Dr. Sergio Balingit, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Balingit
Dr. Sergio Balingit is a sleep medicine (internal medicine) physician in The Villages, FL, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Balingit performed 7,416 Medicare services across 5,859 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Balingit received a total of $11,275 from 33 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 400 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in sleep medicine (internal medicine) physician. 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. Balingit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 2,410 | $95 | $150 |
| Test to measure rate of airflow | 877 | $28 | $45 |
| Test to determine lung volumes using gas dilution or washout | 877 | $32 | $60 |
| Test to measure largest amount of air breathed in an out | 876 | $11 | $28 |
| Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases | 875 | $42 | $80 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 307 | $120 | $210 |
| Test for exercise-induced spasm of lung airways | 302 | $65 | $150 |
| Test to measure oxygen level in blood using ear or finger device continuously overnight | 275 | $19 | $32 |
| Sleep study in sleep lab with continuous airway pressure (6 years or older) | 215 | $479 | $950 |
| Sleep study in sleep lab (6 years or older) | 109 | $455 | $950 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 55 | $137 | $232 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 54 | $94 | $140 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 min | 45 | $170 | $336 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 33 | $140 | $200 |
| Biopsy of lobe of lung using an endoscope, 1 lobe | 17 | $33 | $250 |
| Needle biopsy of windpipe cartilage, airway, and/or lung using an endoscope | 17 | $146 | $424 |
| Exam of lung airways with diagnostic or therapeutic procedure on growths using an endoscope and ultrasound | 16 | $52 | $500 |
| Computer-assisted image-guided navigation of lung airways using an endoscope | 15 | $76 | $500 |
| Irrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells using an endoscope | 14 | $53 | $400 |
| 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 | 14 | $71 | $182 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity | 13 | $182 | $250 |
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 (73%) 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. Balingit is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 8% 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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