Dr. Raul Santos, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Santos
Dr. Raul Santos is a cardiovascular disease in Grapevine, TX, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Santos performed 6,512 Medicare services across 4,948 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Santos received a total of $8,686 from 38 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 495 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. Santos 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 1,020 | $43 | $223 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 882 | $10 | $51 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 751 | $85 | $238 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 577 | $58 | $168 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 413 | $141 | $729 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 347 | $47 | $258 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 323 | $54 | $525 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 321 | $325 | $1,599 |
| Anticoagulant management of patient taking warfarin | 236 | $8 | $41 |
| Prothrombin time test (blood clotting) | 196 | $4 | $26 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 126 | $9 | $128 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 126 | $110 | $310 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 105 | $8 | $17 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 86 | $99 | $352 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 83 | $167 | $1,035 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 77 | $72 | $207 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 76 | $15 | $84 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 71 | $134 | $704 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 59 | $21 | $109 |
| Ultrasound of heart with continuous electrocardiogram (ecg) during rest, exercise and/or drug induced stress with review and report | 57 | $159 | $858 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 53 | $61 | $186 |
| Heart rhythm recording of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | 50 | $9 | $96 |
| Heart rhythm review and interpretation of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | 48 | $19 | $98 |
| Coronary stent placement | 43 | $420 | $2,057 |
| Injection, perflutren lipid microspheres, per ml | 42 | $34 | $390 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 30 | $52 | $299 |
| Heart rhythm recording continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 29 | $9 | $96 |
| Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 28 | $17 | $98 |
| Ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | 28 | $48 | $299 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 26 | $178 | $891 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 26 | $128 | $517 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 22 | $2 | $28 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 20 | $81 | $393 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 20 | $14 | $65 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 20 | $88 | $268 |
| Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber, coronary artery and bypass graft for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 17 | $175 | $1,175 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 17 | $112 | $335 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 16 | $43 | $212 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 15 | $73 | $361 |
| Insertion of tube in coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 15 | $148 | $841 |
| Injection, aminophyllin, up to 250 mg | 15 | $5 | $13 |
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. Santos is a cardiac & electrophysiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 9% 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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