Dr. Robert Smith, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Smith
Dr. Robert Smith is a cardiovascular disease in Tyler, TX, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Smith performed 3,003 Medicare services across 2,289 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Smith received a total of $18,174 from 45 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 512 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. Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EKG interpretation and report | 633 | $6 | $50 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 509 | $10 | $100 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 472 | $83 | $238 |
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 187 | $44 | $125 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 138 | $88 | $234 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 123 | $127 | $457 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 121 | $9 | $45 |
| Anticoagulant management of patient taking warfarin | 85 | $9 | $35 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 83 | $170 | $960 |
| Chronic care management, additional 20 min/month | 73 | $34 | $64 |
| Prothrombin time test (blood clotting) | 63 | $4 | $35 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 53 | $103 | $365 |
| Coronary stent placement | 51 | $414 | $1,778 |
| Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel or graft with review by radiologist, initial vessel | 41 | $70 | $279 |
| Chemical destruction of first incompetent vein of arm or leg using imaging guidance | 40 | $1,255 | $36,582 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with symptom monitoring, transmission and review and report by health care professional | 38 | $16 | $107 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 36 | $51 | $306 |
| Ultrasound study of one arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 36 | $16 | $110 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 33 | $22 | $149 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 29 | $8 | $20 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with symptom monitoring | 23 | $6 | $188 |
| Shockwave destruction of calcified plaque in coronary artery accessed through skin using catheter | 19 | $119 | $524 |
| Heart muscle strain imaging | 19 | $9 | $104 |
| Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber, coronary artery and bypass graft for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 19 | $179 | $1,053 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 15 | $11 | $167 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 14 | $58 | $394 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 14 | $27 | $117 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 12 | $16 | $167 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 12 | $19 | $132 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 12 | $29 | $122 |
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. Smith is a clinical cardiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 20%), with 20 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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