Dr. Leonardo Palau, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Palau
Dr. Leonardo Palau is an infectious disease in The Woodlands, TX, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Palau performed 524,392 Medicare services across 850 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Palau received a total of $38,037 from 54 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 1593 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in infectious disease. 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. Palau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daptomycin antibiotic injection | 486,103 | $0 | $0 |
| Injection, dalbavancin, 5 mg | 19,200 | $12 | $36 |
| Injection, meropenem, 100 mg | 8,698 | $0 | $3 |
| Ceftriaxone antibiotic injection | 3,891 | $0 | $3 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, 1 hour or less | 2,552 | $48 | $132 |
| Injection, ertapenem sodium, 500 mg | 856 | $11 | $150 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 737 | $94 | $280 |
| Injection, cefepime hydrochloride, 500 mg | 589 | $1 | $5 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, additional sequential infusion, 1 hour or less | 406 | $22 | $65 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis concurrent with another infusion | 338 | $15 | $39 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 218 | $130 | $387 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, each additional hour | 162 | $15 | $42 |
| Injection of additional new drug or substance into vein | 152 | $12 | $44 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 94 | $50 | $188 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 88 | $72 | $270 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 min | 88 | $163 | $315 |
| Nursing facility visit, low complexity | 66 | $57 | $125 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 51 | $165 | $535 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 28 | $31 | $56 |
| Flu vaccine, quadrivalent | 26 | $74 | $160 |
| Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of established patient that may not require presence of healthcare professional | 25 | $18 | $58 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 13 | $115 | $525 |
| Pneumonia vaccine administration | 11 | $31 | $53 |
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 (89%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians. Total industry engagement is in the top 9% for infectious disease in TX.
Geographic Context
4.2 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. Palau is a mixed practice specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 1% in TX), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 9%), 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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