Dr. Julio Cantero, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Cantero
Dr. Julio Cantero is a sleep medicine (psychiatry & neurology) physician in Sarasota, FL, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Cantero performed 11,822 Medicare services across 3,477 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Cantero received a total of $738,005 from 68 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 1910 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in sleep medicine (psychiatry & neurology) physician. The majority of payments are for speaking programs and promotional activities, reflecting participation in industry-sponsored events. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Cantero 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botox injection, per unit | 6,900 | $4 | $12 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 1,697 | $89 | $218 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 1,164 | $64 | $150 |
| Sleep study including heart rate, breathing, and sleep time | 390 | $113 | $356 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 338 | $114 | $334 |
| Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into upper neck and back of head nerve | 177 | $80 | $234 |
| Home sleep test (hst) with type iii portable monitor, unattended; minimum of 4 channels: 2 respiratory movement/airflow, 1 ecg/heart rate and 1 oxygen saturation | 147 | $57 | $291 |
| Continuous intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring, from outside the operating room (remote or nearby), per patient, (attention directed exclusively to one patient) each 15 minutes (list in addition to primary procedure) | 113 | $25 | $68 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 109 | $8 | $14 |
| Measurement of brain wave activity (eeg), 61-119 minutes | 108 | $315 | $1,009 |
| EEG, extended monitoring | 106 | $147 | $429 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 72 | $82 | $218 |
| Injection of chemical for paralysis of facial and neck nerve muscles on both sides of face | 69 | $120 | $321 |
| Blood creatinine level | 66 | $5 | $15 |
| Electronic analysis of implanted brain, spinal cord, or peripheral neurostimulator generator | 60 | $13 | $142 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 48 | $132 | $415 |
| Injection of trigger points, 3 or more muscles | 42 | $38 | $130 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 41 | $133 | $294 |
| Vitamin B-12 level test | 29 | $15 | $43 |
| Electronic analysis of implanted neurostimulator generator with complex cranial nerve stimulator programming | 28 | $40 | $112 |
| Measurement of brain wave activity (eeg), awake and drowsy | 21 | $42 | $201 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 19 | $8 | $22 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 18 | $10 | $30 |
| Electronic analysis of neurostimulator generator with simple cranial nerve stimulator programming | 18 | $29 | $86 |
| Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test | 17 | $16 | $48 |
| Placement of skin electrodes and measurement of stimulated sites on arms and legs | 14 | $35 | $95 |
| Placement of skin electrodes and measurement of central motor stimulation in arms and legs | 11 | $91 | $248 |
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 (95%) are for speaking programs and promotional activities, which reflect participation in industry-sponsored educational or marketing events. This is common in sleep medicine (psychiatry & neurology) physician and does not inherently indicate bias, but patients may wish to be aware. Total industry engagement is in the top 8% for sleep medicine (psychiatry & neurology) physician 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. Cantero is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 22% in FL), and high industry engagement (speaking/promotional, top 8%), with 20 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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