Dr. Thomas Jones, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Jones
Dr. Thomas Jones is an orthopedic surgery in Pearland, TX, with 18 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Jones performed 385 Medicare services across 341 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Jones received a total of $30,517 from 44 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 189 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in orthopedic surgery. The majority of payments are classified as financial or ownership interests (royalties, licensing fees, or investment interests). Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Jones 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) | 106 | $69 | $275 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 70 | $126 | $450 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 48 | $94 | $400 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 35 | $78 | $350 |
| Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | 28 | $853 | $5,800 |
| Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | 23 | $212 | $1,048 |
| Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment | 21 | $170 | $1,750 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 20 | $124 | $500 |
| 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 | $42 | $100 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 16 | $174 | $550 |
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 ›
Payments are distributed across multiple categories with no single dominant type.
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. Jones is a clinical cardiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, and high industry engagement (mixed engagement, top 16%), 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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