Arthur Bracey, MD
Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine · Houston, TXNPI 1245291764
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (43.2%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sanofi at 48.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,523 and has fallen 95.0% since, to $177 in 2024.
Across 32 payments — averaging $255.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$4K
- Cerus Corporation$2K
- American National Red Cross$2K
- Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$111
- Biomerieux Inc$109
- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$90
- plus $288 from 8 others
Across 30 payments — averaging $11,262 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Cerus Corporation$338K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,52343%
- Travel & lodging$2,54331%
- Food & beverage$2,06625%
- Education$310%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 5 | $3,937 |
| Cerus Corporation | 6 | $1,844 |
| American National Red Cross | 5 | $1,784 |
| Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 2 | $109 |
| Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $90 |
| Labcorp Holdings Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Werfen USA LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Amgen | 2 | $42 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $38 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Abbott | 1 | $29 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- CABLIVI$3,785
- INTERCEPT BLOOD SYSTEM FOR PLATELETS$1,481
- DEVICE-TRANSFUSION$202
- ENJAYMO$141
- Tavalisse$111
How this compares
Too few blood banking & transfusion medicine providers in Texasto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other blood banking & transfusion medicine in Houston
- Hlaing TintHouston$430
- Susan RossmannHouston$418
- Laurie SutorDallas$90K
- Ravindra SarodeDallas$80K
- Mary TownsendAmarillo$34K
- Sean YatesDallas$8K
- James BurnerDallas$778
- Christopher WebbDallas$400
- Christopher GonzalezTemple$292
- Frances BenoistBedford$166
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.