Dr. Suresh Prasad, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Prasad
Dr. Suresh Prasad is a sleep medicine (internal medicine) physician in Odessa, TX, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Prasad performed 4,339 Medicare services across 2,111 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Prasad received a total of $153,667 from 20 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 240 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in sleep medicine (internal medicine) physician. The majority of payments are for speaking programs and promotional activities, reflecting participation in industry-sponsored events. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Prasad 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 (20-29 min) | 691 | $55 | $179 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 554 | $79 | $299 |
| Remote patient monitoring management, 20 min/month | 371 | $37 | $147 |
| Remote patient monitoring device, 30 days | 361 | $37 | $168 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 360 | $8 | $75 |
| Management using the results of remote vital sign monitoring per calendar month, each additional 20 minutes | 248 | $30 | $120 |
| Injection, vitamin b-12 cyanocobalamin, up to 1000 mcg | 231 | $1 | $35 |
| Follow-up psychiatric collaborative care management, subsequent calendar month, first 60 minutes | 174 | $108 | $430 |
| Testosterone injection | 149 | $0 | $25 |
| Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent, 0.5 ml dosage | 140 | $20 | $50 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 140 | $30 | $50 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 130 | $124 | $150 |
| Annual depression screening | 130 | $18 | $60 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 113 | $9 | $75 |
| Remote monitoring of physiologic parameters, initial set-up and patient education on use of equipment | 81 | $14 | $60 |
| Psychiatric collaborative care management per calendar month, each additional 30 minutes | 75 | $44 | $186 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians a | 55 | $29 | $60 |
| Initial psychiatric collaborative care management, first calendar month, first 70 minutes | 45 | $114 | $447 |
| Continuous monitoring of blood sugar level in tissue fluid using sensor under skin with interpretation and report | 42 | $25 | $100 |
| Steroid injection (triamcinolone) | 40 | $1 | $100 |
| Sleep study in sleep lab with continuous airway pressure (6 years or older) | 33 | $418 | $1,909 |
| Urinalysis, manual | 32 | $3 | $17 |
| Sleep study in sleep lab (6 years or older) | 30 | $382 | $1,735 |
| Ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | 26 | $50 | $594 |
| Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume changes before and after medication administration | 22 | $27 | $160 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 22 | $99 | $400 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and | 18 | $38 | $100 |
| Albuterol, inhalation solution, fda-approved final product, non-compounded, administered through dme, unit dose, 1 mg | 15 | $0 | $32 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 11 | $86 | $350 |
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 ›
The majority of payments (99%) are for speaking programs and promotional activities, which reflect participation in industry-sponsored educational or marketing events. This is common in sleep medicine (internal medicine) physician and does not inherently indicate bias, but patients may wish to be aware. Total industry engagement is in the top 0% for sleep medicine (internal medicine) physician 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. Prasad is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 14% in TX), and high industry engagement (speaking/promotional, top 0%), with 19 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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