Dr. Carolyn Jenks, D.O.
What this data tells you about Dr. Jenks
Dr. Carolyn Jenks is an internal medicine specialist in Tyler, TX, with 13 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Jenks performed 82,465 Medicare services across 3,304 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Jenks received a total of $1,593 from 22 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 58 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. Jenks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron infusion (Feraheme) | 14,790 | $0 | $5 |
| Pembrolizumab injection (Keytruda) | 11,800 | $44 | $137 |
| Paclitaxel chemotherapy injection | 9,054 | $0 | $8 |
| Oxaliplatin chemotherapy injection | 7,480 | $0 | $33 |
| Nivolumab injection (Opdivo) | 5,980 | $24 | $76 |
| Darbepoetin injection (Aranesp) for anemia | 5,610 | $2 | $20 |
| Iron sucrose injection (Venofer) | 5,200 | $0 | $2 |
| Contrast dye for imaging (iodine-based) | 5,050 | $0 | $3 |
| Daratumumab injection (Darzalex) | 4,680 | $38 | $128 |
| Dexamethasone injection (steroid) | 1,956 | $0 | $1 |
| Immune globulin infusion (Octagam) | 1,580 | $34 | $235 |
| Denosumab injection (Prolia/Xgeva) | 780 | $18 | $66 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 727 | $8 | $20 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 699 | $10 | $64 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 652 | $8 | $36 |
| Injection, granisetron hydrochloride, 100 mcg | 580 | $0 | $24 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 510 | $89 | $368 |
| Injection of additional new drug or substance into vein | 450 | $12 | $108 |
| Anti-nausea injection (Aloxi/palonosetron) | 450 | $1 | $114 |
| Injection, leucovorin calcium, per 50 mg | 361 | $3 | $25 |
| Injection, carboplatin, 50 mg | 356 | $2 | $300 |
| Injection, fluorouracil, 500 mg | 319 | $2 | $13 |
| Administration of chemotherapy into vein, 1 hour or less | 298 | $98 | $707 |
| Intensity modulated treatment delivery, single or multiple fields/arcs,via narrow spatially and temporally modulated beams, binary, dynamic mlc, per treatment session | 281 | $266 | $2,762 |
| Injection, zoledronic acid, 1 mg | 196 | $7 | $431 |
| Injection, pegfilgrastim, excludes biosimilar, 0.5 mg | 156 | $75 | $1,348 |
| Injection, potassium chloride, per 2 meq | 150 | $0 | $1 |
| Cyclophosphamide, 100 mg | 143 | $15 | $203 |
| Immunoglobulin level test | 132 | $9 | $56 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, additional sequential infusion, 1 hour or less | 130 | $22 | $157 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, 1 hour or less | 124 | $48 | $313 |
| Injection, diphenhydramine hcl, up to 50 mg | 101 | $1 | $7 |
| Administration of additional new drug or substance into vein, 1 hour or less | 100 | $49 | $344 |
| Administration of chemotherapy into vein, each additional hour | 91 | $21 | $161 |
| Lactate dehydrogenase (enzyme) level | 85 | $6 | $31 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 83 | $11 | $96 |
| Administration of non-hormonal anti-neoplastic chemotherapy under skin or into muscle | 69 | $55 | $211 |
| Magnesium level test | 67 | $7 | $29 |
| Complete blood count (CBC), automated | 65 | $6 | $34 |
| Injection, fosnetupitant 235 mg and palonosetron 0.25 mg | 65 | $330 | $1,722 |
| Microscopic examination for white blood cells with manual cell count | 64 | $4 | $22 |
| Injection, magnesium sulfate, per 500 mg | 60 | $1 | $6 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 57 | $53 | $250 |
| Radiation treatment delivery,3 or more separate treatment areas, custom blocking, tangential ports, wedges, rotational beam, compensators, electron beam; 11-19 mev | 57 | $172 | $700 |
| Unclassified drugs | 57 | $1 | $8 |
| Reticulated (young) platelet measurement | 56 | $35 | $143 |
| Ct scan of chest with contrast | 54 | $49 | $821 |
| Enhancing oncology model (eom) monthly enhanced oncology services (meos) payment for eom enhanced services | 53 | $71 | $70 |
| Iron level test | 52 | $6 | $27 |
| Iron binding capacity test | 52 | $9 | $35 |
| Ferritin level test (iron stores) | 51 | $13 | $60 |
| CT scan of abdomen and pelvis with contrast | 39 | $170 | $1,067 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 38 | $120 | $565 |
| 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 | 36 | $124 | $500 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 31 | $88 | $357 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, each additional hour | 30 | $16 | $100 |
| Administration of additional new drug or substance into vein using push technique | 28 | $42 | $289 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 28 | $61 | $247 |
| Carcinoembryonic antigen (cea) protein level | 27 | $19 | $99 |
| Irrigation of implanted venous access drug delivery device | 24 | $19 | $114 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis concurrent with another infusion | 23 | $15 | $94 |
| Urea nitrogen level to assess kidney function, quantitative | 21 | $4 | $24 |
| Infusion, normal saline solution , 1000 cc | 21 | $2 | $19 |
| Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope, non-automated | 18 | $4 | $26 |
| Vitamin B-12 level test | 16 | $15 | $76 |
| Immunologic analysis for detection of tumor antigen, quantitative; ca 15-3 | 16 | $20 | $128 |
| Infusion, normal saline solution, sterile (500 ml = 1 unit) | 16 | $1 | $19 |
| Drawing of blood for a medical problem | 14 | $68 | $264 |
| CT scan of chest, without contrast | 13 | $30 | $686 |
| Application of on-body injector for under skin injection | 13 | $14 | $96 |
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 (77%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.
Geographic Context
3.0 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. Jenks is a mixed practice specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 1% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement.
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