Dr. Vu Nguyen, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Nguyen
Dr. Vu Nguyen is a nuclear cardiology physician in Austin, TX, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Nguyen performed 2,748 Medicare services across 1,403 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Nguyen received a total of $3,511 from 22 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 73 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in nuclear cardiology 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. Nguyen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| External counterpulsation, per treatment session | 932 | $86 | $900 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 486 | $89 | $328 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 423 | $11 | $52 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 124 | $137 | $637 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 124 | $46 | $160 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 66 | $108 | $492 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 66 | $60 | $221 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 58 | $125 | $616 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 43 | $95 | $317 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 41 | $81 | $335 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 39 | $14 | $56 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 39 | $2 | $10 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 38 | $52 | $289 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 37 | $10 | $45 |
| Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 37 | $52 | $450 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 36 | $355 | $1,513 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 32 | $133 | $444 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 30 | $51 | $220 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 26 | $14 | $68 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 17 | $52 | $247 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus during surgery on heart or great blood vessels with report | 16 | $177 | $705 |
| Test for exercise-induced lung stress | 15 | $27 | $125 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 12 | $20 | $79 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 11 | $138 | $462 |
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. Nguyen is a clinical cardiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, 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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