Robert Hebeler
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Dallas, TXNPI 1295794584
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $537,180 of the $723,143 with a category attached, or 74.3%. Boston Scientific accounts for 84.1% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $319,795 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $846 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) 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 423 payments — averaging $1709.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$608K
- Medtronic$68K
- Abbott$38K
- Edwards Lifesciences$8K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$755
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$184
- plus $220 from 3 others
Across 188 payments — averaging $2522.52 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.
- Medtronic$267K
- Boston Scientific$143K
- Abbott$64K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$55,1258%
- Speaking & faculty fees$105,18115%
- Travel & lodging$12,5792%
- Food & beverage$13,0782%
- Other$537,18074%
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 | 78 | $608,360 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 134 | $67,714 |
| Abbott | 22 | $37,661 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 181 | $8,249 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 4 | $755 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $184 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $157 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $46 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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 EP$360,295
- CoreValve Evolut$55,013
- LOTUS EDGE$31,712
- Farapulse$18,000
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$12,124
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$6,710
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$6,175
- Watchman$1,147
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$1,099
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$717
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$682
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$600
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$562
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS$475
- Resolute$303
- Vascular Lithotripsy$193
- XIENCE SIERRA$185
- Artis one$184
- SYMPLICITY G3$175
- Orsiro Mission$157
How this compares
$723,143 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 424 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Texas.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Dallas
- Michael WaitDallas$187K
- Juan MachannafordDallas$164K
- Aldo Rafael-YarihuamanDallas$142K
- Todd DeweyDallas$128K
- Gary SchwartzDallas$77K
- Jaye WestonDallas$70K
- Brandon HillDallas$53K
- Ryan DaviesDallas$51K
- Dan MeyerDallas$47K
- Eitan Podgaetz GliksbergDallas$45K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.