Dr. Deborah Sauder, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Sauder
Dr. Deborah Sauder is a family medicine in Bradenton, FL, with 18 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Sauder performed 7,465 Medicare services across 6,062 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Sauder received a total of $263 from 5 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 10 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in family medicine. 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. Sauder 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 676 | $8 | $14 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 540 | $61 | $150 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 508 | $10 | $30 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 477 | $8 | $22 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 459 | $84 | $218 |
| Lipid panel (cholesterol and triglycerides) | 449 | $13 | $38 |
| Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test | 386 | $16 | $48 |
| Urine microalbumin test (kidney screening) | 353 | $6 | $14 |
| Creatinine test (kidney function) | 352 | $5 | $14 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 309 | $126 | $235 |
| Vitamin D level test | 300 | $29 | $81 |
| Annual depression screening | 283 | $18 | $36 |
| Annual alcohol misuse screening, 5 to 15 minutes | 279 | $18 | $37 |
| Hemoglobin A1c test (diabetes monitoring) | 272 | $10 | $28 |
| Vitamin B-12 level test | 186 | $15 | $43 |
| Iron level test | 182 | $6 | $18 |
| Iron binding capacity test | 181 | $9 | $24 |
| Ferritin level test (iron stores) | 180 | $13 | $39 |
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 123 | $47 | $86 |
| Folic acid level test | 96 | $14 | $42 |
| Blood count, hemoglobin | 71 | $2 | $7 |
| Uric acid level test | 60 | $4 | $13 |
| Pneumonia vaccine administration | 57 | $30 | $51 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 55 | $11 | $41 |
| Free thyroxine (T4) test | 52 | $9 | $25 |
| Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit | 52 | $162 | $347 |
| Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 20 valent (pcv20), for intramuscular use | 51 | $282 | $529 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 51 | $65 | $218 |
| Thyroid hormone, t3 measurement, free | 38 | $17 | $45 |
| Urinalysis, manual | 30 | $3 | $8 |
| Sed rate test (inflammation marker) | 29 | $3 | $8 |
| Basic metabolic blood panel | 28 | $8 | $24 |
| Calcium level, total | 28 | $5 | $15 |
| Parathyroid hormone level test | 27 | $40 | $113 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 27 | $11 | $51 |
| Kidney function blood test panel | 26 | $9 | $25 |
| Blood creatinine level | 26 | $5 | $15 |
| C-reactive protein test (inflammation marker) | 21 | $5 | $15 |
| Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment | 18 | $162 | $336 |
| Hepatitis c antibody screening, for individual at high risk and other covered indication(s) | 18 | $45 | $93 |
| Creatine kinase (cardiac enzyme) level, total | 16 | $6 | $19 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 16 | $30 | $50 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 14 | $103 | $334 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ecg with 12 leads; performed as a screening for the initial preventive physical examination with interpretation and report | 14 | $7 | $37 |
| Urinalysis with microscopic exam | 13 | $3 | $9 |
| Flu vaccine, high-dose | 13 | $72 | $140 |
| Prostate cancer screening; prostate specific antigen test (psa) | 12 | $19 | $51 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and | 11 | $40 | $108 |
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
3.4 mi
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. Sauder is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 3% in FL), and low-engagement industry engagement, with 18 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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