Dr. Marc Pieniek, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Pieniek
Dr. Marc Pieniek is a nuclear cardiology physician in Plano, TX, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Pieniek performed 1,969 Medicare services across 1,102 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Pieniek received a total of $16,643 from 52 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 585 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. Pieniek 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| External counterpulsation, per treatment session | 423 | $78 | $900 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 414 | $88 | $221 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 281 | $10 | $47 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 194 | $62 | $163 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 162 | $58 | $150 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 75 | $92 | $235 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 71 | $142 | $800 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 50 | $133 | $410 |
| Injection, perflutren lipid microspheres, per ml | 37 | $36 | $330 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 34 | $103 | $332 |
| Ct scan of blood vessels and grafts of heart with contrast | 27 | $80 | $245 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 26 | $49 | $190 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 24 | $30 | $383 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 23 | $95 | $280 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 22 | $326 | $2,500 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 17 | $80 | $275 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 17 | $14 | $60 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 17 | $2 | $60 |
| Test for exercise-induced lung stress | 16 | $24 | $125 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) 2-day continuous with review and report by health care professional | 14 | $46 | $370 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 13 | $87 | $220 |
| External shock to heart to regulate heart beat | 12 | $77 | $420 |
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 (89%) 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. Pieniek is a clinical cardiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 12%), 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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