Dr. Leo Simpson, MD

Cardiovascular Disease Houston, TX Male
NPI: 1922019967
Total Payments
$37,898
2024 Payments
$1,043
Companies
29
Transactions
458
Medicare Patients
3,425
Medicare Billing
$869,275

Payment Breakdown by Category

Travel$10,830 (28.6%)
Other$10,200 (26.9%)
Food & Beverage$10,124 (26.7%)
Consulting$6,453 (17.0%)
Research$165.96 (0.4%)
Education$125.50 (0.3%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Travel and Lodging $10,830 44 28.6%
Honoraria $10,200 3 26.9%
Food and Beverage $10,124 403 26.7%
Consulting Fee $6,453 6 17.0%
Unspecified $165.96 1 0.4%
Education $125.50 1 0.3%

Payments by Type

General
$37,732
457 transactions
Research
$165.96
1 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
ABIOMED $13,788 27 $0 (2023)
Abbott Laboratories $10,883 119 $0 (2024)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $4,258 55 $0 (2020)
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $3,636 80 $0 (2024)
Boston Scientific Corporation $1,429 15 $0 (2024)
The Spectranetics Corporation $951.14 3 $0 (2017)
Medtronic, Inc. $854.21 8 $0 (2022)
Cardiovascular Systems Inc. $539.65 17 $0 (2023)
CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. $525.26 81 $0 (2024)
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. $153.46 11 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $1,043 104 CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. ($284.20)
2023 $3,194 92 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($1,156)
2022 $2,460 43 Abbott Laboratories ($1,039)
2021 $13,409 38 ABIOMED ($12,264)
2020 $957.42 29 Abbott Laboratories ($549.32)
2019 $8,745 55 Abbott Laboratories ($7,763)
2018 $2,761 59 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($2,429)
2017 $5,329 38 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($1,720)

All Payment Transactions

458 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 19

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/31/2024 iRhythm Technologies, Inc. ZIO XT Patch (Device), Zio monitor Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $0.94 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
11/14/2024 iRhythm Technologies, Inc. ZIO XT Patch (Device), Zio monitor Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $2.85 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
11/07/2024 iRhythm Technologies, Inc. Zio monitor (Device), ZIO XT Patch Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $2.34 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
11/05/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.09 General
10/22/2024 iRhythm Technologies, Inc. Zio monitor (Device), ZIO XT Patch Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.85 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
10/22/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.87 General
10/21/2024 Novo Nordisk Inc Wegovy (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.99 General
Category: Obesity
10/16/2024 Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.52 General
10/15/2024 CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. SAVVYWIRE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.98 General
Category: DEVICES
10/14/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $63.64 General
Category: General - Atherectomy_PI
10/12/2024 Veryan Medical Incorporated BioMimics 3D Vascular Stent System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $71.43 General
Category: Vascular Stent
10/11/2024 CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. CARDIVA VASCADE 5F VCS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $3.63 General
Category: DEVICES
10/09/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $3.46 General
10/09/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $3.34 General
10/03/2024 CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. CARDIVA VASCADE 6/7F VCS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $3.22 General
Category: DEVICES
10/01/2024 ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) LifeVest (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $13.85 General
Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus
09/28/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $3.92 General
09/27/2024 CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. SAVVYWIRE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $8.60 General
Category: DEVICES
09/27/2024 CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. CARDIVA VASCADE 6/7F VCS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $5.92 General
Category: DEVICES
09/26/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $44.92 General
09/24/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $3.34 General
09/14/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $3.92 General
09/13/2024 CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. CARDIVA VASCADE 5F VCS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $11.37 General
Category: DEVICES
09/06/2024 CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. SAVVYWIRE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.81 General
Category: DEVICES
09/06/2024 CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. SAVVYWIRE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $8.38 General
Category: DEVICES
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Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
Impella ABIOMED $165.96 1

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 15 743 1,831 $743,168 $193,115
2022 15 877 2,193 $794,117 $217,727
2021 16 811 1,838 $741,519 $197,161
2020 22 994 2,414 $1.1M $261,271
Total Patients
3,425
Total Services
8,276
Medicare Billing
$869,275
Procedure Codes
70

