Dr. Leo Chen, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Chen
Dr. Leo Chen is an orthopedic surgery in Fort Walton Beach, FL, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Chen performed 5,930 Medicare services across 1,157 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Chen received a total of $46,281 from 22 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 149 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in orthopedic surgery. The majority of payments are classified as financial or ownership interests (royalties, licensing fees, or investment interests). Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Chen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carepatch, per square centimeter | 2,318 | $1,050 | $1,410 |
| Steroid injection (triamcinolone) | 1,562 | $1 | $3 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 530 | $65 | $109 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 440 | $86 | $170 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid large joint using ultrasound guidance | 197 | $72 | $250 |
| X-ray of knee, 4 or more views | 128 | $30 | $75 |
| X-ray of knee, 1-2 views | 117 | $24 | $60 |
| Shoulder X-ray, 2+ views | 93 | $23 | $65 |
| Joint injection, major joint | 86 | $50 | $150 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 85 | $71 | $198 |
| Hyaluronan or derivative, hyalgan, supartz or visco-3, for intra-articular injection, per dose | 85 | $58 | $150 |
| Hip X-ray, 2-3 views | 63 | $32 | $65 |
| X-ray of ankle, 2 views | 30 | $23 | $60 |
| X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views | 27 | $30 | $85 |
| 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 | 25 | $40 | $120 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 20 | $99 | $282 |
| X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views | 19 | $24 | $85 |
| Foot X-ray, 3+ views | 18 | $25 | $60 |
| Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level | 16 | $90 | $638 |
| Removal of joint lining from multiple knee joint compartments using an endoscope | 15 | $419 | $1,800 |
| Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, each additional level | 15 | $41 | $500 |
| X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views | 15 | $18 | $60 |
| Arthroscopy, knee, surgical, for removal of loose body, foreign body, debridement/shaving of articular cartilage (chondroplasty) at the time of other surgical knee arthroscopy in a different compartment of the same knee | 14 | $65 | $250 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 12 | $137 | $300 |
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 ›
Payments are distributed across multiple categories with no single dominant type.
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. Chen is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 13% in FL), and high industry engagement (mixed engagement, top 16%), with 20 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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