Dr. Samer Garas, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Garas
Dr. Samer Garas is a cardiovascular disease in Jacksonville, FL, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Garas performed 2,480 Medicare services across 2,041 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Garas received a total of $236,961 from 42 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 905 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in cardiovascular disease. The majority of payments are for speaking programs and promotional activities, reflecting participation in industry-sponsored events. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Garas 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) | 570 | $94 | $323 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 316 | $6 | $10 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 140 | $16 | $215 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 140 | $11 | $213 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 138 | $56 | $240 |
| Coronary stent placement | 126 | $432 | $1,929 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 122 | $63 | $220 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 102 | $199 | $963 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 91 | $11 | $51 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 87 | $63 | $220 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 59 | $27 | $94 |
| Shockwave destruction of calcified plaque in coronary artery accessed through skin using catheter | 57 | $134 | $501 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 55 | $121 | $497 |
| Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | 50 | $606 | $2,328 |
| Insertion of tube in right and left heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 50 | $255 | $1,221 |
| Injection for imaging of aorta above heart valve with review by radiologist | 41 | $31 | $169 |
| Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber, coronary artery and bypass graft for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 35 | $170 | $1,091 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 32 | $143 | $436 |
| Review by radiologist of abdominal aorta image | 27 | $56 | $174 |
| Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 26 | $19 | $74 |
| Review by radiologist of abdominal aorta and both leg arteries image | 24 | $74 | $273 |
| Repair of left upper heart chamber with implant with review by radiologist | 23 | $636 | $2,541 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 23 | $68 | $277 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 21 | $96 | $319 |
| Heart rhythm recording continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 19 | $9 | $44 |
| Insertion of stent and blood clot protection device in neck artery with review by radiologist | 17 | $811 | $3,247 |
| Review by radiologist of arm or leg artery image | 17 | $68 | $175 |
| Insertion of stent in arteries of leg | 16 | $341 | $1,718 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 16 | $161 | $627 |
| Balloon dilation of artery of leg | 14 | $331 | $1,519 |
| Complete ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | 14 | $17 | $69 |
| Ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | 12 | $9 | $37 |
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 (80%) are for speaking programs and promotional activities, which reflect participation in industry-sponsored educational or marketing events. This is common in cardiovascular disease and does not inherently indicate bias, but patients may wish to be aware. Total industry engagement is in the top 2% for cardiovascular disease in FL.
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. Garas is a clinical cardiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, and high industry engagement (speaking/promotional, top 2%), 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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