Dr. Manuel Cruz, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Cruz
Dr. Manuel Cruz is a cardiovascular disease in Dallas, TX, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Cruz performed 5,588 Medicare services across 4,104 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Cruz received a total of $1,819 from 17 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 84 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. Cruz 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) | 1,179 | $86 | $190 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 734 | $60 | $135 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 581 | $126 | $1,183 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 536 | $44 | $85 |
| Prothrombin time test (blood clotting) | 404 | $4 | $29 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 320 | $60 | $133 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 273 | $10 | $92 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 211 | $14 | $132 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 164 | $130 | $610 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 155 | $83 | $115 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 152 | $324 | $2,589 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 123 | $111 | $245 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 121 | $98 | $249 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 99 | $47 | $520 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 63 | $6 | $39 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 62 | $132 | $305 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) | 53 | $20 | $140 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 53 | $11 | $132 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 51 | $121 | $265 |
| Office visit, established patient (10-19 min) | 48 | $37 | $85 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 46 | $121 | $553 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 34 | $89 | $195 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 24 | $204 | $2,515 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 24 | $170 | $575 |
| Complete ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | 18 | $81 | $448 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, low complexity | 17 | $38 | $97 |
| Heart rhythm recording, analysis, interpretation and report of continous external ekg over more than 1 week up to 1 weeks | 16 | $198 | $700 |
| Ultrasound study of one arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 15 | $89 | $317 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 12 | $74 | $323 |
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
2.3 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. Cruz is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 13% in TX), 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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