Medicare Enrolled

Dr. Sara Downs, D.O.

Internal Medicine · Pinellas Park, FL
Practice pattern: Clinical Cardiology — Primarily office-based clinical cardiology
10707 66TH ST N STE A, Pinellas Park, FL 33782
7275448300
Registered in NPPES since 2007
NPI: 1548384480 verify on NPPES ↗
Very High
DATA COVERAGE
Data in 4 of 4 federal sources
Measures public federal data availability — not provider quality
Informational, not a quality rating. This page presents federal public records about Dr. Downs from CMS (NPPES, Open Payments, Medicare Provider Utilization, PECOS). It is not medical advice, an endorsement, or a judgment of clinical quality. Always consult the provider directly and a licensed clinician for medical decisions. Read methodology →
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What this data tells you about Dr. Downs

Dr. Sara Downs is an internal medicine specialist in Pinellas Park, FL, with 19 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Downs performed 608 Medicare services in 2023. These records do not provide a deduplicated patient total.

Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Downs received a total of $8,522 from 43 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 416 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly reported through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their effect on care. A reliable breakdown by payment category is not available in this snapshot. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.

The Data Coverage level for Dr. Downs is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.

✓ 19 years of NPI registration ▲ 608 Medicare services $8,522 industry payments

Florida License Status

FL DOH · MQA
1
Active license
None
Board action on record
0
Recent admin complaints
Profession License # Status Expires Board Action
Osteopathic Physician 9592 Clear March 31, 2028
Data from Florida Department of Health Medical Quality Assurance. License records are public under Chapter 119, Florida Statutes. Verify directly on FL DOH →

Medicare Practice Summary — 2023

Medicare Utilization ↗
608
Medicare services
Bottom 43% in FL for internal medicine
Not available
Unique patients (not deduplicated)
$87
Avg. Medicare payment
Medicare patients only (65+ / disabled) · How to read this →

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)
A follow-up office visit for an existing patient lasting between 30 and 39 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition.
306 $81 $150
Annual wellness visit, follow-up
A follow-up annual wellness visit that includes a personalized prevention plan of service.
125 $126 $150
Office visit, established patient (20-29 min)
An office visit for an existing patient lasting between 20 and 29 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition.
99 $64 $110
Flu vaccine, high-dose
High-dose seasonal influenza vaccine for adults aged 65 and older. Contains four times the antigen of standard-dose flu vaccines (60 mcg per strain), split-virus formulation, preservative-free, single-dose syringe.
30 $72 $75
Flu vaccine administration
This procedure involves the administration of the influenza virus vaccine. It covers the process of delivering the vaccine to the patient.
30 $30 $40
Annual wellness visit, initial visit
A yearly appointment to review your health and create a personalized prevention plan. This initial visit focuses on preventive care and health assessment.
18 $162 $200
How to read this data: This reflects Medicare patients only (typically 65+). Payment amounts are what Medicare paid the provider, not your out-of-pocket cost. These counts do not measure clinical quality or years of experience.

Industry Payment Transparency

Open Payments through 2024 ↗
$8,522
Total received (2018-2024)
Avg $1,217/year across 7 years
Top 8% in FL for internal medicine
A higher payment rank reflects disclosed industry relationships (consulting, research, speaking) common among subspecialists — not wrongdoing.
43
Companies
416
Payment records
Payments are publicly reported; disclosure does not establish legality · Not evidence of wrongdoing · How to interpret →

Payment categories are unavailable while the source breakdown is being rebuilt. Company and year totals do not identify how much belongs to each category.

Payment trend by year

Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

2024
$894
2023
$1,066
2022
$773
2021
$1,294
2020
$1,626
2019
$933
2018
$1,935

Payments by company (2024)

