Dr. Jonathan Vafai, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Vafai
Dr. Jonathan Vafai is an internal medicine in Delray Beach, FL, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Vafai performed 7,745 Medicare services across 5,119 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Vafai received a total of $4,948 from 10 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 32 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in internal medicine. The majority of payments are for consulting, which typically reflects recognized clinical expertise sought by manufacturers. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Vafai 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) | 1,999 | $95 | $298 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 1,996 | $11 | $58 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 556 | $7 | $9 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 437 | $151 | $735 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 304 | $96 | $289 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 247 | $64 | $202 |
| Heart muscle strain imaging | 230 | $29 | $144 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 208 | $335 | $427 |
| Prothrombin time test (blood clotting) | 207 | $4 | $15 |
| Anticoagulant management of patient taking warfarin | 188 | $8 | $34 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 179 | $69 | $202 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 160 | $118 | $456 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 143 | $43 | $155 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 106 | $50 | $272 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 106 | $137 | $562 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 105 | $345 | $1,360 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 72 | $18 | $99 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 66 | $24 | $100 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 66 | $142 | $401 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 54 | $26 | $118 |
| Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 51 | $19 | $70 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 47 | $102 | $380 |
| Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system | 37 | $14 | $67 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 34 | $8 | $9 |
| Heart rhythm recording continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 20 | $10 | $44 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 20 | $85 | $315 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 19 | $14 | $57 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 19 | $2 | $11 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 15 | $179 | $573 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 14 | $17 | $68 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 14 | $11 | $45 |
| Injection, perflutren lipid microspheres, per ml | 14 | $36 | $151 |
| Heart rhythm review and interpretation of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | 12 | $21 | $77 |
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 ›
The majority of payments (61%) are consulting fees, which typically reflect recognized clinical expertise sought by manufacturers.
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. Vafai is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 4% in FL), and high industry engagement (consulting-driven, top 14%), with 19 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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