Dr. Oscar Paniagua, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Paniagua
Dr. Oscar Paniagua is a cardiovascular disease in Tyler, TX, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Paniagua performed 2,789 Medicare services across 2,532 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Paniagua received a total of $2,093 from 24 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 92 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in cardiovascular 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. Paniagua 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 539 | $49 | $687 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 404 | $6 | $19 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 294 | $88 | $289 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 276 | $92 | $228 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 199 | $16 | $49 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 196 | $10 | $33 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 190 | $54 | $265 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 93 | $10 | $173 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 74 | $132 | $441 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 71 | $189 | $3,680 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 47 | $2 | $48 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 42 | $62 | $159 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 41 | $13 | $177 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 40 | $19 | $340 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 39 | $118 | $375 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 27 | $79 | $831 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 min | 26 | $162 | $624 |
| Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 22 | $16 | $56 |
| External shock to heart to regulate heart beat | 21 | $76 | $534 |
| Heart rhythm review and interpretation of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | 21 | $18 | $61 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 20 | $134 | $496 |
| Hospital discharge management, 30+ min | 19 | $90 | $234 |
| Coronary stent placement | 16 | $404 | $1,938 |
| Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber, coronary artery and bypass graft for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 14 | $209 | $3,956 |
| Removal of plaque and blood clot, insertion of stent and/or balloon dilation of single vessel | 12 | $489 | $2,178 |
| Ultrasound of heart with continuous electrocardiogram (ecg) during rest, exercise and/or drug induced stress with review and report | 12 | $54 | $809 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 12 | $118 | $406 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 11 | $10 | $54 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 11 | $52 | $204 |
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.
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. Paniagua is a cardiac & cardiac specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, and low-engagement industry engagement, 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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