Christopher Broda, MD
Pediatric Cardiology · Houston, TXNPI 1710245378
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,498 of the $4,353 with a category attached, or 80.4%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 32.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,130 and has fallen 55.2% since, to $506 in 2025. Among pediatric cardiology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 48 payments — averaging $90.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Cvrx, Inc.$388
- Edwards Lifesciences$303
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$277
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$207
- plus $619 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$85520%
- Food & beverage$3,49880%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 23 | $1,392 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $1,167 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 3 | $388 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $303 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 3 | $277 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $207 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $185 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 2 | $153 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $132 |
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.
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$493
- Barostim Neo System$346
- OPTIMIZER$299
- UPTRAVI$249
- OPSUMIT$249
- CARDIOMEMS$245
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$207
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$163
- HARMONY$161
- THE EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 VALVE WITH ALTERRA ADAPTIVE PRESTENT SYSTEM$140
- HeartMate Touch$132
- ORENITRAM$125
How this compares
$4,353 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 244 pediatric cardiology providers in Texas.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 12 | $6,708 |
| Bumetanide | 25 | $1,353 |
| Verapamil ErVerapamil Hcl | 13 | $764 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 23 | $552 |
| JantovenWarfarin Sodium | 11 | $243 |
| Furosemide | 12 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatric cardiology in Houston
- Charles MullinsHouston$180K
- Gary StapletonHouston$94K
- Taylor HowardHouston$30K
- Kiran MallulaHouston$11K
- Matthew BrownHouston$8K
- Joseph SpinnerHouston$8K
- Shaine MorrisHouston$7K
- Donna GoffHouston$7K
- Chandramouleeswaran SrinivasanHouston$6K
- Muhammad KhanHouston$6K
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.