Dr. Mehdi Rambod, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Rambod
Dr. Mehdi Rambod is an internal medicine specialist in Helotes, TX, with 14 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Rambod performed 1,424 Medicare services across 840 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Rambod received a total of $10,145 from 30 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 126 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in internal 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. Rambod 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 583 | $60 | $159 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 163 | $95 | $289 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 102 | $133 | $441 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 83 | $11 | $54 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, low complexity | 81 | $38 | $86 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 66 | $100 | $300 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 58 | $9 | $173 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 48 | $91 | $228 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 31 | $179 | $3,680 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 30 | $69 | $687 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 29 | $11 | $33 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | 24 | $11 | $58 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 22 | $16 | $49 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 20 | $130 | $406 |
| Coronary stent placement | 19 | $412 | $1,938 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 18 | $6 | $19 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 17 | $168 | $496 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 15 | $73 | $351 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 15 | $155 | $582 |
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 (95%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians. Total industry engagement is in the top 9% for internal medicine in TX.
Geographic Context
9.3 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. Rambod is a mixed practice specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 25% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 9% of TX peers.
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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