Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $25,275 | 8 | 28.9% |
| Food and Beverage | $22,324 | 454 | 25.5% |
| Consulting Fee | $13,020 | 10 | 14.9% |
| Honoraria | $11,147 | 5 | 12.7% |
| Travel and Lodging | $10,481 | 28 | 12.0% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program | $2,800 | 2 | 3.2% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program | $2,400 | 1 | 2.7% |
| Education | $154.99 | 4 | 0.2% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $26,283 | 189 | $0 (2024) |
| Arrow International, Inc. | $16,191 | 44 | $0 (2024) |
| Teleflex LLC | $11,130 | 73 | $0 (2024) |
| Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. | $11,042 | 8 | $0 (2024) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $8,765 | 46 | $0 (2024) |
| ABIOMED | $6,111 | 29 | $0 (2024) |
| ShockWave Medical, Inc | $2,276 | 9 | $0 (2024) |
| BIOTRONIK INC. | $586.58 | 11 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $582.31 | 13 | $0 (2019) |
| ASAHI INTECC USA, INC. | $509.43 | 5 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9,341 | 77 | Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. ($2,876) |
| 2023 | $34,018 | 78 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($15,848) |
| 2022 | $6,222 | 71 | Abbott Laboratories ($2,294) |
| 2021 | $4,177 | 27 | Teleflex LLC ($2,924) |
| 2020 | $4,315 | 35 | Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. ($2,500) |
| 2019 | $21,044 | 99 | Arrow International, Inc. ($8,142) |
| 2018 | $4,621 | 64 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($1,135) |
| 2017 | $3,864 | 61 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($2,435) |
All Payment Transactions
512 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 21
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/23/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | AVVIGO Guidance System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.65 | General |
| Category: AVVIGO_IC | ||||||
| 12/23/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | AVVIGO Guidance System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $1.59 | General |
| Category: AVVIGO_IC | ||||||
| 12/21/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | AVVIGO Guidance System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $6.57 | General |
| Category: AVVIGO_IC | ||||||
| 12/20/2024 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | ENTRESTO (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $44.39 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 12/18/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | AVVIGO Guidance System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.74 | General |
| Category: AVVIGO_IC | ||||||
| 12/18/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | AVVIGO Guidance System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.39 | General |
| Category: AVVIGO_IC | ||||||
| 12/17/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $539.38 | General |
| Category: General - Vascular Access_IC | ||||||
| 12/17/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | Rotablator Rotational Atherectomy System Console Kit (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $8.13 | General |
| Category: Rotablator_IC | ||||||
| 12/10/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | MAMBA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.44 | General |
| Category: MAMBA_IC | ||||||
| 11/19/2024 | HEARTFLOW, INC. | FFRct (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $199.87 | General |
| Category: Coronary | ||||||
| 11/18/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | DRAGONFLY OPSTAR (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $100.11 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | Teleflex LLC | TURNPIKE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $59.70 | General |
| Category: INTERVENTIONAL ACCESS | ||||||
| 11/08/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.24 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 11/07/2024 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | CAMZYOS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $17.14 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular | ||||||
| 11/03/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | Rotablator Rotational Atherectomy System Console Kit (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $2.37 | General |
| Category: Rotablator_IC | ||||||
| 10/31/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | AVVIGO Guidance System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.05 | General |
| Category: AVVIGO_IC | ||||||
| 10/30/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | Rotablator Rotational Atherectomy System Console Kit (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $5.00 | General |
| Category: Rotablator_IC | ||||||
| 10/29/2024 | Arrow International, Inc. | MANTA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $110.02 | General |
| Category: INTERVENTIONAL ACCESS | ||||||
| 10/29/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EVOQUE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $96.85 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 10/28/2024 | ASAHI INTECC USA, INC. | PERIPHERAL VASCULAR (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $130.87 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 10/28/2024 | Arrow International, Inc. | MANTA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $80.50 | General |
| Category: INTERVENTIONAL ACCESS | ||||||
| 10/28/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $78.79 | General |
| 10/27/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $141.47 | General |
| Category: General - Vascular Access_IC | ||||||
