Dr. Alex Guevara, D.O.
What this data tells you about Dr. Guevara
Dr. Alex Guevara is a family medicine in Fort Worth, TX, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Guevara performed 8,428 Medicare services across 920 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Guevara received a total of $15,261 from 66 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 771 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in family medicine. 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. Guevara 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allergy skin test | 3,024 | $3 | $10 |
| Allergy immunotherapy preparation | 1,960 | $11 | $21 |
| Injection, magnesium sulfate, per 500 mg | 528 | $1 | $20 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 421 | $87 | $190 |
| Injection, potassium chloride, per 2 meq | 325 | $0 | $20 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 231 | $118 | $377 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 228 | $8 | $38 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 183 | $66 | $115 |
| Office visit, established patient (10-19 min) | 172 | $40 | $100 |
| Unclassified drugs | 131 | $2 | $231 |
| Injection of additional new drug or substance into vein | 120 | $12 | $40 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 112 | $9 | $72 |
| Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or | 106 | $22 | $99 |
| Urinalysis, manual | 87 | $3 | $50 |
| Injection, pyridoxine hcl, 100 mg | 85 | $9 | $50 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, additional sequential infusion, 1 hour or less | 66 | $22 | $65 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis concurrent with another infusion | 66 | $15 | $40 |
| Injection of drug or substance into vein | 66 | $29 | $65 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, 1 hour or less | 65 | $50 | $145 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 55 | $10 | $100 |
| Injection, vitamin b-12 cyanocobalamin, up to 1000 mcg | 51 | $1 | $40 |
| Stool analysis for blood, by fecal hemoglobin determination by immunoassay | 49 | $14 | $50 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 49 | $127 | $230 |
| Infusion, normal saline solution , 1000 cc | 49 | $2 | $100 |
| Steroid injection (triamcinolone) | 46 | $1 | $24 |
| Annual, face-to-face intensive behavioral therapy for cardiovascular disease, individual, 15 minutes | 33 | $25 | $55 |
| Ceftriaxone antibiotic injection | 26 | $0 | $58 |
| Urine microalbumin test (kidney screening) | 24 | $5 | $50 |
| Chest X-ray, 2 views | 19 | $24 | $125 |
| Smear for infectious agents | 19 | $5 | $17 |
| Injection, lidocaine hcl for intravenous infusion, 10 mg | 17 | $0 | $25 |
| Face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes | 15 | $25 | $55 |
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 (92%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians. Total industry engagement is in the top 2% for family medicine in TX.
Geographic Context
6.6 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. Guevara is a mixed practice specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 2% in TX), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 2%), with 20 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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