Dr. Sanjay Maniar, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Maniar
Dr. Sanjay Maniar is an internal medicine specialist in Houston, TX, with 15 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Maniar performed 1,653 Medicare services across 1,298 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Maniar received a total of $186,886 from 39 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 523 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in internal medicine. The majority of payments are for speaking programs and promotional activities, reflecting participation in industry-sponsored events. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Maniar 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) | 346 | $85 | $256 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 206 | $10 | $30 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 101 | $86 | $212 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 100 | $14 | $36 |
| 3d ultrasound imaging of heart for evaluation of heart structure performed during ultrasound imaging of congenital heart defects | 97 | $20 | $112 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 96 | $137 | $397 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 92 | $47 | $122 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 66 | $294 | $755 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 64 | $49 | $142 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 61 | $55 | $182 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 60 | $125 | $360 |
| Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 56 | $60 | $830 |
| Heart muscle strain imaging | 46 | $29 | $74 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 46 | $95 | $231 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 min | 31 | $151 | $431 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 30 | $113 | $336 |
| Outpatient heart rehabilitation with electrocardiogram (ecg) monitoring, quality health care professional services | 29 | $11 | $52 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 29 | $65 | $158 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 22 | $136 | $350 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus during surgery on heart or great blood vessels with report | 19 | $183 | $446 |
| Heart rhythm recording continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 16 | $7 | $24 |
| Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 16 | $17 | $46 |
| 3d radiographic procedure | 13 | $18 | $62 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 11 | $143 | $377 |
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 ›
The majority of payments (96%) are for speaking programs and promotional activities, which reflect participation in industry-sponsored educational or marketing events. This is common in internal medicine and does not inherently indicate bias, but patients may wish to be aware. Total industry engagement is in the top 1% 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. Maniar is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 22% in TX), with speaking/promotional industry engagement in the top 1% of TX peers, with 15 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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