All Medicare Procedures & Services

70 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes Facility 2023 61 353 $208,976 $61,814 29.6%
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes Facility 2023 140 629 $206,941 $61,409 29.7%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Facility 2023 157 323 $87,210 $24,401 28.0%
93460 Insertion of tube in right and left heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist Facility 2023 34 37 $68,317 $10,397 15.2%
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes Facility 2023 66 75 $35,790 $10,355 28.9%
92928 Insertion of stents with balloon dilation of coronary artery or branch, single artery or branch Facility 2023 15 18 $52,380 $8,027 15.3%
93461 Insertion of tube in right and left heart chambers, coronary artery, and bypass graft for diagnosis with review by radiologist Facility 2023 17 18 $37,044 $4,534 12.2%
93750 Evaluation of lower heart chamber assist device Facility 2023 17 103 $11,433 $3,361 29.4%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Facility 2023 21 22 $8,712 $2,257 25.9%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Facility 2023 16 16 $5,904 $1,750 29.6%
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes Facility 2023 18 20 $4,380 $1,298 29.6%
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes Facility 2023 11 12 $4,332 $1,282 29.6%
99152 Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes Facility 2023 72 83 $4,565 $854.82 18.7%
93010 Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only Facility 2023 87 111 $4,995 $726.10 14.5%
93571 Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel during diagnosis or treatment, initial vessel Facility 2023 11 11 $2,189 $649.44 29.7%
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes Facility 2022 88 409 $244,991 $72,289 29.5%
99233 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes Facility 2022 182 834 $234,354 $69,936 29.8%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Facility 2022 141 245 $66,640 $18,329 27.5%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes Facility 2022 89 107 $58,101 $17,478 30.1%
93460 Insertion of tube in right and left heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist Facility 2022 49 49 $91,483 $13,242 14.5%
99232 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes Facility 2022 73 197 $38,612 $11,614 30.1%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Facility 2022 33 41 $16,523 $4,951 30.0%
93750 Evaluation of lower heart chamber assist device Facility 2022 21 88 $9,768 $2,809 28.8%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Facility 2022 13 13 $4,862 $1,465 30.1%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Facility 2022 22 26 $4,810 $1,384 28.8%
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About Dr. Leo Simpson, MD

Dr. Leo Simpson, MD is a Cardiovascular Disease healthcare provider based in Houston, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 08/11/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1922019967.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Leo Simpson, MD has received a total of $37,898 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $1,043 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 458 transactions from 29 companies. The most common payment nature is "Travel and Lodging" ($10,830).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Simpson has provided services to 3,425 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 8,276 services with total Medicare billing of $869,275. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 70 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Cardiovascular Disease
  • Other Specialties Interventional Cardiology, Internal Medicine
  • Location Houston, TX
  • Active Since 08/11/2006
  • Last Updated 11/20/2025
  • Taxonomy Code 207RC0000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1922019967

Products in Payments

  • Impella (Device) $13,788
  • CardioMEMS HF System (Device) $7,007
  • CoreValve Evolut (Device) $2,140
  • Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $1,720
  • Mitra Clip system (Device) $1,601
  • Micra (Device) $1,452
  • EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) $1,217
  • WATCHMAN (Device) $971.59
  • CARDIOMEMS (Device) $806.63
  • DIAMONDBACK CORONARY (Device) $359.02
  • Diamondback Peripheral (Device) $236.92
  • BALLOON BRIDGE (Device) $208.95
  • MITRACLIP (Device) $189.85
  • Diamondback Coronary (Device) $184.45
  • HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev (Device) $168.88
  • CARDIVA VASCADE 5F VCS (Device) $167.21
  • WATCHMAN Access System (Device) $144.37
  • THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) $142.07
  • Merlin Connectivity and Remote (Device) $137.03
  • HEARTMATE TOUCH (Device) $133.11

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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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