Dr. Angel Mier Hicks, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Mier Hicks
Dr. Angel Mier Hicks is a hematology & oncology specialist in San Antonio, TX, with 12 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Mier Hicks performed 42,837 Medicare services across 1,917 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Mier Hicks received a total of $2,561 from 21 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 44 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. Mier Hicks 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 (Feraheme) | 16,830 | $0 | $5 |
| Azacitidine chemotherapy injection | 9,200 | $0 | $13 |
| Iron sucrose injection (Venofer) | 6,800 | $0 | $2 |
| Anti-nausea injection (fosaprepitant) | 4,350 | $0 | $5 |
| Dexamethasone injection (steroid) | 662 | $0 | $1 |
| Injection, granisetron hydrochloride, 100 mcg | 630 | $0 | $24 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 409 | $8 | $20 |
| Flow cytometry, additional marker | 400 | $18 | $180 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 364 | $8 | $36 |
| Anti-nausea injection (Aloxi/palonosetron) | 360 | $1 | $114 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 337 | $10 | $64 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 261 | $91 | $368 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, additional sequential infusion, 1 hour or less | 162 | $22 | $157 |
| Immunoglobulin level test | 159 | $9 | $56 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 159 | $61 | $247 |
| Administration of chemotherapy into vein, 1 hour or less | 141 | $99 | $707 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 112 | $10 | $96 |
| Iron level test | 100 | $6 | $27 |
| Iron binding capacity test | 100 | $8 | $35 |
| Ferritin level test (iron stores) | 99 | $13 | $60 |
| Administration of non-hormonal anti-neoplastic chemotherapy under skin or into muscle | 87 | $55 | $211 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 85 | $61 | $250 |
| Lactate dehydrogenase (enzyme) level | 78 | $6 | $31 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, 1 hour or less | 73 | $47 | $313 |
| Injection of additional new drug or substance into vein | 69 | $12 | $108 |
| Measurement of immunoglobulin light chains | 66 | $17 | $60 |
| Microscopic examination for white blood cells with manual cell count | 57 | $4 | $22 |
| Complete blood count (CBC), automated | 57 | $6 | $34 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 49 | $160 | $709 |
| Administration of chemotherapy into vein, each additional hour | 46 | $22 | $161 |
| Injection, diphenhydramine hcl, up to 50 mg | 42 | $1 | $7 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 41 | $129 | $496 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, each additional hour | 40 | $15 | $100 |
| Red blood count automated, with additional calculations | 37 | $5 | $26 |
| Administration of additional new drug or substance into vein, 1 hour or less | 35 | $49 | $344 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 35 | $130 | $694 |
| Irrigation of implanted venous access drug delivery device | 34 | $18 | $114 |
| Vitamin B-12 level test | 31 | $15 | $76 |
| Folic acid level test | 30 | $14 | $73 |
| Beta-2 microglobulin (protein) level | 28 | $16 | $96 |
| Reticulated (young) platelet measurement | 27 | $35 | $143 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 27 | $89 | $357 |
| Coagulation function measurement, d-dimer; quantitative | 25 | $10 | $129 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, low complexity | 23 | $38 | $135 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 21 | $97 | $565 |
| Intensity modulated treatment delivery, single or multiple fields/arcs,via narrow spatially and temporally modulated beams, binary, dynamic mlc, per treatment session | 18 | $275 | $2,762 |
| Flow cytometry technique for dna or cell analysis, first marker | 16 | $57 | $298 |
| Infusion, normal saline solution , 1000 cc | 14 | $2 | $19 |
| Protein measurement, serum | 11 | $11 | $99 |
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 (92%) 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. Mier Hicks is a mixed practice specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 23% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement.
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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