Dr. Ravindran Palaniyandi, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Palaniyandi
Dr. Ravindran Palaniyandi is a cardiovascular disease in Port St John, FL, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Palaniyandi performed 14,104 Medicare services across 4,064 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Palaniyandi received a total of $5,522 from 25 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 111 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. Palaniyandi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Injection, adenosine, 1 mg (not to be used to report any adenosine phosphate compounds) | 6,030 | $0 | $4 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, low complexity | 1,351 | $40 | $71 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 1,270 | $10 | $30 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 1,031 | $63 | $132 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 838 | $62 | $130 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 634 | $89 | $191 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 491 | $94 | $189 |
| Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 372 | $88 | $236 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 282 | $137 | $368 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 201 | $148 | $399 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 200 | $40 | $120 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 199 | $6 | $15 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 190 | $47 | $135 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 186 | $329 | $848 |
| Injection of chemical agent into single incompetent vein of leg using ultrasound guidance | 148 | $988 | $2,252 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 119 | $142 | $345 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 94 | $103 | $248 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 66 | $118 | $294 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 63 | $56 | $104 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 42 | $134 | $258 |
| Heart rhythm recording continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 33 | $9 | $28 |
| Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 33 | $18 | $49 |
| Programming of multiple lead implantable defibrillator system | 30 | $63 | $161 |
| Destruction of first incompetent vein of arm or leg using radiofrequency and imaging guidance | 27 | $810 | $2,672 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 27 | $162 | $381 |
| Insertion of tube in right and left heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 24 | $263 | $644 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 22 | $182 | $452 |
| Coronary stent placement | 21 | $471 | $1,145 |
| Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel during diagnosis or treatment, initial vessel | 19 | $58 | $184 |
| Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system | 18 | $41 | $67 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes | 17 | $66 | $184 |
| Injection for imaging of aorta above heart valve with review by radiologist | 15 | $31 | $109 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 11 | $146 | $354 |
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
11.4 mi
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. Palaniyandi is a mixed practice specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 4% in FL), and low-engagement industry engagement, 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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