Dr. Sharad Bajaj, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Bajaj
Dr. Sharad Bajaj is a cardiovascular disease specialist in Ocala, FL, with 17 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Bajaj performed 3,069 Medicare services across 2,404 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Bajaj received a total of $3,230 from 26 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 94 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. Bajaj 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.
Florida License Status
FL DOH · MQA| Profession | License # | Status | Expires | Board Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Doctor | 151153 | Clear | January 31, 2027 | — |
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) | 355 | $92 | $237 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 350 | $62 | $149 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 300 | $44 | $108 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 298 | $103 | $277 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 177 | $231 | $613 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 173 | $63 | $163 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 164 | $10 | $26 |
| Rubidium rb-82, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 60 millicuries | 146 | $313 | $800 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, low complexity | 132 | $40 | $81 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 103 | $139 | $391 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 95 | $117 | $333 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 83 | $54 | $142 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) 2-day continuous with review and report by health care professional | 76 | $49 | $159 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 74 | $11 | $36 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress with concurrent ct scan | 73 | $2,079 | $4,902 |
| Nuclear medicine study of heart muscle blood flow by pet | 73 | $139 | $342 |
| Coronary stent placement | 59 | $463 | $1,286 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 51 | $11 | $30 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 50 | $58 | $155 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 29 | $19 | $51 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 25 | $13 | $50 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 25 | $134 | $385 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes | 21 | $66 | $203 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 20 | $83 | $219 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 20 | $14 | $37 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 20 | $2 | $6 |
| Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber, coronary artery and bypass graft for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 20 | $255 | $698 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 17 | $135 | $379 |
| External shock to heart to regulate heart beat | 14 | $85 | $221 |
| Insertion of tube in right and left heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 14 | $300 | $774 |
| Removal of plaque and blood clot, insertion of stent and/or balloon dilation of single vessel | 12 | $529 | $1,446 |
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. Bajaj is a cardiac imaging specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, with low-engagement industry engagement, with 17 years of NPI registration.
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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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