Dr. Enrique Garcia-Sayan, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Garcia-Sayan
Dr. Enrique Garcia-Sayan is an internal medicine specialist in Houston, TX, with 18 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Garcia-Sayan performed 413 Medicare services across 375 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Garcia-Sayan received a total of $12,931 from 20 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 179 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. Garcia-Sayan 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) | 42 | $77 | $323 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 40 | $6 | $44 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 39 | $98 | $324 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 31 | $20 | $69 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 29 | $68 | $494 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 27 | $10 | $64 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 21 | $65 | $218 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 19 | $360 | $2,000 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 19 | $50 | $195 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 19 | $86 | $329 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 18 | $2 | $31 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 18 | $134 | $484 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 18 | $56 | $83 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 17 | $14 | $73 |
| Heart muscle strain imaging | 16 | $9 | $44 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 15 | $10 | $55 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 13 | $109 | $429 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 12 | $124 | $485 |
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. Total industry engagement is in the top 7% for internal medicine in TX.
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. Garcia-Sayan is a cardiac & cardiac specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 7% of TX peers, with 18 years of NPI registration.
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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