Dennis Heintz
Pediatric Gastroenterology · Austin, TXNPI 1568673705
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $10,325 of the $15,164 with a category attached, or 68.1%. AbbVie accounts for 87.8% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,262 and has fallen 89.8% since, to $743 in 2025. Among pediatric gastroenterology 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 114 payments — averaging $133.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$13K
- Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc.$241
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$216
- Shire North American Group Inc$200
- Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$179
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$169
- plus $845 from 17 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $533.33 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.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$2K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,32568%
- Travel & lodging$1,1908%
- Food & beverage$3,64024%
- Education$80%
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.
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.
How this compares
$15,164 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 159 pediatric gastroenterology providers in Texas.
Other pediatric gastroenterology in Austin
- Anees SiddiquiAustin$6K
- Sujal RangwallaAustin$3K
- Sandra Camacho GomezAustin$2K
- Robert ZwienerAustin$2K
- Chantal Lucia CasadonteAustin$2K
- Trevor LabordaAustin$2K
- Bharani ChallaAustin$1K
- Naveen MittalDallas$182K
- Wenly RuanHouston$155K
- Amal AqulDallas$99K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.