Dr. Carlos Santos, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Santos
Dr. Carlos Santos is a sleep medicine (internal medicine) physician in North Miami Beach, FL, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Santos performed 2,026 Medicare services across 775 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Santos received a total of $333,648 from 63 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 1849 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in sleep medicine (internal medicine) physician. 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. Santos 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) | 476 | $100 | $220 |
| Steroid injection (triamcinolone) | 416 | $1 | $25 |
| Residence visit for established patient with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 60 minutes | 376 | $147 | $400 |
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 142 | $51 | $100 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 124 | $11 | $60 |
| 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 | 81 | $42 | $175 |
| Evaluation of use of breathing device | 70 | $14 | $50 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 51 | $97 | $220 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 48 | $136 | $345 |
| Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume changes before and after medication administration | 36 | $30 | $200 |
| Test to determine lung volumes using gas dilution or washout | 35 | $35 | $125 |
| Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases | 35 | $45 | $130 |
| Residence visit for new patient with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 75 minutes | 31 | $167 | $460 |
| Sleep study in sleep lab (6 years or older) | 28 | $481 | $2,250 |
| Sleep study including heart rate, breathing, and sleep time | 20 | $118 | $450 |
| Sleep study in sleep lab with continuous airway pressure (6 years or older) | 20 | $501 | $2,450 |
| Administration of psychological or neuropsychological test, first 30 minutes | 19 | $31 | $75 |
| Administration of psychological or neuropsychological test, each additional 30 minutes | 18 | $29 | $75 |
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 (88%) are for speaking programs and promotional activities, which reflect participation in industry-sponsored educational or marketing events. This is common in sleep medicine (internal medicine) physician and does not inherently indicate bias, but patients may wish to be aware. Total industry engagement is in the top 0% for sleep medicine (internal medicine) physician in FL.
Geographic Context
3.3 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. Santos is a clinical cardiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, and high industry engagement (speaking/promotional, top 0%), 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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