Medicare Enrolled

Dr. Wilson Szeto, MD

Surgery · Philadelphia, PA
Practice pattern: Clinical Cardiology — Primarily office-based clinical cardiology
51 N 39TH ST, Philadelphia, PA 19104
2156624595
Registered in NPPES since 2006
NPI: 1467497263 verify on NPPES ↗
Very High
DATA COVERAGE
Data in 4 of 4 federal sources
Measures public federal data availability — not provider quality
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What this data tells you about Dr. Szeto

Dr. Wilson Szeto is a surgery specialist in Philadelphia, PA, with 20 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Szeto performed 407 Medicare services in 2023. These records do not provide a deduplicated patient total.

Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Szeto received a total of $218,009 from 23 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 459 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly reported through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their effect on care. A reliable breakdown by payment category is not available in this snapshot. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.

The Data Coverage level for Dr. Szeto is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.

✓ 20 years of NPI registration ▲ Top 25% volume in PA $218,009 industry payments

Medicare Practice Summary — 2023

Medicare Utilization ↗
407
Medicare services
Top 25% in PA for surgery
Not available
Unique patients (not deduplicated)
$461
Avg. Medicare payment
Medicare patients only (65+ / disabled) · How to read this →

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
New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) 177 $158 $478
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement via femoral artery
A minimally invasive procedure to replace a diseased aortic heart valve using a catheter inserted through the skin and femoral artery.
60 $626 $4,520
Office visit, established patient (20-29 min)
An office visit for an existing patient lasting between 20 and 29 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition.
44 $58 $138
Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity
Follow-up hospital visit for an existing patient involving moderate medical decision making. The visit requires at least 35 minutes of time spent on the date of service.
24 $66 $205
Mitral valve replacement surgery
Surgical replacement of the mitral valve in the heart using a heart-lung machine to maintain circulation during the procedure.
22 $2,152 $9,750
Aortic valve replacement surgery
Surgical replacement of the aortic valve using a heart-lung machine to maintain blood circulation during the procedure.
21 $1,318 $8,011
Coronary artery bypass graft, 1 artery
Surgical procedure to bypass a blocked coronary artery using a graft from another artery. This restores blood flow to the heart muscle.
21 $1,264 $6,700
Aortic arch repair with graft
Surgical repair of the aortic arch using a graft to replace or reinforce the damaged section of the artery.
14 $765 $3,490
Coronary artery bypass graft, 2 grafts
A surgical procedure to restore blood flow to the heart by creating bypasses using two vein or artery grafts.
12 $341 $2,200
Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min)
An office or outpatient visit for an existing patient lasting between 40 and 54 minutes. This level of service is determined by the total time spent on the date of the encounter.
12 $119 $248
How to read this data: This reflects Medicare patients only (typically 65+). Payment amounts are what Medicare paid the provider, not your out-of-pocket cost. These counts do not measure clinical quality or years of experience.
33.4% high complexity
0.0% medium
66.6% routine

Industry Payment Transparency

Open Payments through 2024 ↗
$218,009
Total received (2018-2024)
Avg $31,144/year across 7 years
Top 1% in PA for surgery
A higher payment rank reflects disclosed industry relationships (consulting, research, speaking) common among subspecialists — not wrongdoing.
23
Companies
459
Payment records
Payments are publicly reported; disclosure does not establish legality · Not evidence of wrongdoing · How to interpret →

Payment categories are unavailable while the source breakdown is being rebuilt. Company and year totals do not identify how much belongs to each category.

Payment trend by year

Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

2024
$91,556
2023
$34,558
2022
$30,880
2021
$18,581
2020
$2,722
2019
$21,232
2018
$18,480

Payments by company (2024)

