Physician profile

Cindy Martin

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Houston, TX

NPI 1649468497

$46,899.30

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

25 companies · $31K in 2025

The $31K reported for 2025 was more than what 88% of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $1,046).

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Payments by year

General and research payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Consulting Fee$26,552.12
Travel and Lodging$12,754.64
Food and Beverage$5,996.44

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Research payments are listed separately below. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Abbott Laboratories $42,677.57 2019-2025 Thoratec Heartmate 3 Lvas Implant Kit, Cardiomems, 2nd Gen Centrimag Primary Console
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals INC. $1,751.17 2024
Abiomed $436.75 2023-2025 Impella
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $354.68 2023-2024 The Edwards Sapien 3 Valve With Alterra Adaptive Prestent System, Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Thv)
W. L. Gore & Associates, INC. $236.59 2024-2025 Gore Cardioform Septal Occluder
Impulse Dynamics (USA) INC. $222.58 2022-2023 Optimizer
Medtronic Vascular, INC. $143.75 2019
Medtronic, INC. $130.07 2023-2024 Harmony, Invos
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals INC. $129.97 2022-2024 Onpattro
Biotronik INC. $101.91 2019
Zoll Services LLC (A/K/A Zoll Lifecor Corp) $78.89 2024-2025 Lifevest
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $77.21 2024-2025 Eliquis, Camzyos
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, INC. $72.95 2023-2024 Uptravi, Opsumit
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $72.66 2024-2025 Verquvo
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, INC. $69.96 2022-2024 Jardiance
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Pfizer INC. $63.51 2024-2025
Scpharmaceuticals INC. $61.52 2024-2025
Becton, Dickinson and Company $52.20 2024 Powerpicc
Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $50.49 2024-2025 Wainua
Bridgebio Pharma, INC. $36.57 2025 Attruby
Daiichi Sankyo INC. $24.75 2024 Injectafer
Cvrx, INC. $20.53 2025 Barostim Neo System
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, INC. $19.80 2023 Inpefa
Amgen INC. $13.22 2024 Repatha

1 company reported research payments only; those appear in the research section below.

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

Research and ownership

$987.81 in research payments reported 2019-2025. Research payments are often institution-directed and tied to clinical trials: they are reported under a clinician's name but frequently go to a hospital or research organization, and usually reflect participation in medical research.

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Payment summary

Cindy Martin

$46,899.30

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Abbott Laboratories
Context
The $31K reported for 2025 was more than what 88% of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $1,046).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.