Dr. Paul Bilhartz, M.D., M.B.A.
What this data tells you about Dr. Bilhartz
Dr. Paul Bilhartz is an optician specialist in College Station, TX, with 17 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Bilhartz performed 3,411 Medicare services across 2,301 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Bilhartz received a total of $15,165 from 49 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 645 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in optician. 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. Bilhartz 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) | 1,045 | $86 | $133 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 419 | $10 | $20 |
| Injection, dipyridamole, per 10 mg | 286 | $3 | $5 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 277 | $40 | $66 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 216 | $119 | $202 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 131 | $53 | $84 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress | 124 | $1,080 | $1,364 |
| Rubidium rb-82, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 60 millicuries | 123 | $235 | $522 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 120 | $15 | $30 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 98 | $21 | $41 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 95 | $107 | $167 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 89 | $78 | $113 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 72 | $130 | $203 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 66 | $58 | $85 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 55 | $143 | $191 |
| Injection, aminophyllin, up to 250 mg | 47 | $4 | $5 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 36 | $167 | $248 |
| Heart rhythm recording, analysis, report, review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 33 | $175 | $269 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 24 | $128 | $177 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 20 | $178 | $638 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 18 | $58 | $81 |
| Complete ultrasound of aorta, vena cava, groin vessels or bypass grafts | 17 | $130 | $180 |
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 (70%) 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. Bilhartz is a cardiac & electrophysiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 19% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 12% of TX peers, with 17 years of NPI registration.
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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