Dr. Jesal Popat, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Popat
Dr. Jesal Popat is a hospitalist physician in Tampa, FL, with 15 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Popat performed 4,008 Medicare services across 2,499 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Popat received a total of $136,905 from 53 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 636 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in hospitalist 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. Popat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 580 | $44 | $144 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 511 | $91 | $273 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 329 | $141 | $510 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 324 | $62 | $186 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 320 | $347 | $897 |
| Interrogation device evaluation(s), (remote) up to 30 days; implantable cardiovascular physiologic monitor system, implantable loop recorder system, or subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitor system, remote data acquisition(s), receipt of transmissions and tec | 260 | $28 | $93 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 230 | $10 | $43 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 186 | $115 | $415 |
| Evaluation of cardiac rhythm monitor system, remote up to 30 days | 185 | $20 | $68 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 160 | $328 | $1,178 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 147 | $47 | $177 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 105 | $100 | $350 |
| Heart rhythm review and interpretation of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | 104 | $20 | $68 |
| Heart rhythm recording of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | 100 | $9 | $37 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 83 | $17 | $62 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 66 | $135 | $479 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 54 | $23 | $79 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 39 | $205 | $807 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 39 | $10 | $125 |
| Ultrasound study of one arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 28 | $90 | $297 |
| Destruction of first incompetent vein of arm or leg using radiofrequency and imaging guidance | 27 | $829 | $3,545 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 27 | $135 | $366 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 21 | $94 | $265 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 18 | $2 | $8 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 15 | $83 | $280 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 14 | $14 | $47 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 13 | $19 | $66 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 12 | $134 | $516 |
| Insertion of heart rhythm monitor under skin | 11 | $3,265 | $12,549 |
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 (86%) are for speaking programs and promotional activities, which reflect participation in industry-sponsored educational or marketing events. This is common in hospitalist physician and does not inherently indicate bias, but patients may wish to be aware. Total industry engagement is in the top 0% for hospitalist 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. Popat is a cardiac imaging specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 2% in FL), and high industry engagement (speaking/promotional, top 0%), with 15 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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