Dr. Trent Pettijohn, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Pettijohn
Dr. Trent Pettijohn is an internal medicine specialist in Plano, TX, with 19 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Pettijohn performed 4,060 Medicare services across 3,067 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Pettijohn received a total of $4,149 from 25 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 249 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. Pettijohn 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) | 913 | $61 | $168 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 504 | $44 | $215 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 502 | $133 | $729 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 397 | $87 | $238 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 256 | $10 | $51 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 175 | $47 | $258 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 158 | $55 | $521 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 157 | $320 | $1,599 |
| Prothrombin time test (blood clotting) | 157 | $4 | $26 |
| Anticoagulant management of patient taking warfarin | 145 | $9 | $41 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 118 | $134 | $704 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 116 | $8 | $17 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 83 | $75 | $207 |
| Ultrasound of heart with continuous electrocardiogram (ecg) during rest, exercise and/or drug induced stress with review and report | 63 | $160 | $858 |
| Heart rhythm review and interpretation of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | 51 | $19 | $98 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 39 | $116 | $310 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 34 | $61 | $186 |
| Injection, perflutren lipid microspheres, per ml | 34 | $35 | $352 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 29 | $16 | $84 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 27 | $20 | $109 |
| Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 25 | $17 | $98 |
| Office visit, established patient (10-19 min) | 21 | $37 | $105 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 17 | $143 | $692 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 16 | $57 | $299 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 12 | $9 | $128 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 11 | $166 | $891 |
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. Pettijohn is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 8% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 19% of TX peers, 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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