Dr. Fernando Boccalandro, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Boccalandro
Dr. Fernando Boccalandro is an optician specialist in Odessa, TX, with 20 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Boccalandro performed 3,556 Medicare services across 2,806 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Boccalandro received a total of $4,636 from 30 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 170 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in optician. 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. Boccalandro 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) | 680 | $85 | $269 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 534 | $55 | $182 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 470 | $49 | $187 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 369 | $62 | $192 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 243 | $11 | $29 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, low complexity | 182 | $38 | $104 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 117 | $99 | $278 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 108 | $22 | $154 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 96 | $9 | $33 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 82 | $10 | $38 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 82 | $120 | $412 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 79 | $51 | $203 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 75 | $25 | $102 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 59 | $130 | $513 |
| Smoking and tobacco use intensive counseling, 4-10 minutes | 55 | $14 | $73 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 44 | $91 | $276 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with review and report by health care professional | 36 | $17 | $70 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 32 | $73 | $280 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 29 | $26 | $101 |
| Ct scan of blood vessels and grafts of heart with contrast | 24 | $89 | $302 |
| External shock to heart to regulate heart beat | 24 | $77 | $280 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 24 | $169 | $762 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 19 | $49 | $187 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes | 19 | $62 | $271 |
| Insertion of tube in coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 18 | $143 | $617 |
| Coronary stent placement | 17 | $433 | $1,512 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 14 | $98 | $364 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 min | 13 | $167 | $542 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 12 | $4 | $22 |
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 (92%) 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. Boccalandro is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 18% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement, 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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