Dr. Hari Baddigam, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Baddigam
Dr. Hari Baddigam is an optician specialist in Panama City, FL, with 19 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Baddigam performed 6,107 Medicare services across 3,900 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Baddigam received a total of $18,072 from 20 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 199 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in optician. The majority of payments are for consulting, which typically reflects recognized clinical expertise sought by manufacturers. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Baddigam 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 (20-29 min) | 924 | $64 | $182 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 830 | $95 | $202 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 716 | $16 | $45 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 561 | $141 | $399 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 444 | $22 | $60 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 443 | $11 | $29 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 429 | $62 | $141 |
| Evaluation of single, dual, or multiple lead implantable defibrillator system, remote up to 90 days | 284 | $27 | $75 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 194 | $10 | $97 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 177 | $120 | $338 |
| Interrogation device evaluation(s), (remote) up to 30 days; implantable cardiovascular physiologic monitor system, implantable loop recorder system, or subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitor system, remote data acquisition(s), receipt of transmissions and tec | 121 | $27 | $72 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 108 | $349 | $879 |
| Evaluation of cardiac rhythm monitor system, remote up to 30 days | 106 | $20 | $54 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 103 | $101 | $268 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 91 | $48 | $140 |
| Heart rhythm recording continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 65 | $7 | $28 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 54 | $332 | $867 |
| Insertion of pacemaker and upper and lower heart chamber electrode | 42 | $395 | $1,081 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 42 | $233 | $984 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) 1 to 3 leads with review by physician | 40 | $10 | $25 |
| Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 29 | $18 | $49 |
| Evaluation of single or dual chamber pacing cardioverter-defibrillator and generator at time of implantation or replacement | 27 | $129 | $640 |
| Insertion of left lower heart electrode for pacemaker or defibrillator | 26 | $380 | $978 |
| Comprehensive electrophysiologic evaluation with catheter destruction of abnormality of upper chamber of heart causing supraventricular tachycardia (rapid heart rate) | 26 | $684 | $1,736 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 25 | $140 | $374 |
| Insertion of implantable defibrillator system | 23 | $718 | $1,907 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 22 | $86 | $202 |
| Evaluation of single, dual, or multiple lead implantable defibrillator system | 19 | $50 | $149 |
| Smoking and tobacco use intensive counseling, 4-10 minutes | 19 | $5 | $9 |
| External shock to heart to regulate heart beat | 15 | $85 | $215 |
| Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system | 15 | $36 | $114 |
| Ultrasound of heart | 13 | $104 | $271 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 13 | $83 | $240 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 13 | $14 | $52 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 13 | $2 | $25 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes | 13 | $62 | $204 |
| Removal and replacement of multiple lead defibrillator | 11 | $318 | $841 |
| Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber, coronary artery and bypass graft for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 11 | $268 | $704 |
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 (90%) are consulting fees, which typically reflect recognized clinical expertise sought by manufacturers. Total industry engagement is in the top 8% for optician 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. Baddigam is an electrophysiology & remote specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 15% in FL), with consulting-driven industry engagement in the top 8% of FL peers, 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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