Dr. Amir Choudhry, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Choudhry
Dr. Amir Choudhry is a nuclear cardiology physician in Plano, TX, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Choudhry performed 3,595 Medicare services across 2,538 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Choudhry received a total of $10,449 from 48 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 408 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in nuclear cardiology physician. 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. Choudhry 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) | 1,189 | $89 | $220 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 431 | $10 | $47 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 336 | $45 | $150 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 313 | $139 | $800 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 196 | $59 | $150 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 146 | $109 | $335 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 120 | $141 | $510 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 110 | $6 | $40 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 102 | $49 | $190 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 88 | $33 | $400 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 86 | $340 | $2,500 |
| Heart muscle strain imaging | 78 | $29 | $82 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 59 | $64 | $150 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 55 | $17 | $70 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 51 | $23 | $135 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 44 | $90 | $280 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with review and report by health care professional | 33 | $20 | $80 |
| Ultrasound of heart with continuous electrocardiogram (ecg) during rest, exercise and/or drug induced stress with review and report | 32 | $174 | $800 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 31 | $39 | $190 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 31 | $18 | $190 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) 2-day continuous with review and report by health care professional | 30 | $49 | $370 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 22 | $146 | $520 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 12 | $170 | $820 |
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.
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. Choudhry is a clinical cardiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, and low-engagement industry engagement, 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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