Dr. Calida Danko
What this data tells you about Dr. Danko
Dr. Calida Danko is a health educator in Temple, TX, with 13 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Danko performed 1,675 Medicare services across 727 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Danko received a total of $153 from 5 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 6 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in health educator. 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. Danko 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CT guidance for radiation therapy | 645 | $34 | $190 |
| Calculation of radiation therapy dose | 183 | $25 | $139 |
| Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions | 133 | $144 | $803 |
| Intra-fraction localization and tracking of target or patient motion during delivery of radiation therapy (eg,3d positional tracking, gating, 3d surface tracking), each fraction of treatment | 130 | $54 | $323 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 99 | $70 | $209 |
| Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device | 86 | $45 | $276 |
| Stereoscopic x-ray guidance for localization of target volume for the delivery of radiation therapy | 58 | $15 | $92 |
| Complex radiation therapy planning | 55 | $126 | $717 |
| High precision radiation therapy planning | 52 | $315 | $1,792 |
| Design and construction of radiation treatment device for high precision radiation therapy | 51 | $174 | $964 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 51 | $128 | $399 |
| Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or | 36 | $22 | $62 |
| Obtaining respiratory data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment | 22 | $81 | $471 |
| Obtaining data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment, 3 or more treatment areas or any number of treatment areas where special treatment is involved | 17 | $64 | $349 |
| 3d radiation therapy planning | 16 | $155 | $1,024 |
| Management of cranial lesion surgery using radiation over multiple sessions | 15 | $493 | $2,730 |
| Obtaining data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment, 1 treatment area | 14 | $29 | $156 |
| Special radiation treatment | 12 | $82 | $469 |
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 0% for health educator in TX.
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. Danko is a clinical cardiology specialist, and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 0%).
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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