Dr. Robert Smith, MD
Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $21,025 | 14 | 35.2% |
| Travel and Lodging | $18,119 | 75 | 30.3% |
| Food and Beverage | $13,714 | 186 | 23.0% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $3,500 | 1 | 5.9% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program | $2,000 | 1 | 3.3% |
| Honoraria | $937.50 | 1 | 1.6% |
| Education | $437.05 | 1 | 0.7% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $42,974 | 157 | $0 (2024) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $6,645 | 34 | $0 (2024) |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $2,331 | 31 | $0 (2024) |
| Artivion, Inc. | $2,144 | 3 | $0 (2023) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $1,633 | 16 | $0 (2024) |
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | $827.65 | 8 | $0 (2023) |
| CryoLife, Inc. | $800.00 | 1 | $0 (2017) |
| EnableCV Inc. | $672.14 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
| Cook Medical LLC | $459.43 | 8 | $0 (2024) |
| Corcym Inc | $255.86 | 2 | $0 (2022) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,392 | 36 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($1,358) |
| 2023 | $7,093 | 33 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($5,187) |
| 2022 | $4,829 | 40 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($2,634) |
| 2021 | $3,265 | 15 | Artivion, Inc. ($2,000) |
| 2020 | $762.91 | 12 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($762.91) |
| 2019 | $21,906 | 79 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($21,342) |
| 2018 | $7,520 | 30 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($6,037) |
| 2017 | $10,965 | 34 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($4,966) |
All Payment Transactions
279 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 12
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/14/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $7.72 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 11/11/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $63.93 | General |
| 10/30/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $35.56 | General |
| 10/24/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | AMPLATZER AMULET (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $180.01 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 10/08/2024 | Cook Medical LLC | ZENITH SPIRAL-Z (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $117.59 | General |
| Category: Aortic Intervention | ||||||
| 10/07/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.57 | General |
| 09/18/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $138.68 | General |
| 09/18/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $133.68 | General |
| 09/18/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $33.78 | General |
| 09/18/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.73 | General |
| 09/18/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $6.28 | General |
| 09/10/2024 | Cook Medical LLC | ZENITH (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $43.48 | General |
| Category: Aortic Intervention | ||||||
| 09/04/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $106.24 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 09/04/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $85.81 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 09/04/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $46.44 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 09/04/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $46.44 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 09/04/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $9.02 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 08/21/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $475.21 | General |
| 08/05/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $51.72 | General |
| 07/22/2024 | EnableCV Inc. | THRUPORT SYSTEMS INTRACLUDE INTRA-AORTIC OCCLUSION DEVICE (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $153.97 | General |
| Category: Minimal Incision Valve Surgery | ||||||
| 06/19/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | PENDITURE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $128.29 | General |
| Category: Ablation | ||||||
| 06/17/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $140.70 | General |
| 06/06/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | APOLLOTM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.30 | General |
| Category: Access | ||||||
| 05/31/2024 | Cook Medical LLC | ZILVER PTX (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $17.67 | General |
| Category: Peripheral Intervention | ||||||
| 05/20/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EVOQUE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $247.69 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 88 | 89 | $365,705 | $67,916 |
| 2022 | 5 | 106 | 108 | $368,258 | $72,600 |
| 2021 | 7 | 123 | 123 | $377,792 | $109,190 |
| 2020 | 8 | 167 | 169 | $426,146 | $131,724 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
24 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33427 | Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2023 | 22 | 22 | $202,500 | $37,498 | 18.5% |
| 33430 | Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 14 | $147,940 | $24,638 | 16.7% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 37 | 37 | $11,453 | $4,317 | 37.7% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 15 | 16 | $3,812 | $1,463 | 38.4% |
| 33427 | Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2022 | 20 | 20 | $142,773 | $32,033 | 22.4% |
| 33430 | Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2022 | 19 | 19 | $145,922 | $24,070 | 16.5% |
| 33418 | Repair of mitral valve through the skin, initial prosthesis | Facility | 2022 | 12 | 12 | $65,193 | $10,096 | 15.5% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2022 | 38 | 38 | $10,935 | $4,519 | 41.3% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 17 | 19 | $3,435 | $1,882 | 54.8% |
| 33430 | Replacement of valve between left upper and lower chambers on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2021 | 19 | 19 | $113,924 | $39,229 | 34.4% |
| 33427 | Repair of valve flaps between left heart chambers on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2021 | 16 | 16 | $103,200 | $29,619 | 28.7% |
| 33465 | Replacement of valve between right heart chambers on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2021 | 13 | 13 | $74,776 | $16,870 | 22.6% |
| 33533 | Heart artery bypass, single graft | Facility | 2021 | 12 | 12 | $59,760 | $13,722 | 23.0% |
| 99204 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes | Office | 2021 | 40 | 40 | $11,200 | $4,548 | 40.6% |
| 33530 | Reoperation of heart artery bypass or valve procedure more than 1 month after original operation | Facility | 2021 | 12 | 12 | $13,524 | $4,435 | 32.8% |
| 99442 | Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion | Office | 2021 | 11 | 11 | $1,408 | $766.84 | 54.5% |
| 33430 | Replacement of valve between left upper and lower chambers on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2020 | 22 | 22 | $133,711 | $46,910 | 35.1% |
| 33427 | Repair of valve flaps between left heart chambers on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2020 | 19 | 19 | $122,550 | $36,184 | 29.5% |
| 33464 | Repair of heart valve between right chambers with insertion of prosthetic valve ring | Facility | 2020 | 13 | 13 | $67,704 | $19,484 | 28.8% |
| 33533 | Heart artery bypass to repair one artery | Facility | 2020 | 13 | 13 | $64,740 | $14,262 | 22.0% |
| 33530 | Reoperation of heart artery bypass or valve procedure more than 1 month after original operation | Facility | 2020 | 17 | 17 | $19,159 | $6,958 | 36.3% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes | Office | 2020 | 51 | 51 | $14,280 | $6,115 | 42.8% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes | Office | 2020 | 18 | 20 | $3,400 | $1,638 | 48.2% |
| 33508 | Harvest of veins for coronary artery bypass procedure using an endoscope | Facility | 2020 | 14 | 14 | $602.00 | $172.80 | 28.7% |
About Dr. Robert Smith, MD
Dr. Robert Smith, MD is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Plano, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/14/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1972718633.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Robert Smith, MD has received a total of $59,732 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $3,392 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 279 transactions from 21 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($21,025).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Smith has provided services to 484 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 489 services with total Medicare billing of $381,429. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 24 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
- Other Specialties Surgery
- Location Plano, TX
- Active Since 05/14/2007
- Last Updated 08/05/2011
- Taxonomy Code 208G00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1972718633
Products in Payments
- Mitra Clip system (Device) $4,855
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER (Device) $2,093
- THRUPORT SYSTEMS INTRACLUDE INTRA-AORTIC OCCLUSION DEVICE (Device) $831.14
- Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $827.65
- On-X (Device) $800.00
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis (Device) $769.23
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis (Device) $580.78
- EPIC (Device) $564.62
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis (Device) $437.05
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) $362.90
- Avalus (Device) $283.58
- MITRACLIP (Device) $263.36
- PERCEVAL (Device) $255.86
- ZENITH SPIRAL-Z (Device) $250.62
- EVOQUE (Device) $247.69
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) $234.04
- INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE (Device) $227.43
- Penditure (Device) $205.14
- AMPLATZER AMULET (Device) $180.01
- ZENITH (Device) $175.86
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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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