Martin Chacon Portillo
Hospitalist · Houston, TXNPI 1649769993
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (58.1%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 43.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $6,381, more than ten times the $23 reported in 2022. Among hospitalist clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 72 payments — averaging $121.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$629
- Cook Medical LLC$429
- Amgen$335
- Vasorum USA Inc.$317
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,66719%
- Travel & lodging$1,76420%
- Food & beverage$5,09558%
- Education$2373%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 24 | $3,786 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $2,172 |
| Abbott | 11 | $629 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 4 | $429 |
| Amgen | 4 | $335 |
| Vasorum USA Inc. | 1 | $317 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 3 | $285 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $213 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $127 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $61 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $50 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $49 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Novartis | 1 | $20 |
| GE HealthCare | 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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$3,067
- Micra$370
- CELT ACD$317
- Repatha$278
- Zilver PTX$267
- Carto 3$247
- LifeSPARC$145
- GALLANT$141
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$136
- iLab Ultrasound Imaging System$130
- Hillrom - Carnation Ambulatory Monitor$127
- NAVITOR$115
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$111
How this compares
$8,763 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,284 hospitalist providers in Texas.
Other hospitalist in Houston
- Ryan NealHouston$154K
- Ahmad BaroutHouston$44K
- Laxman KalvakuntlaHouston$30K
- Joshua HahnHouston$23K
- Grace OdiHouston$14K
- Spencer SuHouston$9K
- Abeer SiddiqiHouston$9K
- Brent GudenkaufHouston$8K
- Dilpreet SinghHouston$7K
- John FlynnHouston$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.