Salman Arain, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Houston, TXNPI 1245285352
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $67,784 of the $108,141 with a category attached, or 62.7%. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 39.8% of the total. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 447 payments — averaging $241.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$43K
- Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc.$17K
- Arrow International, Inc.$15K
- Teleflex LLC$13K
- Abbott$7K
- Abiomed$5K
- plus $7K from 25 others
Across 25 payments — averaging $7682.05 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.
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$117K
- Novartis$45K
- Abbott$20K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$9K
- Teleflex LLC$300
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,02012%
- Speaking & faculty fees$67,78463%
- Travel & lodging$8,2948%
- Food & beverage$18,98018%
- Education$620%
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 | 178 | $43,081 |
| Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. | 10 | $17,042 |
| Arrow International, Inc. | 28 | $15,473 |
| Teleflex LLC | 83 | $13,078 |
| Abbott | 34 | $7,259 |
| Abiomed | 14 | $5,104 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 10 | $2,363 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 6 | $638 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 18 | $636 |
| Amgen | 5 | $411 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 10 | $402 |
| Shimadzu Precision Instruments, Inc. | 1 | $347 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $318 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $249 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 17 | $243 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $213 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $200 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $198 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $154 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $152 |
| Novartis | 4 | $120 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $108 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 4 | $104 |
| Teleflex Medical Canada Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $35 |
| Arrow Interventional, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Cagent Vascular Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Osprey Medical Inc | 1 | $12 |
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 VASCULAR ACCESS$17,091
- INTERVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY SYSTEM$11,353
- CATHETERS - ARROW$7,791
- MANTA$7,561
- General - Balloon Catheters$5,313
- Impella$4,739
- GUIDELINER$4,198
- TURNPIKE CATHETER$3,069
- GENERAL NON-EQUIPMENT$3,039
- Omnilink Elite vascular stent system$2,400
- TURNPIKE$2,331
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$2,143
- PressureWire FFR$1,670
- MitraClip$1,350
- AVVIGO Guidance System$586
- SYNERGY$455
- CARDIOMEMS$402
- GENERAL - STENTS$360
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$349
- AMPLATZER AMULET$287
How this compares
$108,141 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 | 81 | $81,989 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 72 | $68,956 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 27 | $37,814 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 37 | $31,669 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 68 | $7,975 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 194 | $3,641 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 214 | $2,531 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 205 | $2,043 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 102 | $1,796 |
| Losartan Potassium | 113 | $1,417 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 153 | $1,345 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 85 | $1,221 |
| Nitroglycerin | 66 | $1,166 |
| Carvedilol | 128 | $980 |
| Isosorbide Dinitrate | 22 | $976 |
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 | $198 | $81,98981 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $120 | $37,81427 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $213 | $31,66937 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 90th percentile of 686 interventional cardiology providers in Texas.
Other interventional cardiology in Houston
- Juan GranadaHouston$4.1M
- John IsaacHouston$1.8M
- Sanjay KunapuliHouston$267K
- Michele SartoriHouston$266K
- Abhijeet DhobleHouston$161K
- Amir KashaniHouston$148K
- Dhaval ParekhHouston$137K
- Neal KleimanHouston$118K
- Mehran MassumiHouston$114K
- Eduardo HernandezHouston$112K
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.