Medicare Enrolled

Dr. Karan Gupta, D.O

Cardiovascular Disease · Weatherford, TX
Practice pattern: Cardiac Imaging— Practice with significant diagnostic imaging and stress testing
Low-engagement
920 HILLTOP DR, Weatherford, TX 76086
8173342800
In practice since 2015 (11 years)
NPI: 1104219161 verify on NPPES ↗
Very High
DATA COVERAGE
Data in 4 of 4 federal sources
Measures public federal data availability — not provider quality
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What this data tells you about Dr. Gupta

Dr. Karan Gupta is a cardiovascular disease in Weatherford, TX, with 11 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Gupta performed 1,591 Medicare services across 1,293 unique beneficiaries.

Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Gupta received a total of $19,462 from 31 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 262 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. Gupta 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.

✓ 11 years in practice▲ 1,591 Medicare services$ $19,462 industry payments

Medicare Practice Summary

Medicare Utilization ↗
1,591
Medicare services
Bottom 43% in TX for cardiovascular disease
1,293
Unique beneficiaries
$100
Avg. Medicare payment
Medicare patients only (65+ / disabled) · Not a quality rating · How to read this →
~145 Medicare services per year of practice

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.

ProcedureVolumeAvg. paidAvg. submitted
Office visit, established patient (30-39 min)210$94$218
Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test204$38$58
Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes136$9$22
New patient office visit (45-59 min)119$123$284
Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity104$61$135
Echocardiogram, transthoracic96$140$338
Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead90$11$26
Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity88$98$220
Cardiac catheterization69$189$482
Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect56$333$755
Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose53$54$140
Initial hospital admission, high complexity30$122$295
Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician28$49$125
Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician28$16$39
Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg)27$20$60
Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician27$11$25
Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min)27$134$306
Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery26$567$1,976
Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity26$90$202
New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min)25$154$374
Coronary stent placement24$419$961
Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with review and report by health care professional22$19$46
Insertion of tube in right and left heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist20$259$612
Ultrasound of heart, follow-up15$19$41
Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber, coronary artery and bypass graft for diagnosis with review by radiologist15$232$547
Review by radiologist of arm or leg artery image14$63$138
Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel or graft with review by radiologist, initial vessel12$71$155
How to read this data: This reflects Medicare patients only (typically 65+). Payment amounts are what Medicare paid the provider, not your out-of-pocket cost. A higher procedure volume generally indicates more experience with that procedure.
14.5% high complexity
25.0% medium
60.6% routine

Industry Payment Transparency

Open Payments through 2024 ↗
$19,462
Total received (2018-2024)
Avg $2,780/year across 7 years
Top 20% in TX for cardiovascular disease
31
Companies
262
Individual payments
All payments are legal and publicly reported · Not evidence of wrongdoing · How to interpret →

Payment profile

Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.

Meals & Travel
Food, beverages, travel, and lodging — typically low-value
$19,434 (99.9%)
Speaking / Promotional
Speaker programs, honoraria, and industry-sponsored educational events
$28 (0.1%)

Payment trend by year

Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

2024
$6,569
2023
$8,655
2022
$1,311
2021
$1,904
2020
$140
2019
$737
2018
$147

Payments by company (2024)

