Dr. Mario Rodriguez, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Rodriguez
Dr. Mario Rodriguez is a family medicine in Rio Grande City, TX, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Rodriguez performed 7,877 Medicare services across 1,261 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Rodriguez received a total of $9,532 from 35 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 657 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in family 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. Rodriguez 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online digital evaluation and management service for an established patient for up to 7 days, total time 21 or more minutes | 4,043 | $34 | $65 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 878 | $59 | $99 |
| Remote patient monitoring management, 20 min/month | 727 | $35 | $75 |
| Management using the results of remote vital sign monitoring per calendar month, each additional 20 minutes | 716 | $30 | $65 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner re-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 a | 248 | $31 | $75 |
| Remote patient monitoring device, 30 days | 240 | $34 | $95 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 220 | $90 | $127 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 177 | $10 | $45 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 174 | $132 | $173 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner supervision of a patient receiving medicare-covered services provided by a participating home health agency (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician or allow | 87 | $79 | $148 |
| Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | 78 | $0 | $28 |
| Injection, vitamin b-12 cyanocobalamin, up to 1000 mcg | 55 | $1 | $20 |
| Collection and interpretation of physical parameters stored in computers and/or transmitted by the patient and/or caregiver to qualified health care professional, requiring 30 minutes or more, per 30 days | 48 | $41 | $200 |
| Ceftriaxone antibiotic injection | 46 | $0 | $75 |
| 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 | 33 | $39 | $85 |
| Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m servic | 33 | $10 | $25 |
| Automated urinalysis | 31 | $2 | $45 |
| Injection, methylprednisolone sodium succinate, up to 40 mg | 29 | $3 | $20 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 14 | $60 | $129 |
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. Total industry engagement is in the top 5% for family medicine in TX.
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. Rodriguez is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 2% in TX), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 5%), 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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