Dr. Victor Feliz De La Cruz, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Feliz De La Cruz
Dr. Victor Feliz De La Cruz is an internal medicine specialist in Tampa, FL, with 18 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Feliz De La Cruz performed 4,190 Medicare services across 2,509 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Feliz De La Cruz received a total of $11,443 from 56 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 523 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in internal 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. Feliz De La Cruz 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.
Florida License Status
FL DOH · MQA| Profession | License # | Status | Expires | Board Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Doctor | 99288 | Clear | January 31, 2027 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 943 | $64 | $147 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, low complexity | 796 | $40 | $80 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 388 | $42 | $190 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 368 | $94 | $215 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 230 | $140 | $449 |
| Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 196 | $90 | $236 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 185 | $68 | $146 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 149 | $6 | $75 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 129 | $96 | $213 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 120 | $48 | $152 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 119 | $336 | $954 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 86 | $143 | $387 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 51 | $175 | $508 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 45 | $17 | $51 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 42 | $142 | $398 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 42 | $360 | $852 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 32 | $23 | $69 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 28 | $23 | $78 |
| Complete ultrasound of aorta, vena cava, groin vessels or bypass grafts | 26 | $142 | $376 |
| Evaluation of implantable heart and blood vessel monitoring system | 25 | $14 | $44 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 22 | $125 | $331 |
| Heart rhythm recording continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 21 | $9 | $32 |
| Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 21 | $18 | $54 |
| Ultrasound study of one arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 21 | $89 | $236 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 20 | $20 | $53 |
| Office visit, established patient (10-19 min) | 15 | $29 | $87 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with symptom monitoring and review and report by health care professional | 12 | $136 | $398 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 12 | $85 | $223 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 12 | $14 | $37 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 12 | $2 | $6 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 11 | $17 | $45 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 11 | $11 | $30 |
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. Total industry engagement is in the top 6% for internal medicine 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. Feliz De La Cruz is a cardiac imaging specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 9% in FL), with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 6% of FL peers, with 18 years of NPI registration.
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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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