Consulting
Speaking
Meals & Travel
Research
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
$5,337
Abbott Laboratories
$3,545
ShockWave Medical, Inc
$2,643
Boston Scientific Corporation
$1,960
Medtronic, Inc.
$1,166
ABIOMED
$926
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
$621
CVRx, Inc.
$562
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
$339
PFIZER INC.
$275
BIOTRONIK INC.
$268
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc
$264
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.
$168
Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.
$158
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
$145
Shockwave Medical, Inc
$140
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
$136
Inari Medical, Inc.
$131
Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
$124
Philips Electronics North America Corporation
$94
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
$92
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$57
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.
$56
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.
$40
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp)
$40
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
$36
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$35
Biosense Webster, Inc.
$34
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.
$29
Innovation Technologies Inc
$25
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC.
$15
Top 3 companies account for 59.2% of total payments
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
(6585) Omniwire · (9281) Turbo Elite · ABRE · ANDEXXA · AVVIGO Guidance System · Adempas · Azure · BIOMONITOR · BRILINTA · Barostim Neo System · CAMZYOS · CARDIOMEMS · CARTO 3 · COREVALVE EVOLUT R · CareLink Express · Carto 3 · Comet · DISEASE STATE · Diamondback Coronary · EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) · ELIQUIS · ENTRESTO · ESPRIT · Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve · FARXIGA · FFR Link · FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER · FUROSCIX · General - Stents · INJECTAFER · IRRISEPT · Impella · Integrity · JARDIANCE · JETI ALL IN ONE NON-STERILE KIT · JETI PERIPHERAL CATHETER · LEQVIO · LifeVest · MAMBA · MICRA · MITRACLIP · MULTAQ · ONYX FRONTIER · OPTICROSS · OPTIMIZER · PASCAL · RESOLUTE ONYX · ROTAPRO · ReCross · Resolute · S · SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA · SHOCKWAVE IVL SYSTEM WITH THE SHOCKWAVE C2 CORONARY IVL CATHETER · SUPERA · SYNERGY · Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter · UPTRAVI · VERQUVO · VYNDAQEL · WATCHMAN Access System · XARELTO
Should you be concerned? Payments from pharmaceutical and device companies are legal and common — 57% of U.S. physicians receive at least one. They often reflect legitimate consulting, research, or education. What matters is whether a recommended drug or device appears in your doctor's payment records. If so, consider asking your doctor about it. How to interpret this data →

Most payments (100%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.

Equivalent to $1,223 per 100 Medicare services performed
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Geographic Context

Cardiovascular Diseases within 10 mi
9
Per 100K population
5.7
County median income
$102,099
Nearest hospital
MEDICAL CITY WEATHERFORD
0.0 mi

Data Sources

Provider Registry NPPESWeekly updates
Medicare Enrollment PECOSMonthly updates
Practice Data Medicare Util.Annual (CY lag)
Industry Payments Open PaymentsCY 2024
Disciplinary History— Not publicN/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. Gupta is a cardiac imaging specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 20%).

This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Dr. Gupta experienced with office visit, established patient (30-39 min)?
Based on Medicare claims data, Dr. Gupta performed 210 office visit, established patient (30-39 min) services. Research suggests that higher procedure volume is often associated with better outcomes, particularly for complex procedures. Note that Medicare data only captures patients aged 65 and older, so the total practice volume across all patients is likely higher.
Does Dr. Gupta receive payments from pharmaceutical companies?
Yes. Dr. Gupta received a total of $19,462 from 31 companies across 262 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common among physicians — 57% of all U.S. physicians receive at least one industry payment. Patients may wish to ask their doctor about these relationships, especially if a recommended drug or device appears in the payment records.
How do Dr. Gupta's costs compare to other cardiovascular diseases in Weatherford?
Dr. Gupta's average Medicare payment per service is $100. Note that these figures represent what Medicare pays, not your out-of-pocket cost, which depends on your specific insurance plan and deductible. Procedure-level data above shows both what was submitted and what Medicare paid for each service type.
What does Data Coverage mean?
Data Coverage (currently Very High for Dr. Gupta) measures how much public federal data is available about a provider. It is not a quality rating. A "Very High" or "High" level means the provider has data across multiple federal sources (NPPES, PECOS, Medicare Utilization, Open Payments), indicating a long track record of practice, Medicare participation, and industry disclosure. A "Low" or "Moderate" level may simply mean the provider is newer, does not see Medicare patients, or has not received any industry payments — none of which are inherently negative. Read our full methodology →
Is this data up to date?
Each data source has its own update cycle. Provider registry data (NPPES) is updated weekly. Medicare enrollment (PECOS) is updated monthly. Medicare practice data has a ~2 year lag — the most recent available is typically 2 years prior. Industry payment data (Open Payments) is published annually, usually in June, covering the prior calendar year. We display the data date prominently on each section so you always know how current it is. See our data freshness policy →
About this page

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.

This page is not medical advice, an endorsement, a recommendation, or a quality rating. The Transparency Score measures data completeness — how much federal information exists for this provider — not clinical performance, patient outcomes, or quality of care. Always verify information directly with the provider and consult a licensed clinician before making medical decisions.

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