Dr. Sameer Ahmed, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Ahmed
Dr. Sameer Ahmed is an internal medicine specialist in Land O Lakes, FL, with 13 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Ahmed performed 2,405 Medicare services across 1,824 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Ahmed received a total of $11,060 from 46 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 293 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in internal 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. Ahmed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 296 | $43 | $144 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 287 | $94 | $273 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 251 | $11 | $43 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 205 | $137 | $516 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 172 | $144 | $510 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 160 | $345 | $897 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 106 | $46 | $177 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 105 | $116 | $415 |
| Interrogation device evaluation(s), (remote) up to 30 days; implantable cardiovascular physiologic monitor system, implantable loop recorder system, or subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitor system, remote data acquisition(s), receipt of transmissions and tec | 93 | $27 | $93 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 91 | $10 | $125 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 80 | $329 | $1,178 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 71 | $192 | $807 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 61 | $17 | $62 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 45 | $23 | $79 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 38 | $140 | $366 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 34 | $103 | $352 |
| Coronary stent placement | 33 | $421 | $1,618 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 33 | $19 | $66 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 31 | $141 | $496 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) 2-day continuous with review and report by health care professional | 30 | $51 | $219 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 27 | $63 | $186 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 25 | $55 | $162 |
| Heart rhythm recording continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 16 | $9 | $37 |
| Insertion of tube in right and left heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 15 | $264 | $1,022 |
| Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel or graft with review by radiologist, initial vessel | 14 | $76 | $260 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 13 | $16 | $57 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 13 | $11 | $38 |
| Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 13 | $17 | $62 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 12 | $83 | $280 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 12 | $14 | $47 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 12 | $2 | $8 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 11 | $76 | $273 |
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. Total industry engagement is in the top 6% for internal medicine in FL.
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. Ahmed is a cardiac & electrophysiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 17% in FL), with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 6% of FL peers.
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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