Dr. Sanjayanth Chamakura, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Chamakura
Dr. Sanjayanth Chamakura is a nuclear cardiology physician in Keller, TX, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Chamakura performed 4,420 Medicare services across 2,128 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Chamakura received a total of $11,797 from 44 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 350 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in nuclear cardiology physician. 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. Chamakura 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| External counterpulsation, per treatment session | 1,507 | $81 | $900 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 442 | $11 | $43 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 397 | $90 | $386 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 320 | $41 | $276 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 277 | $61 | $211 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 186 | $141 | $611 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 119 | $59 | $298 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 109 | $139 | $178 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 108 | $93 | $304 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 106 | $48 | $215 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 103 | $336 | $1,383 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 103 | $129 | $539 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 79 | $122 | $500 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with review and report by health care professional | 72 | $19 | $100 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 70 | $166 | $639 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with transmission of patient triggered events with review and report by health care professional | 61 | $661 | $2,717 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 56 | $123 | $587 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 44 | $21 | $90 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 32 | $9 | $155 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | 29 | $11 | $121 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 26 | $101 | $399 |
| Test for exercise-induced lung stress | 24 | $26 | $125 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 23 | $135 | $592 |
| Injection for imaging of aorta above heart valve with review by radiologist | 21 | $28 | $332 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 20 | $61 | $250 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers, follow-up | 20 | $20 | $78 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 20 | $19 | $74 |
| Ultrasound of heart with continuous electrocardiogram (ecg) during rest, exercise and/or drug induced stress with review and report | 20 | $177 | $720 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 14 | $185 | $3,277 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 12 | $132 | $582 |
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
2.9 mi
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. Chamakura is a clinical cardiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, 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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