Dr. John Steel, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Steel
Dr. John Steel is a radiology - diagnostic in Sun City Center, FL, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Steel performed 5,151 Medicare services across 1,769 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Steel received a total of $1,243 from 22 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 87 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in radiology - diagnostic. 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. Steel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intensity modulated treatment delivery, single or multiple fields/arcs,via narrow spatially and temporally modulated beams, binary, dynamic mlc, per treatment session | 840 | $264 | $1,900 |
| CT guidance for radiation therapy | 792 | $59 | $508 |
| Calculation of radiation therapy dose | 488 | $34 | $254 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 345 | $56 | $125 |
| Continuing radiation therapy consultation per week | 309 | $65 | $333 |
| Radiation treatment delivery,3 or more separate treatment areas, custom blocking, tangential ports, wedges, rotational beam, compensators, electron beam; 6-10 mev | 302 | $176 | $470 |
| Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions | 295 | $148 | $750 |
| Stereoscopic x-ray guidance for localization of target volume for the delivery of radiation therapy | 191 | $57 | $575 |
| Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device | 178 | $71 | $704 |
| Radiation treatment delivery,3 or more separate treatment areas, custom blocking, tangential ports, wedges, rotational beam, compensators, electron beam; 11-19 mev | 169 | $176 | $520 |
| Office visit, established patient (10-19 min) | 125 | $41 | $75 |
| Leuprolide acetate (for depot suspension), 7.5 mg | 99 | $133 | $1,350 |
| Obtaining data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment, 3 or more treatment areas or any number of treatment areas where special treatment is involved | 90 | $339 | $1,250 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 87 | $87 | $200 |
| Complex radiation therapy planning | 70 | $132 | $900 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 65 | $164 | $500 |
| 3d radiation therapy planning | 64 | $269 | $3,681 |
| Ultrasound scan of prostate through rectum | 62 | $131 | $600 |
| Image-guided robotic linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiosurgery, delivery including collimator changes and custom plugging, fractionated treatment, all lesions, per session, second through fifth sessions, maximum five sessions per course of treatme | 53 | $1,071 | $30,000 |
| X-ray during radiation therapy | 50 | $10 | $82 |
| Special radiation treatment | 50 | $80 | $1,470 |
| Special radiation therapy planning | 47 | $50 | $360 |
| Obtaining data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment, 1 treatment area | 45 | $173 | $1,296 |
| Design and construction of radiation treatment device for high precision radiation therapy | 43 | $356 | $1,850 |
| High precision radiation therapy planning | 39 | $1,392 | $4,200 |
| Special medical radiation therapy consultation | 38 | $106 | $548 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 33 | $136 | $275 |
| Design and construction of simple radiation treatment device | 28 | $30 | $260 |
| Complex application of radiation source | 28 | $695 | $3,700 |
| Complex radiation therapy planning for delivery of internal radiation | 27 | $337 | $2,200 |
| Administration of hormonal anti-neoplastic chemotherapy under skin or into muscle | 24 | $23 | $50 |
| Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of established patient that may not require presence of healthcare professional | 21 | $17 | $55 |
| Image-guided robotic linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiosurgery, complete course of therapy in one session or first session of fractionated treatment | 15 | $1,071 | $60,000 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 14 | $69 | $125 |
| Insertion of needle or tube into prostate for radiation therapy | 13 | $615 | $3,200 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 12 | $45 | $230 |
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. Steel is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 17% in FL), and low-engagement industry engagement, 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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