Dr. Kizhake Kurian, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Kurian
Dr. Kizhake Kurian is a cardiovascular disease specialist in Palm Coast, FL, with 19 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Kurian performed 4,780 Medicare services across 3,980 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Kurian received a total of $7,574 from 36 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 372 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. Kurian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EKG interpretation and report | 1,452 | $6 | $25 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 649 | $51 | $204 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 389 | $93 | $360 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 348 | $83 | $380 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 334 | $129 | $525 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 198 | $10 | $44 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 185 | $57 | $227 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 182 | $16 | $63 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 182 | $11 | $42 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 116 | $119 | $499 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 109 | $64 | $270 |
| Prothrombin time test (blood clotting) | 98 | $4 | $13 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 97 | $19 | $75 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers, follow-up | 93 | $6 | $22 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 67 | $10 | $39 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 55 | $174 | $983 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 50 | $63 | $238 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 43 | $101 | $395 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 30 | $2 | $10 |
| Coronary stent placement | 29 | $442 | $1,831 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 19 | $50 | $232 |
| Heart rhythm recording, analysis, interpretation and report of continous external ekg over more than 1 week up to 1 weeks | 15 | $190 | $800 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 15 | $86 | $336 |
| Heart muscle strain imaging | 13 | $9 | $35 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 12 | $14 | $61 |
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. Kurian is a cardiac & cardiac specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 22% in FL), with low-engagement industry engagement, with 19 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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