Kristopher Heinzman, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Austin, TXNPI 1669640892
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.3%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biosense Webster, Inc. at 59.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $11,985, more than ten times the $807 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $27,892.
Across 173 payments — averaging $117.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$12K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Medtronic$1000
- Abbott$776
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$669
- Atricure, Inc.$327
- plus $1K from 12 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $3926.81 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.
- Boston Scientific$27K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,40051%
- Travel & lodging$3,53617%
- Food & beverage$6,25231%
- Education$940%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 50 | $12,015 |
| Boston Scientific | 45 | $4,403 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 17 | $1,000 |
| Abbott | 24 | $776 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $669 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $327 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $190 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $185 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $168 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $166 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $118 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $43 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 4 | $31 |
| Bayer | 1 | $22 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Carto 3$11,829
- OPTIMIZER$370
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$305
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$249
- Micra$242
- ADVISOR$171
- Barostim Neo System$168
- VersaCross Access Solution$166
- ENSITE PRECISION$157
- WATCHMAN Access System$148
- Azure$135
- Bridge$118
- LifeVest$118
- TENDRIL$106
How this compares
$20,282 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 233 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Texas.
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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 | 696 | $599,067 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 191 | $185,725 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 37 | $60,886 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 248 | $9,133 |
| Dofetilide | 54 | $8,006 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 162 | $3,439 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 217 | $3,149 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 176 | $1,182 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 159 | $1,159 |
| Carvedilol | 158 | $855 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 78 | $641 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 56 | $602 |
| Sucralfate | 54 | $486 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 25 | $310 |
| Digoxin | 19 | $303 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $166 | $185,725191 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 40th percentile of 233 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Texas.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Austin
- Andrea NataleAustin$1.3M
- Jason ZagrodzkyAustin$961K
- Amin Al-AhmadAustin$771K
- Rodney HortonAustin$553K
- Robert CanbyAustin$224K
- Weeranun BodeAustin$178K
- David TschoppAustin$114K
- Mauricio HongAustin$79K
- Michael DelaughterBedford$1.6M
- Dale YooMcKinney$585K
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.