Steven Vignale, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Arlington, TXNPI 1053369421
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 363 payments — averaging $18.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$837
- Merck$620
- Boehringer Ingelheim$603
- Pfizer$515
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$487
- Amgen$413
- plus $3K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,534100%
- Education$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 50 | $837 |
| Merck | 32 | $620 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 29 | $603 |
| Pfizer | 33 | $515 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 25 | $487 |
| Amgen | 27 | $413 |
| AstraZeneca | 23 | $411 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 27 | $400 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 19 | $339 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 12 | $210 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $183 |
| Abbott | 9 | $172 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 6 | $142 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $125 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 7 | $119 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $97 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 7 | $91 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $84 |
| Vital Connect, Inc | 4 | $78 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $63 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $46 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $32 |
| Althera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $29 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $24 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $21 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$6,548 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 261 | $308,193 |
| EliquisApixaban | 267 | $296,629 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 70 | $86,524 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 41 | $53,643 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 55 | $52,687 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 25 | $32,263 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 15 | $21,923 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 278 | $3,868 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 39 | $3,462 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 94 | $2,738 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 235 | $2,620 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 242 | $2,270 |
| Digoxin | 76 | $2,160 |
| Carvedilol | 214 | $1,831 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 186 | $1,709 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisEntresto | $837 | $308,193261 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $515 | $296,629267 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $400 | $86,52470 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $411 | $52,68755 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $603 | $32,26325 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $487 | $21,92315 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 30th percentile of 686 interventional cardiology providers in Texas.
Other interventional cardiology in Arlington
- Robert StolerDallas$8.2M
- James ChoiDallas$5.2M
- Srinivasa PotluriPlano$5.1M
- Neal KleimanHouston$4.8M
- Juan GranadaHouston$4.3M
- Ira LieberKingwood$3.3M
- Cara Ann EastDallas$3M
- Abhijeet DhobleHouston$2.7M
- Jeffrey CarrTyler$2.7M
- M Asad KarimMcKinney$2.7M
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.