Dr. Girish Patel, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Patel
Dr. Girish Patel is an internal medicine in North Port, FL, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Patel performed 11,142 Medicare services across 6,346 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Patel received a total of $1,521 from 22 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 80 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 941 | $85 | $130 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 582 | $64 | $84 |
| Apolipoprotein level | 568 | $21 | $21 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 406 | $6 | $7 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 379 | $10 | $11 |
| Lipid panel (cholesterol and triglycerides) | 367 | $13 | $15 |
| Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test | 364 | $16 | $17 |
| Automated urinalysis | 363 | $2 | $3 |
| Urine microalbumin (protein) analysis | 363 | $6 | $6 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 361 | $8 | $8 |
| Creatinine test (kidney function) | 358 | $5 | $6 |
| Thyroid hormone, t3 measurement, free | 356 | $17 | $17 |
| Vitamin B-12 level test | 351 | $15 | $15 |
| Folic acid level test | 346 | $14 | $15 |
| Free thyroxine (T4) test | 346 | $9 | $9 |
| Lactate dehydrogenase (enzyme) level | 331 | $6 | $7 |
| Uric acid level test | 330 | $4 | $5 |
| C-reactive protein test (inflammation marker) | 318 | $5 | $6 |
| Insulin measurement, total | 285 | $11 | $12 |
| Magnesium level test | 239 | $7 | $7 |
| Phosphate level test | 232 | $5 | $5 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 202 | $95 | $127 |
| Vitamin D level test | 185 | $29 | $30 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 168 | $128 | $145 |
| Parathyroid hormone level test | 166 | $40 | $42 |
| Advance care planning consultation, first 30 min | 158 | $64 | $84 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 152 | $131 | $186 |
| C-peptide (protein) level | 143 | $20 | $21 |
| Hemoglobin A1c test (diabetes monitoring) | 139 | $10 | $11 |
| Ferritin level test (iron stores) | 136 | $13 | $14 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 136 | $52 | $92 |
| Iron level test | 125 | $6 | $8 |
| Iron binding capacity test | 89 | $9 | $9 |
| Administration and interpretation of patient-focused health risk assessment | 88 | $2 | $3 |
| Hospital discharge management, 30+ min | 79 | $91 | $127 |
| Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent, preservative free, 0.5 ml dosage | 68 | $22 | $75 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 68 | $30 | $35 |
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 60 | $50 | $100 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 56 | $62 | $90 |
| Testosterone (hormone) level, total | 55 | $25 | $26 |
| Chronic care management, additional 20 min/month | 50 | $37 | $75 |
| Cortisol (hormone) measurement, total | 45 | $16 | $16 |
| Measurement of total estradiol (hormone) | 45 | $27 | $28 |
| Gonadotropin, follicle stimulating (reproductive hormone) level | 45 | $18 | $19 |
| Gonadotropin, luteinizing (reproductive hormone) level | 45 | $18 | $19 |
| Progesterone (reproductive hormone) level | 45 | $20 | $21 |
| Prolactin (milk producing hormone) level | 45 | $19 | $19 |
| Sex hormone binding globulin (protein) level | 45 | $21 | $22 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 45 | $11 | $19 |
| 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 | 42 | $40 | $55 |
| Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope, non-automated | 39 | $4 | $25 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 38 | $105 | $174 |
| Dehydroepiandrosterone (dhea) hormone level | 31 | $24 | $25 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity | 22 | $216 | $276 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of at least moderate complexity | 19 | $162 | $212 |
| Ldl cholesterol level | 16 | $10 | $10 |
| Prostate cancer screening; prostate specific antigen test (psa) | 15 | $19 | $23 |
| Dehydroepiandrosterone (dhea-s) hormone level | 14 | $22 | $22 |
| Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit | 13 | $165 | $166 |
| Colorectal cancer screening; fecal occult blood test, immunoassay, 1-3 simultaneous | 12 | $18 | $18 |
| Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment | 12 | $166 | $175 |
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
4.9 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. Patel is a mixed practice specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 3% 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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