Bolton Medical Inc
$51,208
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
$21,487
Artivion, Inc.
$17,406
Abbott Laboratories
$701
ATRICURE, INC.
$356
Medtronic, Inc.
$236
Baxter Healthcare
$133
Corcym Inc
$31
Top 3 companies account for 98.4% of 2024 payments
All-time payments by company (2018-2024) ›
Bolton Medical Inc
$103,220
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
$51,829
Artivion, Inc.
$32,562
Medtronic, Inc.
$20,691
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
$4,113
Abbott Laboratories
$2,274
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation
$464
ATRICURE, INC.
$446
LivaNova USA, Inc.
$440
AtriCure, Inc.
$305
Corcym Inc
$286
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
$268
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
$197
LSI SOLUTIONS INC
$190
ABIOMED
$174
Baxter Healthcare
$133
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
$125
Cook Incorporated
$107
CryoLife, Inc.
$85
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
$34
Smith+Nephew, Inc.
$28
Boston Scientific Corporation
$23
BAXTER HEALTHCARE
$18
Top 3 companies account for 86.1% of all-time payments
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
AMDS-Ascyrus Medical · ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM · ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2) · AVALUS · Aortic and Mitral Tissue Stented Valves · AtriCure AtriClip LAA Exclusion System · Avalus · BioGlue · CARBOMEDICS SUPRA-ANNULAR (TOP HAT) · CARDIOBLATE · COOK MEDICAL ADVANCED TECH · COR KNOT · COREVALVE EVOLUT R · CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE · Cardiac non-SynerGraft · CoreValve Evolut · EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM · EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system · EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) · EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX · EPIC · Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve · Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve · Epi-Sense Guided Coagulation System with VisiTrax · Epic Stented Tissue Valve · GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART · GENERAL STENTS · GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART · GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis · Grafts · Hercules · INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE · INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve · Impella · MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve · MOSAIC · Mitra Clip system · Models · Mosaic · NAVITOR · OCTOPUS · On-X · PASCAL · PERCEVAL · PICO · PICO 7 Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy · PICO Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy · PREVELEAK · Penditure · Perceval · Perceval S · Protek Duo · RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM · Relay · Relay Grafts · Relay Plus · SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA · SIMULUS · STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM · SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM · Simulus · Stents · TACHOSIL · TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM · Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve · Virtuosaph
Should you be concerned? Industry payments are disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their purpose, legality, or effect on care. What matters is whether a recommended drug or device appears in your doctor's payment records. If so, consider asking your doctor about it. How to interpret this data →
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Geographic Context

Surgerists in nearby ZIP areas
832
County median income
$60,698
Nearest hospital to ZIP centroid (approximate)
PHILADELPHIA VA MEDICAL CENTER
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Data Sources

Provider Registry NPPES NPPES snapshot; verify current record
Medicare Enrollment PECOS PECOS snapshot
Practice Data Medicare Util. Annual (CY lag)
Industry Payments Open Payments CY 2024
Disciplinary History — Not included N/A

This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This reflects how much public data is available about a provider. How we calculate this →

Summary

Dr. Szeto is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 25% in PA), with 20 years of NPI registration.

This summary is auto-generated from federal data, describing data availability and patterns. Read our methodology →

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Dr. Szeto experienced with new patient office visit, complex (60-74 min)?
Based on Medicare claims data, Dr. Szeto performed 177 new patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) services. These records cover Medicare fee-for-service activity, including eligible younger beneficiaries; they do not measure total practice volume or clinical quality.
Does Dr. Szeto receive payments from pharmaceutical companies?
Yes. Dr. Szeto received a total of $218,009 from 23 companies across 459 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their legality or effect on care. Patients may wish to ask their doctor about these relationships, especially if a recommended drug or device appears in the payment records.
How do Dr. Szeto's costs compare to other surgerists in Philadelphia?
Dr. Szeto's average Medicare payment per service is $461. Note that these figures represent what Medicare pays, not your out-of-pocket cost, which depends on your specific insurance plan and deductible. Procedure-level data above shows both what was submitted and what Medicare paid for each service type.
What does Data Coverage mean?
Data Coverage (currently Very High for Dr. Szeto) measures how much public federal data is available about a provider. It is not a quality rating. A "Very High" or "High" level means the provider has data across multiple federal sources (NPPES, PECOS, Medicare Utilization, Open Payments), indicating the presence of registry, enrollment, activity or payment records, not verified experience or clinical quality. A "Low" or "Moderate" level may simply mean the provider is newer, does not see Medicare patients, or has not received any industry payments — none of which are inherently negative. Read our full methodology →
Is this data up to date?
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About this page

This page combines public CMS records with calculated summaries and explanatory procedure labels. These transformations are not verbatim federal records. Sources: 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.

This page is not medical advice, an endorsement, a recommendation, or a quality rating. Data Coverage reflects data completeness — how much federal information exists for this provider — not clinical performance, patient outcomes, or quality of care. Always verify information directly with the provider and consult a licensed clinician before making medical decisions.

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Data Disclaimer — Data sourced from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), Open Payments program, Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data, and Provider Enrollment & Certification data (PECOS). Published under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This website is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by CMS, HHS, or the U.S. Government. Data may contain errors as reported to CMS by providers and reporting entities. Industry payment disclosure alone establishes neither wrongdoing nor legality. Medicare data reflects only patients aged 65+ or those with qualifying disabilities. For corrections, contact CMS directly. This information does not constitute medical advice and should not be used as the sole basis for choosing a healthcare provider. Procedure descriptions use plain language and do not reference CPT® codes, which are copyrighted by the American Medical Association. Full methodology → · Report a data error → · Privacy policy →