Dr. Robert Hust, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Hust
Dr. Robert Hust is a cardiovascular disease in Houston, TX, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Hust performed 5,430 Medicare services across 2,952 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Hust received a total of $4,672 from 30 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 223 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. Hust 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 | 1,168 | $43 | $118 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 792 | $96 | $145 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 568 | $96 | $175 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 410 | $135 | $1,404 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 388 | $9 | $125 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 336 | $52 | $575 |
| Rubidium rb-82, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 60 millicuries | 202 | $620 | $1,985 |
| Chronic care management, additional 20 min/month | 171 | $37 | $118 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress | 168 | $1,058 | $3,250 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 137 | $70 | $487 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 133 | $353 | $2,115 |
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 131 | $49 | $120 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 103 | $23 | $94 |
| Remote patient monitoring device, 30 days | 98 | $40 | $128 |
| Remote patient monitoring management, 20 min/month | 86 | $39 | $128 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 74 | $103 | $167 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 72 | $133 | $215 |
| Injection, sulfur hexafluoride lipid microspheres, per ml | 60 | $15 | $30 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 56 | $140 | $658 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 50 | $10 | $40 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress with concurrent ct scan | 33 | $1,937 | $5,986 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 24 | $181 | $1,500 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 21 | $114 | $396 |
| Coronary stent placement | 17 | $461 | $3,500 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 17 | $185 | $800 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 17 | $140 | $300 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 16 | $149 | $503 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 15 | $7 | $40 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 15 | $65 | $85 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 14 | $53 | $110 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 14 | $64 | $150 |
| Remote monitoring of physiologic parameters, initial set-up and patient education on use of equipment | 13 | $15 | $49 |
| Heart rhythm recording, analysis, report, review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 11 | $197 | $661 |
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 (99%) 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. Hust is a cardiac imaging specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 14% in TX), and low-engagement industry engagement, 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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