Dr. Christopher Shanklin, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Shanklin
Dr. Christopher Shanklin is a family medicine in Lubbock, TX, with 18 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Shanklin performed 3,446 Medicare services across 2,054 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Shanklin received a total of $5,956 from 55 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 349 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in family medicine. 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. Shanklin 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) | 555 | $81 | $190 |
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 478 | $44 | $65 |
| Dexamethasone injection (steroid) | 269 | $0 | $10 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 249 | $9 | $49 |
| Advance care planning consultation, first 30 min | 179 | $55 | $161 |
| Steroid injection (triamcinolone) | 179 | $1 | $17 |
| Annual, face-to-face intensive behavioral therapy for cardiovascular disease, individual, 15 minutes | 156 | $23 | $26 |
| Ceftriaxone antibiotic injection | 144 | $0 | $30 |
| Chronic care management services for two or more chronic conditions, first 30 minutes provided personally by health care professional, per calendar month | 129 | $59 | $150 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 124 | $116 | $226 |
| Hemoglobin A1c test (diabetes monitoring) | 114 | $10 | $26 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 91 | $52 | $135 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 74 | $120 | $265 |
| Annual depression screening | 74 | $16 | $35 |
| Ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | 69 | $56 | $168 |
| Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for influenza virus | 61 | $16 | $25 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 51 | $10 | $33 |
| Detection test by immunoassay technique for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus | 41 | $34 | $60 |
| Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | 40 | $0 | $20 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 38 | $116 | $245 |
| Comprehensive assessment of and care planning for patients requiring chronic care management services (list separately in addition to primary monthly care management service) | 35 | $42 | $123 |
| Testing of autonomic nervous system function and heart rate response to deep breathing | 33 | $63 | $165 |
| Testing of autonomic (sympathetic) nervous system function | 33 | $89 | $270 |
| Joint injection, major joint | 31 | $41 | $122 |
| Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit | 27 | $145 | $334 |
| Face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes | 27 | $23 | $26 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 26 | $76 | $320 |
| Urinalysis, manual | 24 | $3 | $15 |
| Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment | 24 | $151 | $325 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 23 | $64 | $164 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 20 | $112 | $385 |
| Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for streptococcus, group a (strep) | 15 | $16 | $40 |
| Destruction of precancerous skin growth, 1 | 13 | $49 | $128 |
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. Total industry engagement is in the top 10% for family 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. Shanklin is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 7% in TX), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 10%), with 18 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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