Dr. Sachin Kumar, MD

Internal Medicine Houston, TX Male
NPI: 1528231628
Total Payments
$18,291
2024 Payments
$662.54
Companies
20
Transactions
181
Medicare Patients
1,054
Medicare Billing
$139,186

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$9,595 (52.5%)
Travel$4,382 (24.0%)
Consulting$4,080 (22.3%)
Research$234.42 (1.3%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $9,595 155 52.5%
Travel and Lodging $4,382 18 24.0%
Consulting Fee $4,080 6 22.3%
Unspecified $234.42 2 1.3%

Payments by Type

General
$18,057
179 transactions
Research
$234.42
2 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Abbott Laboratories $12,521 85 $0 (2024)
ABIOMED $2,966 24 $0 (2024)
Boston Scientific Corporation $994.33 28 $0 (2023)
Medtronic, Inc. $392.40 4 $0 (2022)
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $298.71 11 $0 (2022)
Teleflex LLC $240.02 2 $0 (2024)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $209.16 7 $0 (2019)
Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. $125.79 2 $0 (2022)
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $124.83 1 $0 (2020)
Horizon Therapeutics plc $117.68 1 $0 (2022)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $662.54 6 Abbott Laboratories ($286.73)
2023 $648.47 10 Abbott Laboratories ($363.58)
2022 $1,991 24 ABIOMED ($903.20)
2021 $719.95 14 Abbott Laboratories ($367.49)
2020 $1,746 18 Abbott Laboratories ($1,547)
2019 $6,420 40 Abbott Laboratories ($5,770)
2018 $3,434 45 Abbott Laboratories ($1,492)
2017 $2,669 24 Abbott Laboratories ($2,151)

All Payment Transactions

181 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 8

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/18/2024 Abbott Laboratories ADVISOR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $60.59 General
Category: Electrophysiology
11/07/2024 Teleflex LLC MANTA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $130.16 General
Category: INTERVENTIONAL ACCESS
11/07/2024 Teleflex LLC MANTA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $109.86 General
Category: INTERVENTIONAL ACCESS
08/19/2024 Abbott Laboratories ADVISOR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $72.81 General
Category: Electrophysiology
06/06/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $135.79 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
04/15/2024 Abbott Laboratories AGILIS HISPRO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $153.33 General
Category: Electrophysiology
12/21/2023 ABIOMED Impella (Device) — In-kind items and services $121.79 Research
Study: Impella • Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
10/23/2023 SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. FUROSCIX (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.43 General
Category: Cardiology
10/10/2023 ABIOMED Impella (Device) — In-kind items and services $112.63 Research
Study: impella • Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
07/29/2023 Abbott Laboratories MITRACLIP (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.55 General
Category: Vascular
07/27/2023 Abbott Laboratories MERLIN@HOME (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $64.34 General
Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management
07/24/2023 Abbott Laboratories PORTICO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $40.36 General
Category: Structural Heart
06/08/2023 Boston Scientific Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $33.04 General
Category: General - Therapies_IC
05/14/2023 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $126.07 General
Category: Heart Failure
05/14/2023 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.49 General
Category: Heart Failure
04/03/2023 Abbott Laboratories ADVISOR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $89.77 General
Category: Electrophysiology
12/16/2022 ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) LifeVest (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $18.18 General
Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus
12/15/2022 Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. OPTIMIZER (Device), OPTIMIZER Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $39.19 General
Category: Cardiovascular Device
12/08/2022 Horizon Therapeutics plc KRYSTEXXA (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $117.68 General
Category: KRYSTEXXA
11/04/2022 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP ANDEXXA (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.73 General
Category: Rare Disease
10/21/2022 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $206.00 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
10/20/2022 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $211.00 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
10/06/2022 Novo Nordisk Inc Ozempic (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.48 General
Category: Diabetes
10/04/2022 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation THE EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 VALVE WITH ALTERRA ADAPTIVE PRESTENT SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.31 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves
10/04/2022 Abbott Laboratories HEARTMATE TOUCH (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.07 General
Category: Heart Failure
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Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
Impella ABIOMED $121.79 1
impella ABIOMED $112.63 1

