Zalmen Blanck, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · San Antonio, TXNPI 1912976481
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 387 payments — averaging $69.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$10K
- Medtronic$10K
- Abbott$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$885
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$736
- plus $3K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5002%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,42531%
- Travel & lodging$5,22119%
- Food & beverage$12,92948%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 35 | $10,097 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 165 | $9,552 |
| Abbott | 25 | $1,315 |
| Boston Scientific | 38 | $1,052 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 22 | $885 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 12 | $736 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 22 | $641 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 8 | $597 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $545 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 20 | $371 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $260 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $191 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $170 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $156 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 9 | $145 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Novartis | 3 | $51 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Amgen | 1 | $24 |
| Merck | 1 | $24 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $14 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $12 |
| Convatec 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.
- ELIQUIS$10,146
- Arctic Front$1,500
- DIAMONDTEMP BIDIRECTIONAL ABLATION CATHETER$946
- Carto 3$830
- Azure$361
- Micra$342
- OPTIMIZER$341
- PulseSelect$296
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$269
- Indigo System$260
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$253
- Assurity Pacemaker$242
- Watchman$205
- Accent Pacemaker$163
- OCTARAY MAPPING CATHETER$161
- SYMPLICITY G3$154
- ASSURITY$151
- PERCLOSE PROGLIDE$148
- Barostim Neo System$144
- Mitra Clip system$140
How this compares
$27,075 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th 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 | 352 | $434,846 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 73 | $97,742 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 61 | $86,552 |
| Dofetilide | 95 | $23,497 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 22 | $20,839 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 372 | $14,029 |
| Nadolol | 68 | $3,226 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 188 | $3,073 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 153 | $2,671 |
| Droxidopa | 24 | $2,565 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 27 | $2,079 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 141 | $1,676 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 27 | $839 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 54 | $647 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 75 | $641 |
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 | $10,097 | $434,846352 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $191 | $97,74273 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $145 | $86,55261 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $51 | $20,83922 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 40th percentile of 233 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Texas.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in San Antonio
- Hemal NayakSan Antonio$542K
- Javier Roman GonzalezSan Antonio$179K
- David PedersonSan Antonio$108K
- Andrea NataleAustin$7.8M
- George ManoukianShenandoah$3.2M
- Rodney HortonAustin$2.5M
- Stanislav WeinerLongview$2.4M
- Michael DelaughterBedford$2.1M
- James DevillePlano$1.5M
- Robert CanbyAustin$1.5M
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.