| 10/27/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.00 | General |
| 10/24/2024 | Teleflex LLC | GUIDELINER (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $136.11 | General |
| Category: INTERVENTIONAL ACCESS | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21 | 910 | 1,218 | $621,150 | $115,581 |
| 2022 | 17 | 727 | 1,134 | $516,506 | $104,207 |
| 2021 | 17 | 740 | 1,068 | $520,994 | $104,708 |
| 2020 | 17 | 823 | 1,155 | $495,060 | $97,097 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
72 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 153 | 239 | $75,763 | $22,862 | 30.2% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 87 | 210 | $59,430 | $20,515 | 34.5% |
| 92928 | Insertion of stents with balloon dilation of coronary artery or branch, single artery or branch | Facility | 2023 | 36 | 45 | $140,265 | $18,389 | 13.1% |
| 92943 | Removal of plaque, insertion of stent and/or balloon dilation of single coronary artery, branch or bypass graft | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 20 | $67,400 | $10,108 | 15.0% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 50 | 85 | $17,000 | $5,519 | 32.5% |
| 92920 | Balloon dilation of single coronary artery or branch | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 15 | $40,620 | $5,185 | 12.8% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 40 | 42 | $15,078 | $4,491 | 29.8% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 31 | 31 | $11,749 | $4,106 | 34.9% |
| 93454 | Insertion of tube in coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 35 | 38 | $48,906 | $4,075 | 8.3% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 27 | 28 | $14,532 | $3,984 | 27.4% |
| 92978 | Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel or graft with review by radiologist, initial vessel | Facility | 2023 | 41 | 44 | $39,524 | $3,402 | 8.6% |
| 93456 | Insertion of tube in right heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 23 | 23 | $37,950 | $3,287 | 8.7% |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 23 | 23 | $6,647 | $2,163 | 32.5% |
| 99238 | Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | Facility | 2023 | 23 | 23 | $4,347 | $1,524 | 35.1% |
| 93010 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | Facility | 2023 | 198 | 226 | $9,944 | $1,503 | 15.1% |
| 75710 | Review by radiologist of arm or leg artery image | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 17 | $7,582 | $1,153 | 15.2% |
| 92979 | Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel or graft with review by radiologist, each additional vessel | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 17 | $7,944 | $1,047 | 13.2% |
| 75716 | Review by radiologist of both arms or legs arteries image | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $4,015 | $830.17 | 20.7% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 13 | 14 | $3,122 | $721.38 | 23.1% |
| 99152 | Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 40 | 45 | $7,110 | $465.75 | 6.6% |
| 93000 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report | Office | 2023 | 21 | 22 | $2,222 | $248.59 | 11.2% |
| 99233 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 109 | 349 | $98,767 | $28,915 | 29.3% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 145 | 246 | $77,982 | $22,994 | 29.5% |
| 92928 | Insertion of stents with balloon dilation of coronary artery or branch, single artery or branch | Facility | 2022 | 26 | 39 | $121,563 | $14,487 | 11.9% |
| 92943 | Removal of plaque, insertion of stent and/or balloon dilation of single coronary artery, branch or bypass graft | Facility | 2022 | 14 | 16 | $53,920 | $7,722 | 14.3% |
About Dr. Salman Arain, MD
Dr. Salman Arain, MD is a Interventional Cardiology healthcare provider based in Houston, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/24/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1245285352.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Salman Arain, MD has received a total of $87,601 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $9,341 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 512 transactions from 31 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($25,275).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Arain has provided services to 3,200 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 4,575 services with total Medicare billing of $421,592. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 72 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Interventional Cardiology
- Location Houston, TX
- Active Since 05/24/2006
- Last Updated 05/20/2024
- Taxonomy Code 207RI0011X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1245285352
Products in Payments
- CATHETERS - ARROW (Device) $7,807
- MANTA (Device) $7,672
- Impella (Device) $6,111
- INTERVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY SYSTEM (Device) $5,376
- GUIDELINER (Device) $4,279
- GENERAL NON-EQUIPMENT (Device) $3,039
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS (Device) $3,000
- TURNPIKE CATHETER (Device) $2,800
- Omnilink Elite vascular stent system (Device) $2,400
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) $2,276
- PressureWire FFR (Device) $1,670
- GENERAL - VASCULAR ACCESS (Device) $1,627
- TURNPIKE (Device) $1,485
- MITRACLIP (Device) $1,375
- SYNERGY (Device) $996.13
- Optis Coronary Imaging System (Device) $906.41
- AVVIGO Guidance System (Device) $747.26
- Catheter - Turnpike (Device) $621.68
- TRAPLINER (Device) $474.60
- General - Therapies (Device) $454.58
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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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