Sean Yates, MD
Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine · Dallas, TXNPI 1770873200
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. at 58.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,332 and has fallen 99.2% since, to $42 in 2025.
Across 56 payments — averaging $143.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$5K
- Hemosonics LLC$2K
- Sanofi$279
- Gilead$149
- Werfen USA LLC$129
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$128
- plus $155 from 2 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $15,405 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.
- Diagnostica Stago, Inc$90K
- Hemosonics LLC$64K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,27753%
- Food & beverage$3,75847%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 12 | $4,707 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 35 | $2,488 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $279 |
| Gilead | 1 | $149 |
| Werfen USA LLC | 1 | $129 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $128 |
| Carter Bloodcare | 1 | $113 |
| Vertex | 1 | $42 |
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.
- Quantra QPlus System$1,923
- Automated Blood Coagulation Analyzer CS-5100$744
- QUNATRA QPLUS SYSTEM$155
- Yescarta$149
- CABLIVI$128
How this compares
Too few blood banking & transfusion medicine providers in Texasto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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.
Other blood banking & transfusion medicine in Dallas
- Laurie SutorDallas$90K
- Ravindra SarodeDallas$80K
- James BurnerDallas$778
- Christopher WebbDallas$400
- Mary TownsendAmarillo$34K
- Arthur BraceyHouston$8K
- Hlaing TintHouston$430
- Susan RossmannHouston$418
- Christopher GonzalezTemple$292
- Frances BenoistBedford$166
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.