John Pappas, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Corpus Christi, TXNPI 1033110234
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 463 payments — averaging $65.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$14K
- Biotronik Inc.$4K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$3K
- Abiomed$3K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- plus $3K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$11,28143%
- Food & beverage$15,09057%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 237 | $14,166 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 19 | $3,791 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 16 | $2,949 |
| Abiomed | 25 | $2,882 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 4 | $2,212 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 19 | $1,384 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 49 | $669 |
| Abbott | 13 | $490 |
| Novartis | 20 | $366 |
| Merck | 22 | $335 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $156 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 8 | $151 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $113 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $77 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $76 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $75 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $46 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $46 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 3 | $34 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $18 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 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.
- Impella$2,320
- Indigo System$2,212
- Endurant$1,746
- HawkOne$1,677
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$1,627
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,437
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$960
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$930
- Micra$718
- Valiant Captivia$526
- CoreValve Evolut$483
- SYMPLICITY G3$382
- FFRangio$135
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$119
- ONYX FRONTIER$119
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$118
- Zilver PTX$113
- RESOLUTE ONYX$110
How this compares
$30,120 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 686 interventional 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 | 308 | $248,328 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 57 | $50,819 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 52 | $47,517 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 31 | $35,410 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 28 | $22,119 |
| Diltiazem 12hr ErDiltiazem Hcl | 17 | $3,236 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 314 | $2,748 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 38 | $2,606 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 331 | $2,428 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 177 | $1,516 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 15 | $988 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 174 | $981 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 100 | $832 |
| Diltiazem 24hr ErDiltiazem Hcl | 18 | $827 |
| Potassium Chloride | 71 | $682 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $76 | $248,328308 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $366 | $50,81957 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $669 | $47,51752 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $46 | $35,41031 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $75 | $22,11928 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 70th percentile of 686 interventional cardiology providers in Texas.
Other interventional cardiology in Corpus Christi
- Robert StolerDallas$8.2M
- James ChoiDallas$5.2M
- Srinivasa PotluriPlano$5.1M
- Neal KleimanHouston$4.8M
- Juan GranadaHouston$4.3M
- Ira LieberKingwood$3.3M
- Cara Ann EastDallas$3M
- Abhijeet DhobleHouston$2.7M
- Jeffrey CarrTyler$2.7M
- M Asad KarimMcKinney$2.7M
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.