Dr. Jesse Medellin
What this data tells you about Dr. Medellin
Dr. Jesse Medellin is a hematology & oncology specialist in San Antonio, TX, with 19 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Medellin performed 29,242 Medicare services across 1,772 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Medellin received a total of $3,250 from 42 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 168 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. Medellin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darbepoetin injection (Aranesp) for anemia | 8,360 | $2 | $20 |
| Iron sucrose injection (Venofer) | 8,000 | $0 | $2 |
| Contrast dye for imaging (iodine-based) | 4,063 | $0 | $3 |
| Anti-nausea injection (fosaprepitant) | 3,600 | $0 | $5 |
| Dexamethasone injection (steroid) | 522 | $0 | $1 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 453 | $10 | $64 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 440 | $8 | $20 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 431 | $8 | $36 |
| Anti-nausea injection (Aloxi/palonosetron) | 330 | $1 | $114 |
| Injection, fluorouracil, 500 mg | 282 | $2 | $13 |
| Immunoglobulin level test | 261 | $9 | $56 |
| Lactate dehydrogenase (enzyme) level | 220 | $6 | $31 |
| Measurement of immunoglobulin light chains | 164 | $17 | $60 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 148 | $83 | $368 |
| Ferritin level test (iron stores) | 144 | $13 | $60 |
| Iron level test | 144 | $6 | $27 |
| Iron binding capacity test | 144 | $8 | $35 |
| Prothrombin time test (blood clotting) | 131 | $4 | $30 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, additional sequential infusion, 1 hour or less | 116 | $22 | $157 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 115 | $66 | $250 |
| Carcinoembryonic antigen (cea) protein level | 110 | $19 | $99 |
| Administration of chemotherapy into vein, 1 hour or less | 79 | $98 | $707 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 74 | $10 | $96 |
| Intensity modulated treatment delivery, single or multiple fields/arcs,via narrow spatially and temporally modulated beams, binary, dynamic mlc, per treatment session | 73 | $272 | $2,762 |
| Radiation treatment delivery,3 or more separate treatment areas, custom blocking, tangential ports, wedges, rotational beam, compensators, electron beam; 11-19 mev | 71 | $175 | $700 |
| Red blood count automated, with additional calculations | 70 | $5 | $26 |
| Microscopic examination for white blood cells with manual cell count | 67 | $4 | $22 |
| Complete blood count (CBC), automated | 67 | $6 | $34 |
| Coagulation assessment blood test, plasma or whole blood | 51 | $6 | $52 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 50 | $88 | $357 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, 1 hour or less | 45 | $46 | $313 |
| CT scan of abdomen and pelvis with contrast | 42 | $172 | $1,067 |
| Ct scan of chest with contrast | 41 | $46 | $821 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 36 | $133 | $496 |
| Reticulated (young) platelet measurement | 35 | $35 | $143 |
| Immunologic analysis for detection of tumor antigen, quantitative; ca 15-3 | 33 | $20 | $128 |
| Vitamin B-12 level test | 27 | $15 | $76 |
| Folic acid level test | 27 | $14 | $73 |
| Chemotherapy administration, intravenous infusion technique; initiation of infusion in the office/clinic setting using office/clinic pump/supplies, with continuation of the infusion in the community setting (e.g., home, domiciliary, rest home or assisted l | 27 | $122 | $500 |
| Administration of additional new drug or substance into vein, 1 hour or less | 24 | $49 | $344 |
| CT scan of chest, without contrast | 23 | $48 | $686 |
| Administration of chemotherapy into vein, each additional hour | 23 | $21 | $161 |
| Injection, diphenhydramine hcl, up to 50 mg | 23 | $1 | $7 |
| Haptoglobin (serum protein) level | 21 | $12 | $66 |
| Basic metabolic blood panel | 19 | $8 | $49 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 16 | $116 | $565 |
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 (91%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.
Geographic Context
2.8 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. Medellin is a mixed practice specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 29% 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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