Jose Perez, MD
Interventional Cardiology · San Antonio, TXNPI 1184624363
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 87 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $850 and has fallen 85.8% since, to $121 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $9,094.
Across 87 payments — averaging $28.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$531
- Philips North America LLC$266
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$252
- Boston Scientific$221
- Abbott$155
- Biotronik Inc.$129
- plus $904 from 19 others
Across 71 payments — averaging $4353.27 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.
- Amgen$169K
- AbbVie$102K
- CSL Behring$26K
- Merck$12K
- Abbott$50
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,457100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 5 | $531 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $266 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 24 | $252 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $221 |
| Abbott | 6 | $155 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 6 | $120 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 4 | $112 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Novartis | 5 | $93 |
| Merck | 5 | $86 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $83 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $62 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $39 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| EKOS Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $19 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Agepha Pharma FZ LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Avinger Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $11 |
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$515
- CAMZYOS$125
- Trilogy 100$116
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$100
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$100
How this compares
$2,457 in reported general payments places this provider in the 10th 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 | 103 | $107,157 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 52 | $68,170 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 26 | $25,557 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 14 | $17,869 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 19 | $9,972 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 11 | $7,998 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 178 | $2,953 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 113 | $2,192 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 135 | $1,907 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 165 | $1,695 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 108 | $1,588 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 181 | $1,294 |
| Nitroglycerin | 74 | $1,267 |
| Losartan Potassium | 85 | $1,166 |
| Carvedilol | 131 | $1,139 |
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 | $83 | $107,157103 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $93 | $68,17052 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $39 | $25,55726 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 10th percentile of 686 interventional cardiology providers in Texas.
Other interventional cardiology in San Antonio
- Robert ChiltonSan Antonio$1.3M
- Anand PrasadSan Antonio$306K
- Nandish ThukralSan Antonio$259K
- Marvin EngSan Antonio$148K
- Chad ChristophersonSan Antonio$126K
- Vikas BhallaSan Antonio$123K
- Shah-Hinan AhmedSan Antonio$113K
- Juan GranadaHouston$4.1M
- Vamsi KrishnaKyle$2M
- Jeffrey CarrTyler$1.9M
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.