Paul Schurmann, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Houston, TXNPI 1609067560
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 897 payments — averaging $89.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ZOLL Respicardia, Inc.$38K
- Medtronic$18K
- Abbott$9K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$6K
- Baylis Medical Company Inc$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- plus $4K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,50013%
- Speaking & faculty fees$31,20039%
- Travel & lodging$9,70212%
- Food & beverage$28,86736%
- Education$1610%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 39 | $37,580 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 308 | $18,362 |
| Abbott | 190 | $9,251 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 194 | $6,281 |
| Baylis Medical Company Inc | 2 | $3,161 |
| Boston Scientific | 87 | $1,810 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $1,460 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 8 | $523 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 13 | $442 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 6 | $257 |
| Acutus Medical, Inc. | 1 | $245 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 12 | $171 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $160 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 4 | $142 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $125 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $113 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $88 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $65 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $49 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $48 |
| Cardiofocus, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Preventice Services, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $8 |
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.
- remede System$37,077
- Micra$7,888
- NRG needle$3,161
- AVEIR$2,103
- Carto 3$1,934
- GALLANT$1,500
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$1,419
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$1,289
- Fortify Assura, Ellipse ICD$713
- Carto 3 System$593
- OPTIMIZER$532
- AMPLATZER Occluders$527
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$401
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$356
- Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator$352
- Watchman$337
- ENSITE PRECISION$313
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$273
- SelectSecure$255
- Assurity Pacemaker$160
How this compares
$80,430 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th 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 | 329 | $400,675 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 104 | $122,807 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 39 | $53,811 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 27 | $28,926 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 14 | $13,715 |
| Dofetilide | 65 | $8,876 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 239 | $3,781 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 69 | $1,038 |
| Carvedilol | 90 | $948 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 72 | $873 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 26 | $825 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 72 | $695 |
| Losartan Potassium | 68 | $687 |
| Digoxin | 21 | $663 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 75 | $662 |
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 | $125 | $400,675329 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $49 | $122,807104 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $48 | $53,81139 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 233 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Texas.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Houston
- Miguel ValderrabanoHouston$1.3M
- Ramesh HariharanHouston$793K
- Abdi RasekhHouston$728K
- Amir AzeemHouston$488K
- Mehdi RazaviHouston$390K
- Ilyas ColombowalaHouston$362K
- Ijeoma EkeruoHouston$353K
- John SegerHouston$300K
- Mihail CheluHouston$256K
- Jie ChengHouston$176K
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.