Dr. Jose Arias, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Arias
Dr. Jose Arias is an internal medicine specialist in Orlando, FL, with 20 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Arias performed 1,385 Medicare services across 1,077 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Arias received a total of $22,956 from 38 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 254 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. Arias 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) | 298 | $92 | $381 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 183 | $95 | $361 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 121 | $10 | $44 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 116 | $41 | $183 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 74 | $151 | $573 |
| Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 52 | $90 | $340 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 51 | $192 | $902 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 46 | $19 | $75 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers, follow-up | 46 | $6 | $22 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 43 | $96 | $395 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 42 | $10 | $39 |
| Coronary stent placement | 39 | $429 | $1,828 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 39 | $48 | $207 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 37 | $98 | $498 |
| Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | 33 | $630 | $3,763 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 30 | $2 | $10 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 26 | $339 | $1,270 |
| Rubidium rb-82, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 60 millicuries | 24 | $320 | $1,197 |
| Insertion of tube in right and left heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 19 | $285 | $1,147 |
| Insertion of blood flow assist device in lower heart chamber through skin with review by radiologist using artery access | 16 | $150 | $1,124 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 14 | $147 | $544 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, low complexity | 13 | $41 | $151 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress | 12 | $1,183 | $4,429 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 11 | $140 | $524 |
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 (65%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians. Total industry engagement is in the top 3% for internal medicine in FL.
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. Arias is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 29% in FL), with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 3% of FL peers, with 20 years of NPI registration.
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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