Dr. Amanda Bucheit, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Bucheit
Dr. Amanda Bucheit is a hematology & oncology specialist in San Antonio, TX, with 19 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Bucheit performed 53,104 Medicare services across 2,687 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Bucheit received a total of $3,788 from 49 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 179 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in hematology & oncology. 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. Bucheit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron infusion (Injectafer) | 45,000 | $1 | $3 |
| Dexamethasone injection (steroid) | 940 | $0 | $0 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 854 | $10 | $32 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 842 | $8 | $23 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 688 | $8 | $15 |
| Injection, fluorouracil, 500 mg | 482 | $2 | $7 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 449 | $65 | $263 |
| Anti-nausea injection (ondansetron/Zofran) | 430 | $0 | $2 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 296 | $91 | $373 |
| Ferritin level test (iron stores) | 288 | $13 | $41 |
| Iron level test | 288 | $6 | $19 |
| Iron binding capacity test | 288 | $9 | $26 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, additional sequential infusion, 1 hour or less | 200 | $22 | $86 |
| Administration of chemotherapy into vein, 1 hour or less | 194 | $100 | $376 |
| Carcinoembryonic antigen (cea) protein level | 193 | $19 | $57 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 173 | $132 | $523 |
| Lactate dehydrogenase (enzyme) level | 149 | $6 | $18 |
| Magnesium level test | 129 | $7 | $20 |
| Immunologic analysis for detection of tumor antigen, quantitative; ca 15-3 | 113 | $20 | $62 |
| Complete blood count (CBC), automated | 111 | $6 | $19 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 98 | $11 | $47 |
| Immunoglobulin level test | 96 | $9 | $28 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, 1 hour or less | 94 | $49 | $185 |
| Administration of chemotherapy into vein, each additional hour | 92 | $22 | $90 |
| Administration of additional new drug or substance into vein, 1 hour or less | 77 | $50 | $205 |
| Injection of additional new drug or substance into vein | 67 | $12 | $58 |
| Vitamin B-12 level test | 60 | $15 | $45 |
| Administration of additional new drug or substance into vein using push technique | 60 | $43 | $159 |
| Injection, fosnetupitant 235 mg and palonosetron 0.25 mg | 60 | $341 | $1,311 |
| Phosphate level test | 44 | $5 | $14 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 40 | $148 | $641 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 38 | $60 | $232 |
| Infusion into a vein for hydration, each additional hour | 37 | $10 | $42 |
| Infusion, normal saline solution , 1000 cc | 35 | $2 | $19 |
| Irrigation of implanted venous access drug delivery device | 28 | $18 | $73 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 27 | $112 | $484 |
| Detection test by immunoassay technique for hepatitis b surface antigen | 26 | $10 | $31 |
| C-reactive protein test (inflammation marker) | 18 | $5 | $16 |
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 (97%) 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. Bucheit is a mixed practice specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 18% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement, 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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