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 8 233 408 $118,513 $28,261
2022 12 283 599 $236,519 $41,828
2021 10 286 523 $129,973 $30,984
2020 9 252 540 $186,601 $38,113
Total Patients
1,054
Total Services
2,070
Medicare Billing
$139,186
Procedure Codes
39

All Medicare Procedures & Services

39 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes Facility 2023 66 205 $41,000 $13,311 32.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 56 90 $28,530 $6,781 23.8%
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes Facility 2023 40 40 $14,360 $4,041 28.1%
93451 Insertion of tube in right heart chambers for measurement Facility 2023 16 16 $24,000 $1,652 6.9%
99238 Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less Facility 2023 17 17 $3,213 $1,126 35.1%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 13 14 $3,122 $809.26 25.9%
93750 Evaluation of lower heart chamber assist device Office 2023 11 12 $2,076 $395.64 19.1%
99152 Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes Facility 2023 14 14 $2,212 $144.90 6.6%
99232 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes Facility 2022 96 310 $62,000 $16,965 27.4%
92928 Insertion of stents with balloon dilation of coronary artery or branch, single artery or branch Facility 2022 14 20 $62,340 $7,937 12.7%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 33 42 $13,314 $3,307 24.8%
93750 Evaluation of lower heart chamber assist device Facility 2022 18 102 $17,646 $2,801 15.9%
99222 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 50 minutes Facility 2022 18 19 $6,821 $2,074 30.4%
93454 Insertion of tube in coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist Facility 2022 14 14 $18,018 $2,039 11.3%
93451 Insertion of tube in right heart chambers for measurement Facility 2022 18 19 $28,500 $1,831 6.4%
99238 Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less Facility 2022 25 26 $4,914 $1,510 30.7%
33967 Insertion of blood flow assist device in aorta through skin Facility 2022 11 11 $15,037 $1,471 9.8%
99221 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 30 minutes Facility 2022 14 14 $3,738 $1,134 30.3%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 11 11 $2,453 $645.08 26.3%
99152 Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes Facility 2022 11 11 $1,738 $112.74 6.5%
99232 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day Facility 2021 93 272 $54,400 $15,025 27.6%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 40 54 $17,118 $4,085 23.9%
99222 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day Facility 2021 31 32 $11,488 $3,462 30.1%
93454 Insertion of catheter for imaging of heart including imaging interpretation and supervision and injection Facility 2021 16 16 $20,592 $2,474 12.0%
93750 Evaluation of lower heart chamber assist device with physician analysis Facility 2021 19 46 $7,958 $1,495 18.8%
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About Dr. Sachin Kumar, MD

Dr. Sachin Kumar, MD is a Internal Medicine healthcare provider based in Houston, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/09/2008. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1528231628.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Sachin Kumar, MD has received a total of $18,291 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $662.54 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 181 transactions from 20 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($9,595).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Kumar has provided services to 1,054 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 2,070 services with total Medicare billing of $139,186. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 39 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Internal Medicine
  • Other Specialties Interventional Cardiology
  • Location Houston, TX
  • Active Since 04/09/2008
  • Last Updated 10/05/2016
  • Taxonomy Code 207R00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1528231628

Products in Payments

  • CardioMEMS HF System (Device) $5,584
  • Impella (Device) $2,870
  • Mitra Clip system (Device) $2,110
  • CentriMag (Device) $680.00
  • ADVISOR (Device) $651.60
  • CRM-Research only (Device) $529.14
  • Angio-Seal Vascular Closure Dev (Device) $526.29
  • Advisor Catheter (Device) $476.32
  • Agilis NxT EP Introducer (Device) $302.79
  • LifeVest (Device) $298.71
  • HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev (Device) $279.16
  • EMBLEM (Device) $254.07
  • MANTA (Device) $240.02
  • Confirm Rx (Device) $230.26
  • RESONATE (Device) $184.04
  • MERLIN@HOME (Device) $160.44
  • THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) $156.56
  • AGILIS HISPRO (Device) $153.33
  • Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator (Device) $149.07
  • VIGILANT (Device) $143.31

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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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