Dr. Rakesh Patel, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Patel
Dr. Rakesh Patel is a cardiovascular disease in Melbourne, FL, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Patel performed 6,975 Medicare services across 3,846 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Patel received a total of $8,120 from 39 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 249 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in cardiovascular disease. 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. Patel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contrast dye for imaging (iodine-based) | 1,670 | $0 | $2 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 870 | $91 | $270 |
| Injection, dipyridamole, per 10 mg | 678 | $3 | $5 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 646 | $10 | $43 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 558 | $94 | $266 |
| Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 440 | $88 | $150 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 341 | $104 | $348 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 260 | $146 | $561 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 255 | $62 | $184 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 223 | $48 | $190 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 220 | $336 | $1,193 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 144 | $115 | $415 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 110 | $63 | $183 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 56 | $20 | $76 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 51 | $24 | $87 |
| Evaluation of implantable heart and blood vessel monitoring system, remote up to 30 days | 48 | $20 | $68 |
| Coronary stent placement | 46 | $434 | $1,800 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 44 | $25 | $146 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 43 | $180 | $649 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 32 | $39 | $127 |
| Programming of dual lead implantable defibrillator system | 31 | $41 | $205 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 29 | $175 | $582 |
| Evaluation of single, dual, or multiple lead implantable defibrillator system, remote up to 90 days | 26 | $29 | $173 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure, each additional 15 minutes | 23 | $9 | $27 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with review and report by health care professional | 22 | $20 | $67 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with transmission of patient triggered events with review and report by health care professional | 20 | $627 | $1,745 |
| Insertion of pacemaker and upper and lower heart chamber electrode | 19 | $405 | $1,400 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 16 | $79 | $252 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 16 | $13 | $134 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 16 | $2 | $63 |
| Insertion of tube in right and left heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 11 | $236 | $849 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 11 | $146 | $466 |
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. Patel is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 13% 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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