Dr. Ronnie Garcia, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Garcia
Dr. Ronnie Garcia is an internal medicine specialist in New Braunfels, TX, with 20 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Garcia performed 7,010 Medicare services across 4,984 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Garcia received a total of $9,562 from 35 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 279 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in internal 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. Garcia 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) | 1,604 | $85 | $362 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 1,256 | $10 | $70 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 459 | $138 | $985 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 424 | $44 | $152 |
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 261 | $47 | $136 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 258 | $56 | $251 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 251 | $93 | $292 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 222 | $130 | $574 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 186 | $48 | $378 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 177 | $60 | $268 |
| Heart muscle strain imaging | 166 | $24 | $135 |
| Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 160 | $56 | $504 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 155 | $333 | $1,749 |
| Prothrombin time test (blood clotting) | 142 | $4 | $27 |
| Anticoagulant management of patient taking warfarin | 129 | $7 | $55 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 111 | $111 | $512 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 106 | $28 | $124 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 90 | $8 | $18 |
| Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals (calcium, ionized) | 86 | $13 | $39 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 84 | $128 | $637 |
| Chronic care management, additional 20 min/month | 70 | $36 | $120 |
| Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 50 | $18 | $70 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 47 | $46 | $242 |
| Natriuretic peptide (heart and blood vessel protein) level | 45 | $38 | $156 |
| Red blood cell concentration measurement | 45 | $2 | $11 |
| Blood count, hemoglobin | 45 | $2 | $11 |
| Heart rhythm recording continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 43 | $9 | $44 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 41 | $17 | $129 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 32 | $167 | $867 |
| Heart rhythm recording, analysis, report, review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 31 | $198 | $806 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 25 | $73 | $330 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 23 | $80 | $335 |
| Lipid panel (cholesterol and triglycerides) | 20 | $13 | $60 |
| Office visit, established patient (10-19 min) | 20 | $34 | $195 |
| External shock to heart to regulate heart beat | 19 | $84 | $408 |
| Blood glucose (sugar) level | 18 | $4 | $23 |
| Programming of multiple lead implantable defibrillator system | 16 | $34 | $216 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 16 | $132 | $700 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 14 | $14 | $57 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 14 | $2 | $11 |
| Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system | 13 | $23 | $83 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 13 | $140 | $401 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 12 | $11 | $50 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 11 | $17 | $68 |
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 9% 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. Garcia is an electrophysiology & cardiac specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 5% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 9% of TX peers, with 20 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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