David Bush
Pediatric Cardiology · San Antonio, TXNPI 1033171228
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,332 of the $3,664 with a category attached, or 63.6%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 53.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,643 and has fallen 87.0% since, to $214 in 2025.
Across 26 payments — averaging $140.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$213
- Abbott$208
- Boston Scientific$107
- Baxter Healthcare$30
- plus $39 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,33264%
- Food & beverage$1,33236%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 12 | $1,959 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $1,108 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 3 | $213 |
| Abbott | 3 | $208 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $107 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $30 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $14 |
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.
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,195
- Carto 3$1,040
- Piccolo Xpress$168
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$159
- CartoSound$110
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$107
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$106
How this compares
$3,664 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 12 | $7,359 |
| Torsemide | 12 | $456 |
| Potassium Chloride | 15 | $310 |
| Spironolactone | 12 | $190 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatric cardiology in San Antonio
- Christopher CurzonSan Antonio$46K
- Rolando Zamora-SalinasSan Antonio$21K
- Srikant DasSan Antonio$9K
- Srinath GowdaSan Antonio$6K
- Jesse LeeSan Antonio$3K
- Mary PorischSan Antonio$3K
- Jessica HeibelSan Antonio$2K
- Arpit AgarwalSan Antonio$1K
- Vasiliki DimasDallas$402K
- Dudley HoltAustin$185K
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.