Dr. Stuart Solomon, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Solomon
Dr. Stuart Solomon is an interventional cardiology in Houston, TX, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Solomon performed 6,874 Medicare services across 4,105 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Solomon received a total of $7,809 from 29 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 324 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in interventional cardiology. 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. Solomon 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 | 1,372 | $43 | $118 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 1,215 | $94 | $145 |
| Evaluation of cardiac rhythm monitor system, remote up to 30 days | 579 | $20 | $125 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 480 | $10 | $125 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 463 | $141 | $1,404 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 375 | $55 | $575 |
| Rubidium rb-82, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 60 millicuries | 341 | $614 | $1,971 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress | 274 | $1,050 | $3,250 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 261 | $23 | $94 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 182 | $64 | $150 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 170 | $10 | $40 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 133 | $69 | $110 |
| Injection, sulfur hexafluoride lipid microspheres, per ml | 110 | $15 | $30 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 105 | $138 | $658 |
| Heart rhythm recording, analysis, report, review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 74 | $189 | $667 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 70 | $119 | $396 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 69 | $179 | $800 |
| Coronary stent placement | 64 | $437 | $3,500 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress with concurrent ct scan | 62 | $1,937 | $5,914 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 62 | $96 | $175 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 56 | $185 | $1,500 |
| Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel or graft with review by radiologist, initial vessel | 50 | $76 | $250 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 40 | $135 | $215 |
| Ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | 26 | $53 | $380 |
| Shockwave destruction of calcified plaque in coronary artery accessed through skin using catheter | 25 | $130 | $1,111 |
| Insertion of heart rhythm monitor under skin | 24 | $3,516 | $12,000 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 24 | $347 | $2,115 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 24 | $71 | $500 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 22 | $128 | $503 |
| Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber, coronary artery and bypass graft for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 20 | $167 | $2,000 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 20 | $69 | $236 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 16 | $140 | $300 |
| Complete ultrasound of abdomen and pelvis artery and vein blood flow | 15 | $213 | $955 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 15 | $105 | $167 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with review and report by health care professional | 13 | $20 | $65 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with transmission of patient triggered events with review and report by health care professional | 12 | $660 | $2,345 |
| Heart muscle strain imaging | 11 | $30 | $100 |
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.
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. Solomon is a cardiac imaging specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 6% 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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