Dr. Nabeel Abdullah, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Abdullah
Dr. Nabeel Abdullah is a cardiovascular disease in Port Arthur, TX, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Abdullah performed 2,950 Medicare services across 1,912 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Abdullah received a total of $47,972 from 29 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 194 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in cardiovascular disease. Payments are distributed across multiple categories and often reflect legitimate professional engagement with the medical industry. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Abdullah 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) | 585 | $87 | $349 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 384 | $43 | $119 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 219 | $6 | $23 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 204 | $9 | $39 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 187 | $64 | $246 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) 1 to 3 leads with review by physician only | 178 | $5 | $19 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 178 | $130 | $532 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 113 | $136 | $509 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 113 | $58 | $218 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 104 | $50 | $187 |
| Rubidium rb-82, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 60 millicuries | 89 | $380 | $1,285 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress | 73 | $1,052 | $3,683 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) 2-day continuous with review and report by health care professional | 64 | $43 | $192 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 45 | $20 | $83 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 36 | $131 | $500 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 35 | $9 | $36 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 29 | $91 | $336 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 27 | $125 | $501 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure, each additional 15 minutes | 26 | $8 | $29 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 23 | $184 | $766 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 23 | $118 | $456 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) 1 to 3 leads with review by physician | 21 | $10 | $34 |
| Testing of autonomic nervous system function and heart rate response to deep breathing | 21 | $66 | $234 |
| Testing of autonomic (sympathetic) nervous system function | 21 | $92 | $328 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 21 | $108 | $477 |
| Complete ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | 20 | $77 | $348 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 18 | $44 | $200 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries at rest and after exercise | 17 | $111 | $430 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 17 | $93 | $346 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 16 | $325 | $1,154 |
| Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 16 | $252 | $969 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress with concurrent ct scan | 14 | $1,653 | $6,793 |
| Injection, aminophyllin, up to 250 mg | 13 | $7 | $19 |
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
6.1 mi
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. Abdullah is a cardiac & electrophysiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, and high industry engagement (mixed engagement, top 11%), with 20 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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