Dr. Steve Perkins, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Perkins
Dr. Steve Perkins is a hematology & oncology in Irving, TX, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Perkins performed 36,170 Medicare services across 2,736 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Perkins received a total of $2,458 from 29 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 60 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in hematology & oncology. Payments are distributed across multiple categories and often reflect legitimate professional engagement with the medical industry. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Perkins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pembrolizumab injection (Keytruda) | 16,900 | $43 | $137 |
| Anti-nausea injection (fosaprepitant) | 5,400 | $0 | $5 |
| Denosumab injection (Prolia/Xgeva) | 2,280 | $18 | $65 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 1,524 | $10 | $64 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 1,391 | $8 | $36 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 1,378 | $8 | $20 |
| Dexamethasone injection (steroid) | 1,029 | $0 | $1 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 804 | $66 | $250 |
| Lactate dehydrogenase (enzyme) level | 720 | $6 | $31 |
| Anti-nausea injection (Aloxi/palonosetron) | 670 | $1 | $114 |
| Office visit, established patient (10-19 min) | 478 | $42 | $150 |
| Immunoglobulin level test | 327 | $9 | $56 |
| Administration of chemotherapy into vein, 1 hour or less | 253 | $103 | $707 |
| Ferritin level test (iron stores) | 238 | $13 | $60 |
| Iron level test | 233 | $6 | $27 |
| Iron binding capacity test | 231 | $9 | $35 |
| Measurement of immunoglobulin light chains | 208 | $17 | $60 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, additional sequential infusion, 1 hour or less | 182 | $23 | $157 |
| Microscopic examination for white blood cells with manual cell count | 167 | $4 | $22 |
| Complete blood count (CBC), automated | 167 | $6 | $34 |
| Magnesium level test | 150 | $7 | $29 |
| Immunologic analysis for detection of tumor antigen, quantitative; ca 15-3 | 133 | $20 | $128 |
| Injection, carboplatin, 50 mg | 122 | $2 | $300 |
| Injection, zoledronic acid, 1 mg | 98 | $6 | $431 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 91 | $11 | $96 |
| Administration of additional new drug or substance into vein, 1 hour or less | 81 | $51 | $344 |
| Carcinoembryonic antigen (cea) protein level | 75 | $19 | $99 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 75 | $93 | $368 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, 1 hour or less | 73 | $51 | $313 |
| Injection, diphenhydramine hcl, up to 50 mg | 71 | $1 | $7 |
| Uric acid level test | 69 | $4 | $25 |
| Fluorodeoxyglucose f-18 fdg, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 45 millicuries | 64 | $89 | $657 |
| Nuclear medicine study from skull base to mid-thigh with ct scan | 56 | $1,173 | $4,802 |
| PSA test (prostate cancer screening) | 53 | $18 | $94 |
| Injection of additional new drug or substance into vein | 49 | $12 | $108 |
| Reticulated (young) platelet measurement | 48 | $35 | $143 |
| Administration of hormonal anti-neoplastic chemotherapy under skin or into muscle | 46 | $24 | $145 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 40 | $171 | $709 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, each additional hour | 37 | $16 | $100 |
| Administration of chemotherapy into vein, each additional hour | 37 | $23 | $161 |
| Unclassified drugs | 33 | $1 | $8 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 25 | $121 | $565 |
| Red blood cell sedimentation rate, to detect inflammation, non-automated | 17 | $4 | $33 |
| Red blood count automated, with additional calculations | 16 | $5 | $26 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 16 | $78 | $372 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, low complexity | 15 | $34 | $135 |
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 ›
Payments are distributed across multiple categories with no single dominant type.
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. Perkins is a mixed practice specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 26% in TX), and mixed 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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