELER (Device) $3,600
- LifeVest (Device) $3,474
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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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