Dr. Ghassan Abusaid, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Abusaid
Dr. Ghassan Abusaid is an internal medicine specialist in San Antonio, TX, with 18 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Abusaid performed 3,130 Medicare services across 2,073 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Abusaid received a total of $22,844 from 44 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 731 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. Abusaid 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) | 804 | $86 | $258 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 640 | $9 | $50 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 225 | $87 | $252 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 180 | $144 | $580 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 117 | $6 | $23 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 99 | $9 | $32 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 97 | $38 | $131 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 96 | $57 | $174 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 95 | $104 | $400 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 93 | $133 | $492 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 min | 69 | $163 | $551 |
| Heart muscle strain imaging | 67 | $28 | $103 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 47 | $163 | $819 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 39 | $9 | $39 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 36 | $309 | $1,189 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 35 | $461 | $729 |
| Coronary stent placement | 34 | $371 | $1,503 |
| Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 33 | $17 | $60 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 33 | $2 | $10 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 30 | $16 | $59 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 30 | $133 | $347 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 26 | $16 | $81 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 26 | $81 | $278 |
| Heart rhythm review and interpretation of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | 23 | $19 | $66 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 23 | $30 | $108 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 19 | $51 | $231 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 19 | $14 | $49 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 19 | $144 | $623 |
| Heart rhythm recording continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 18 | $9 | $38 |
| Heart rhythm recording of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | 18 | $9 | $38 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 15 | $61 | $176 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 13 | $168 | $498 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 12 | $137 | $643 |
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 4% for internal medicine in TX.
Geographic Context
1.2 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. Abusaid is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 11% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 4% of TX peers, with 18 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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