Dr. Sergio Cantu, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Cantu
Dr. Sergio Cantu is a hospitalist physician in Alice, TX, with 14 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Cantu performed 15,479 Medicare services across 2,880 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Cantu received a total of $2,123 from 29 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 132 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in hospitalist 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. Cantu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing facility visit, moderate complexity | 6,561 | $80 | $167 |
| Nursing facility visit, low complexity | 1,565 | $52 | $127 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner supervision of a patient receiving medicare-covered services provided by a participating home health agency (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician or allow | 996 | $78 | $201 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 880 | $84 | $198 |
| Dexamethasone injection (steroid) | 841 | $0 | $3 |
| Advance care planning consultation, first 30 min | 788 | $58 | $120 |
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 481 | $45 | $122 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians a | 476 | $31 | $77 |
| Home visit, established patient, moderate complexity | 467 | $93 | $238 |
| Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | 364 | $0 | $3 |
| Smoking and tobacco use intensive counseling, more than 10 minutes | 267 | $26 | $60 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 232 | $10 | $45 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 162 | $124 | $211 |
| Annual alcohol misuse screening, 5 to 15 minutes | 153 | $18 | $21 |
| Annual, face-to-face intensive behavioral therapy for cardiovascular disease, individual, 15 minutes | 153 | $25 | $30 |
| Annual depression screening | 133 | $18 | $53 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 131 | $10 | $36 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 110 | $61 | $134 |
| Initial nursing facility care with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 45 minutes | 93 | $131 | $310 |
| Physician supervision of a patient under a medicare-approved hospice (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician development and/or revision of care plans, review of subsequent reports of patien | 90 | $80 | $203 |
| Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m servic | 80 | $10 | $15 |
| Ceftriaxone antibiotic injection | 80 | $0 | $20 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and | 69 | $40 | $100 |
| Nursing facility discharge management, more than 30 minutes | 50 | $97 | $193 |
| Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent derived from cell cultures | 49 | $32 | $40 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 49 | $24 | $25 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity | 40 | $209 | $310 |
| Residence visit for established patient with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 60 minutes | 26 | $137 | $330 |
| Home visit, established patient, low complexity | 23 | $54 | $158 |
| Injection, vitamin b-12 cyanocobalamin, up to 1000 mcg | 20 | $1 | $35 |
| Office visit, established patient (10-19 min) | 19 | $43 | $80 |
| Automated urinalysis | 16 | $2 | $8 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 15 | $59 | $306 |
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.
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. Cantu is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 1% in TX), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 11%).
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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