Medicare Enrolled

Dr. Binh Nguyen, MD

Nephrology · Houston, TX
Practice pattern: Clinical Cardiology — Primarily office-based clinical cardiology
1415 LA CONCHA LN, Houston, TX 77054
7137909080
Registered in NPPES since 2005
NPI: 1881696888 verify on NPPES ↗
Very High
DATA COVERAGE
Data in 4 of 4 federal sources
Measures public federal data availability — not provider quality
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What this data tells you about Dr. Nguyen

Dr. Binh Nguyen is a nephrology specialist in Houston, TX, with 21 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Nguyen performed 2,695 Medicare services in 2023. These records do not provide a deduplicated patient total.

Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Nguyen received a total of $29,701 from 42 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 560 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly reported through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their effect on care. A reliable breakdown by payment category is not available in this snapshot. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.

The Data Coverage level for Dr. Nguyen is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.

✓ 21 years of NPI registration ▲ Top 15% volume in TX $29,701 industry payments

Medicare Practice Summary — 2023

Medicare Utilization ↗
2,695
Medicare services
Top 15% in TX for nephrology
Not available
Unique patients (not deduplicated)
$96
Avg. Medicare payment
Medicare patients only (65+ / disabled) · How to read this →

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
Follow-up hospital visit for an existing patient involving moderate medical decision making. The visit requires at least 35 minutes of time spent on the date of service.
1,403 $64 $160
Dialysis services for patients 20 or older
Dialysis treatment provided to patients aged 20 years or older, involving four or more physician visits per month.
342 $279 $706
Office visit, established patient (30-39 min)
A follow-up office visit for an existing patient lasting between 30 and 39 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition.
325 $68 $256
Dialysis services, partial month (age 20+)
Dialysis treatment provided for a partial month of service for patients aged 20 years or older.
181 $8 $18
Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity
Initial hospital inpatient or observation care for a new patient involving moderate-level medical decision making, with at least 55 minutes total time on the date of the encounter.
123 $106 $262
Initial hospital admission, high complexity
Initial hospital inpatient or observation care for a new patient involving high-level medical decision making, with at least 75 minutes total time on the date of the encounter.
88 $141 $348
Dialysis services for adults, 2-3 visits per month
This code covers dialysis services for patients aged 20 or older who have 2 to 3 physician visits per month.
61 $192 $588
Hemodialysis, single evaluation
A dialysis procedure to filter waste from the blood, performed with a physician's evaluation.
60 $58 $144
Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity
Subsequent hospital inpatient or observation care for an existing patient involving high-level medical decision making, with at least 50 minutes total time on the date of the encounter.
53 $98 $240
Office visit, established patient (20-29 min)
An office visit for an existing patient lasting between 20 and 29 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition.
36 $48 $182
New patient office visit (45-59 min)
An initial office visit for a new patient lasting between 45 and 59 minutes. This code covers the total time spent by the physician or qualified healthcare professional on the date of the encounter.
23 $106 $336
How to read this data: This reflects Medicare patients only (typically 65+). Payment amounts are what Medicare paid the provider, not your out-of-pocket cost. These counts do not measure clinical quality or years of experience.

Industry Payment Transparency

Open Payments through 2024 ↗
$29,701
Total received (2018-2024)
Avg $4,243/year across 7 years
Top 6% in TX for nephrology
A higher payment rank reflects disclosed industry relationships (consulting, research, speaking) common among subspecialists — not wrongdoing.
42
Companies
560
Payment records
Payments are publicly reported; disclosure does not establish legality · Not evidence of wrongdoing · How to interpret →

Payment categories are unavailable while the source breakdown is being rebuilt. Company and year totals do not identify how much belongs to each category.

Payment trend by year

Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

2024
$1,826
2023
$1,628
2022
$1,118
2021
$921
2020
$607
2019
$7,080
2018
$16,521

Payments by company (2024)

