Dr. Kent Schnell, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Schnell
Dr. Kent Schnell is an internal medicine specialist in Pasadena, TX, with 19 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Schnell performed 173,321 Medicare services across 2,876 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Schnell received a total of $551 from 5 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 24 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. Schnell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Testosterone injection | 157,585 | $0 | $0 |
| Steroid injection (triamcinolone) | 3,763 | $1 | $5 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 3,009 | $10 | $35 |
| Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | 2,353 | $0 | $15 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 1,252 | $64 | $110 |
| Injection, vitamin b-12 cyanocobalamin, up to 1000 mcg | 963 | $1 | $15 |
| Ceftriaxone antibiotic injection | 913 | $0 | $25 |
| Dexamethasone injection (steroid) | 816 | $0 | $22 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 538 | $63 | $91 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 521 | $84 | $155 |
| Injection, lidocaine hcl for intravenous infusion, 10 mg | 450 | $0 | $15 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 174 | $131 | $300 |
| Annual depression screening | 134 | $19 | $20 |
| Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent, 0.5 ml dosage | 113 | $20 | $75 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 100 | $31 | $35 |
| Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope, non-automated | 92 | $4 | $21 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 5-10 minutes | 91 | $33 | $85 |
| Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m servic | 79 | $11 | $25 |
| Office visit, established patient (10-19 min) | 70 | $38 | $85 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 65 | $132 | $255 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 43 | $61 | $91 |
| 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 | 30 | $33 | $100 |
| Detection test by immunoassay technique for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and influenza | 25 | $45 | $125 |
| Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit | 23 | $167 | $211 |
| Creatinine test (kidney function) | 20 | $5 | $25 |
| Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment | 20 | $167 | $300 |
| Urine microalbumin test (kidney screening) | 18 | $6 | $25 |
| Administration of vaccine | 18 | $15 | $46 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 15 | $51 | $110 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 14 | $9 | $90 |
| 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 | 14 | $42 | $150 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2023 ↗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 (2023)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (100%) 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 2023 |
| 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. Schnell is a mixed practice specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 0% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement, with 19 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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