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
$295
ABBVIE INC.
$219
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$138
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
$46
Novo Nordisk Inc
$44
Abbott Laboratories
$40
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$39
Amgen Inc.
$39
Insulet Corporation
$19
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
$16
Top 3 companies account for 72.8% of 2024 payments
All-time payments by company (2018-2024) ›
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
$2,211
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$1,017
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc
$653
Novo Nordisk Inc
$631
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
$534
Lilly USA, LLC
$433
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
$393
ABBVIE INC.
$361
AbbVie Inc.
$303
Abbott Laboratories
$187
Amarin Pharma Inc.
$165
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation
$152
EKOS Corporation
$130
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
$107
Amgen Inc.
$101
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
$101
Eisai Inc.
$90
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC
$85
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.
$79
Insulet Corporation
$77
PFIZER INC.
$68
Astellas Pharma US Inc
$65
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
$61
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$54
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$54
Allergan Inc.
$40
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$39
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
$37
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.
$31
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.
$27
Allergan, Inc.
$23
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
$22
Dexcom, Inc.
$22
AbbVie, Inc.
$22
Hologic, LLC
$22
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$20
Companion Medical, Inc.
$18
IDORSIA PHARMACEUTICALS US INC
$17
MEDLINE INDUSTRIES LP
$16
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.
$15
Corcept Therapeutics
$14
Shire North American Group Inc
$13
SANOFI PASTEUR INC.
$13
Top 3 companies account for 45.5% of all-time payments
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
ADVAIR · AIRSUPRA · ANORO · ANORO ELLIPTA · Aimovig · BAQSIMI · BASAGLAR · BELSOMRA · BEVESPI AEROSPHERE · BREO · BREZTRI · BREZTRI AEROSPHERE · BRILINTA · BYDUREON · DEXCOM G6 CGM SYSTEM · Dayvigo · EKOSONIC · ELIQUIS · EMGALITY · ENTRESTO · EUCRISA · EVENITY · FARXIGA · FASENRA · FIASP · FLUBLOK QUADRIVALENT · FORTEO · FREESTYLE LIBRE 2 · FREESTYLE LIBRE 3 · FreeStyle Libre · FreeStyle Libre blood glucose Flash Monitoring System · INC. · INVOKANA · InPen · JANUVIA · JARDIANCE · Kerendia · Korlym · LINZESS · Livalo · MEDLINE INDUSTRIES · MOUNJARO · MYRBETRIQ · NEXLETOL · NURTEC ODT · Omnipod · Otezla · Ozempic · PREVNAR - 13 · PROCLAIM · QULIPTA · QUVIVIQ · RYBELSUS · Repatha · Rybelsus · SOLIQUA · SOLIQUA 100/33 · SPIRIVA · STIOLTO RESPIMAT · SUNOSI · SYMBICORT · SYNTHROID · Sunosi · Synthroid · TOUJEO · TRADJENTA · TRELEGY ELLIPTA · TRULICITY · Thinprep · Tresiba · Truvada · UBRELVY · UNITHROID · VIIBRYD · VOQUEZNA · VRAYLAR · Vascepa · Victoza · Wegovy · XARELTO · XIFAXAN · Xultophy 100/3.6 · ZEPBOUND
Should you be concerned? Industry payments are disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their purpose, legality, or effect on care. What matters is whether a recommended drug or device appears in your doctor's payment records. If so, consider asking your doctor about it. How to interpret this data →
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Geographic Context

Internal medicine physicians in nearby ZIP areas
1,530
County median income
$70,293
Nearest hospital to ZIP centroid (approximate)
HCA FLORIDA NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL
3.3 mi

Data Sources

Provider Registry NPPES NPPES snapshot; verify current record
Medicare Enrollment PECOS PECOS snapshot
Practice Data Medicare Util. Annual (CY lag)
Industry Payments Open Payments CY 2024
Disciplinary History — Not included N/A

This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This reflects how much public data is available about a provider. How we calculate this →

Summary

Dr. Downs is a clinical cardiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, with 19 years of NPI registration.

This summary is auto-generated from federal data, describing data availability and patterns. Read our methodology →

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Dr. Downs experienced with office visit, established patient (30-39 min)?
Based on Medicare claims data, Dr. Downs performed 306 office visit, established patient (30-39 min) services. These records cover Medicare fee-for-service activity, including eligible younger beneficiaries; they do not measure total practice volume or clinical quality.
Does Dr. Downs receive payments from pharmaceutical companies?
Yes. Dr. Downs received a total of $8,522 from 43 companies across 416 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their legality or effect on care. Patients may wish to ask their doctor about these relationships, especially if a recommended drug or device appears in the payment records.
How do Dr. Downs's costs compare to other internal medicine physicians in Pinellas Park?
Dr. Downs's average Medicare payment per service is $87. Note that these figures represent what Medicare pays, not your out-of-pocket cost, which depends on your specific insurance plan and deductible. Procedure-level data above shows both what was submitted and what Medicare paid for each service type.
What does Data Coverage mean?
Data Coverage (currently Very High for Dr. Downs) measures how much public federal data is available about a provider. It is not a quality rating. A "Very High" or "High" level means the provider has data across multiple federal sources (NPPES, PECOS, Medicare Utilization, Open Payments), indicating the presence of registry, enrollment, activity or payment records, not verified experience or clinical quality. A "Low" or "Moderate" level may simply mean the provider is newer, does not see Medicare patients, or has not received any industry payments — none of which are inherently negative. Read our full methodology →
Is this data up to date?
Source publication dates and the snapshots loaded on this site can differ. Rebuilding a page does not refresh its source records. Check the Medicare reporting year and the payment interval shown above; consult the linked official sources for newer releases and current registry details. See our data freshness policy →
About this page

This page combines public CMS records with calculated summaries and explanatory procedure labels. These transformations are not verbatim federal records. Sources: 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.

This page is not medical advice, an endorsement, a recommendation, or a quality rating. Data Coverage reflects data completeness — how much federal information exists for this provider — not clinical performance, patient outcomes, or quality of care. Always verify information directly with the provider and consult a licensed clinician before making medical decisions.

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Data Disclaimer — Data sourced from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), Open Payments program, Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data, and Provider Enrollment & Certification data (PECOS). Published under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This website is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by CMS, HHS, or the U.S. Government. Data may contain errors as reported to CMS by providers and reporting entities. Industry payment disclosure alone establishes neither wrongdoing nor legality. Medicare data reflects only patients aged 65+ or those with qualifying disabilities. For corrections, contact CMS directly. This information does not constitute medical advice and should not be used as the sole basis for choosing a healthcare provider. Procedure descriptions use plain language and do not reference CPT® codes, which are copyrighted by the American Medical Association. Full methodology → · Report a data error → · Privacy policy →