Dr. Timothy Wessel, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Wessel
Dr. Timothy Wessel is an interventional cardiology in Gainesville, FL, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Wessel performed 6,738 Medicare services across 4,553 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Wessel received a total of $4,042 from 18 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 62 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in interventional cardiology. 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. Wessel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 1,243 | $10 | $34 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 1,062 | $90 | $216 |
| Injection, adenosine, 1 mg (not to be used to report any adenosine phosphate compounds) | 612 | $0 | $1 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 392 | $42 | $113 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 293 | $20 | $63 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 198 | $143 | $414 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 171 | $137 | $404 |
| Evaluation of implantable heart and blood vessel monitoring system, remote up to 30 days | 166 | $19 | $54 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 164 | $14 | $52 |
| Rubidium rb-82, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 60 millicuries | 162 | $313 | $798 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 127 | $52 | $142 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 125 | $137 | $415 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 122 | $93 | $213 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 116 | $120 | $335 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 114 | $53 | $116 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 112 | $63 | $149 |
| Prothrombin time test (blood clotting) | 111 | $4 | $11 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 103 | $58 | $147 |
| Evaluation of single, dual, or multiple lead implantable defibrillator system, remote up to 90 days | 79 | $25 | $111 |
| Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 74 | $88 | $236 |
| Physician review, interpretation, and patient management of home inr testing for patient with either mechanical heart valve(s), chronic atrial fibrillation, or venous thromboembolism who meets medicare coverage criteria; testing not occurring more frequent | 73 | $6 | $18 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 65 | $204 | $644 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 63 | $64 | $154 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress | 61 | $1,158 | $2,954 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 55 | $72 | $208 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 5-10 minutes | 55 | $41 | $100 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers, follow-up | 53 | $18 | $54 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 53 | $17 | $50 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 53 | $133 | $293 |
| Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 49 | $17 | $54 |
| Heart rhythm recording continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 44 | $9 | $58 |
| Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals (calcium, ionized) | 38 | $13 | $23 |
| Red blood cell concentration measurement | 38 | $2 | $7 |
| Blood count, hemoglobin | 38 | $2 | $7 |
| Heart muscle strain imaging | 38 | $28 | $80 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 37 | $308 | $962 |
| Coronary stent placement | 37 | $398 | $1,290 |
| Insertion of pacemaker and upper and lower heart chamber electrode | 31 | $389 | $1,123 |
| Heart rhythm recording of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | 29 | $9 | $58 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 28 | $8 | $10 |
| Heart rhythm review and interpretation of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | 27 | $19 | $54 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with symptom monitoring | 27 | $6 | $18 |
| Programming of multiple lead implantable defibrillator system | 27 | $75 | $171 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with symptom monitoring, transmission and review and report by health care professional | 24 | $18 | $52 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress with concurrent ct scan | 20 | $2,094 | $5,342 |
| Nuclear medicine study of heart muscle blood flow by pet | 20 | $139 | $355 |
| External shock to heart to regulate heart beat | 20 | $85 | $322 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 19 | $15 | $45 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 19 | $10 | $30 |
| Removal and replacement of dual lead permanent pacemaker | 18 | $287 | $760 |
| Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber, coronary artery and bypass graft for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 18 | $197 | $731 |
| Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel during diagnosis or treatment, initial vessel | 15 | $51 | $206 |
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. Wessel is a electrophysiology & device specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 15% in FL), and low-engagement industry engagement, 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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