Dr. B Ellis, M. D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Ellis
Dr. B Ellis is a cardiovascular disease in Sugar Land, TX, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Ellis performed 7,188 Medicare services across 5,218 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Ellis received a total of $142,616 from 56 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 824 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in cardiovascular disease. The majority of payments are for speaking programs and promotional activities, reflecting participation in industry-sponsored events. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Ellis 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, complex (40-54 min) | 1,552 | $124 | $316 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 1,529 | $10 | $48 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 809 | $6 | $21 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 683 | $130 | $607 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 664 | $90 | $226 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 280 | $127 | $569 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 241 | $9 | $118 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 206 | $124 | $441 |
| Complete ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | 185 | $77 | $422 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 184 | $202 | $708 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 179 | $45 | $228 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 172 | $39 | $119 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 100 | $148 | $450 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with review and report by health care professional | 66 | $19 | $59 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 60 | $59 | $158 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 54 | $42 | $55 |
| Coronary stent placement | 37 | $426 | $1,353 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 30 | $158 | $716 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 29 | $327 | $1,136 |
| Nuclear medicine study of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 23 | $240 | $819 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 21 | $71 | $254 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers, follow-up | 21 | $19 | $81 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 21 | $18 | $117 |
| Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel or graft with review by radiologist, initial vessel | 17 | $70 | $238 |
| Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber, coronary artery and bypass graft for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 13 | $228 | $797 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 12 | $75 | $236 |
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 ›
The majority of payments (83%) are for speaking programs and promotional activities, which reflect participation in industry-sponsored educational or marketing events. This is common in cardiovascular disease and does not inherently indicate bias, but patients may wish to be aware. Total industry engagement is in the top 4% for cardiovascular disease 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. Ellis is a electrophysiology & cardiac specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 8% in TX), and high industry engagement (speaking/promotional, top 4%), 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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