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
$402
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.
$242
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC
$241
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$196
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$140
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.
$110
Ardelyx, Inc.
$104
Medtronic, Inc.
$103
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
$58
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
$53
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
$39
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC
$38
Amgen Inc.
$38
Novo Nordisk Inc
$32
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.
$31
Top 3 companies account for 48.4% of 2024 payments
All-time payments by company (2018-2024) ›
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
$13,294
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC
$5,446
Allergan Inc.
$2,267
Relypsa, Inc.
$944
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
$916
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC
$832
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
$735
Horizon Therapeutics plc
$649
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.
$459
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.
$414
Amarin Pharma Inc.
$411
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$360
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$337
Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.
$294
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
$260
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.
$222
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$210
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.
$151
Amgen Inc.
$150
Medtronic, Inc.
$138
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC
$137
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC.
$129
BAXTER HEALTHCARE
$118
Mallinckrodt LLC
$110
Ardelyx, Inc.
$104
KCI USA, Inc.
$100
Vifor Pharma, Inc.
$93
Horizon Pharma plc
$63
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
$55
Shire North American Group Inc
$44
PFIZER INC.
$33
Novo Nordisk Inc
$32
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$29
Boston Scientific Corporation
$24
Celgene Corporation
$24
DEXCOM, INC.
$22
Retrophin, Inc.
$19
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
$18
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$16
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
$15
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
$14
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.
$11
Top 3 companies account for 70.7% of all-time payments
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
(815) Thiola · ACTHAR · ALLODERM · AURYXIA · Advisa · Auryxia · BENLYSTA · COSENTYX · Crysvita · DEXCOM G6 TRANSMITTER · ELLIPSYS VASCULAR ACCESS SYSTEM · EVENITY · Edarbi · FARXIGA · Fabhalta · GATTEX · General - Therapies · IBSRELA · JARDIANCE · JYNARQUE · KRYSTEXXA · Kerendia · LOKELMA · LUPKYNIS · Not Product Related · OXLUMO · Ozempic · PREVENA · PREVNAR - 13 · PREVNAR 13 · PROMACTA · RAYALDEE · RAYOS · Rayaldee · Rayaldee (old) · Renal - CRRT · SAMSCA · TARPEYO · Uloric · Vafseo · Vascepa · Velphoro · Veltassa · t:slim X2 Insulin Pump with Control-IQ · t:slim X2 insulin pump
Should you be concerned? Industry payments are disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their purpose, legality, or effect on care. What matters is whether a recommended drug or device appears in your doctor's payment records. If so, consider asking your doctor about it. How to interpret this data →
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Geographic Context

Nephrologists in nearby ZIP areas
185
County median income
$73,104
Nearest hospital to ZIP centroid (approximate)
WOMANS HOSPITAL OF TEXAS,THE
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Data Sources

Provider Registry NPPES NPPES snapshot; verify current record
Medicare Enrollment PECOS PECOS snapshot
Practice Data Medicare Util. Annual (CY lag)
Industry Payments Open Payments CY 2024
Disciplinary History — Not included N/A

This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This reflects how much public data is available about a provider. How we calculate this →

Summary

Dr. Nguyen is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 15% in TX), with 21 years of NPI registration.

This summary is auto-generated from federal data, describing data availability and patterns. Read our methodology →

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Dr. Nguyen experienced with hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity?
Based on Medicare claims data, Dr. Nguyen performed 1,403 hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity services. These records cover Medicare fee-for-service activity, including eligible younger beneficiaries; they do not measure total practice volume or clinical quality.
Does Dr. Nguyen receive payments from pharmaceutical companies?
Yes. Dr. Nguyen received a total of $29,701 from 42 companies across 560 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their legality or effect on care. Patients may wish to ask their doctor about these relationships, especially if a recommended drug or device appears in the payment records.
How do Dr. Nguyen's costs compare to other nephrologists in Houston?
Dr. Nguyen's average Medicare payment per service is $96. Note that these figures represent what Medicare pays, not your out-of-pocket cost, which depends on your specific insurance plan and deductible. Procedure-level data above shows both what was submitted and what Medicare paid for each service type.
What does Data Coverage mean?
Data Coverage (currently Very High for Dr. Nguyen) measures how much public federal data is available about a provider. It is not a quality rating. A "Very High" or "High" level means the provider has data across multiple federal sources (NPPES, PECOS, Medicare Utilization, Open Payments), indicating the presence of registry, enrollment, activity or payment records, not verified experience or clinical quality. A "Low" or "Moderate" level may simply mean the provider is newer, does not see Medicare patients, or has not received any industry payments — none of which are inherently negative. Read our full methodology →
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About this page

This page combines public CMS records with calculated summaries and explanatory procedure labels. These transformations are not verbatim federal records. Sources: 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.

This page is not medical advice, an endorsement, a recommendation, or a quality rating. Data Coverage reflects data completeness — how much federal information exists for this provider — not clinical performance, patient outcomes, or quality of care. Always verify information directly with the provider and consult a licensed clinician before making medical decisions.

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Data Disclaimer — Data sourced from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), Open Payments program, Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data, and Provider Enrollment & Certification data (PECOS). Published under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This website is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by CMS, HHS, or the U.S. Government. Data may contain errors as reported to CMS by providers and reporting entities. Industry payment disclosure alone establishes neither wrongdoing nor legality. Medicare data reflects only patients aged 65+ or those with qualifying disabilities. For corrections, contact CMS directly. This information does not constitute medical advice and should not be used as the sole basis for choosing a healthcare provider. Procedure descriptions use plain language and do not reference CPT® codes, which are copyrighted by the American Medical Association. Full methodology → · Report a data error → · Privacy policy →