Dr. Irena Gesheva, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Gesheva
Dr. Irena Gesheva is a family medicine in Port Charlotte, FL, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Gesheva performed 6,458 Medicare services across 4,871 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Gesheva received a total of $4,403 from 51 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 235 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in family 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. Gesheva 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) | 918 | $89 | $264 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 546 | $8 | $17 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 380 | $125 | $267 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 369 | $8 | $16 |
| Annual depression screening | 352 | $18 | $38 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 344 | $10 | $21 |
| Lipid panel (cholesterol and triglycerides) | 304 | $13 | $27 |
| Annual, face-to-face intensive behavioral therapy for cardiovascular disease, individual, 15 minutes | 286 | $26 | $54 |
| Advance care planning consultation, first 30 min | 273 | $80 | $172 |
| Hemoglobin A1c test (diabetes monitoring) | 246 | $10 | $19 |
| Annual alcohol misuse screening, 5 to 15 minutes | 223 | $18 | $38 |
| Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test | 173 | $16 | $34 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 168 | $132 | $371 |
| Urine microalbumin test (kidney screening) | 138 | $6 | $12 |
| Creatinine test (kidney function) | 138 | $5 | $10 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 112 | $30 | $64 |
| Flu vaccine, high-dose | 100 | $71 | $144 |
| Automated urinalysis | 87 | $2 | $4 |
| Free thyroxine (T4) test | 80 | $9 | $18 |
| Iron level test | 77 | $6 | $13 |
| Iron binding capacity test | 76 | $8 | $17 |
| Steroid injection (triamcinolone) | 74 | $1 | $2 |
| Basic metabolic blood panel | 71 | $8 | $17 |
| Urinalysis with microscopic exam | 69 | $3 | $6 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 67 | $10 | $31 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 67 | $63 | $187 |
| Vitamin D level test | 66 | $29 | $59 |
| Ferritin level test (iron stores) | 66 | $13 | $27 |
| Pneumonia vaccine administration | 64 | $30 | $64 |
| Vitamin B-12 level test | 63 | $15 | $30 |
| Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 20 valent (pcv20), for intramuscular use | 61 | $282 | $577 |
| Folic acid level test | 58 | $14 | $29 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 48 | $11 | $30 |
| Urine culture, bacterial colony count | 41 | $8 | $16 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of at least moderate complexity | 33 | $158 | $420 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 31 | $36 | $101 |
| Prostate cancer screening; prostate specific antigen test (psa) | 30 | $19 | $39 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and | 30 | $39 | $107 |
| Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment | 21 | $154 | $343 |
| Urinalysis, manual | 20 | $3 | $7 |
| Uric acid level test | 19 | $4 | $9 |
| Bacterial culture, aerobic | 19 | $8 | $16 |
| Antibiotic sensitivity test | 19 | $8 | $17 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity | 18 | $205 | $570 |
| Detection test by immunoassay technique for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and influenza | 13 | $59 | $143 |
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. Gesheva is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 4% in FL), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 12%), with 19 years of practice experience.
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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