Dr. Suraj Rao, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Rao
Dr. Suraj Rao is a cardiovascular disease in Aventura, FL, with 15 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Rao performed 2,346 Medicare services across 1,653 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Rao received a total of $13,030 from 47 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 342 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in cardiovascular disease. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Rao is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 483 | $89 | $205 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 349 | $89 | $200 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 201 | $126 | $276 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 152 | $44 | $157 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 127 | $132 | $702 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 103 | $91 | $600 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 95 | $10 | $60 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 88 | $127 | $389 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 72 | $59 | $139 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 68 | $10 | $38 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 54 | $2 | $12 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 50 | $305 | $1,441 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 47 | $18 | $82 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 43 | $46 | $279 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 41 | $16 | $99 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 39 | $163 | $951 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 39 | $119 | $317 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 36 | $160 | $395 |
| Hospital discharge management, 30+ min | 35 | $79 | $203 |
| Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | 34 | $572 | $2,024 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers, follow-up | 33 | $5 | $24 |
| Coronary stent placement | 31 | $359 | $1,808 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 29 | $23 | $105 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 29 | $94 | $265 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 20 | $81 | $332 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 19 | $67 | $139 |
| Insertion of tube in right and left heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 16 | $211 | $1,193 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 13 | $54 | $188 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (100%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.
Geographic Context
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Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Rao is a clinical cardiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 20%), with 15 years of practice experience.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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