Dr. Barton Sickinger, DO FACC
What this data tells you about Dr. Sickinger
Dr. Barton Sickinger is a cardiovascular disease in Winter Park, FL, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Sickinger performed 3,021 Medicare services across 2,008 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Sickinger received a total of $11,048 from 51 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 634 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in cardiovascular disease. 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. Sickinger 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) | 904 | $88 | $232 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 432 | $11 | $31 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 381 | $45 | $525 |
| Rubidium rb-82, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 60 millicuries | 175 | $318 | $842 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 157 | $146 | $409 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 153 | $16 | $50 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 129 | $22 | $55 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 117 | $50 | $146 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, low complexity | 89 | $41 | $73 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress | 87 | $1,184 | $3,150 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 63 | $114 | $296 |
| Nuclear medicine study of heart muscle blood flow by pet | 61 | $142 | $373 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 61 | $56 | $164 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 38 | $64 | $118 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 32 | $137 | $367 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 32 | $359 | $699 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 31 | $106 | $234 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 26 | $66 | $200 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes | 21 | $68 | $174 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 17 | $339 | $932 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 15 | $149 | $400 |
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 (94%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.
Geographic Context
3.0 mi
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. Sickinger is a cardiac & electrophysiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, 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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