Dr. Abirami Tanjavur, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Tanjavur
Dr. Abirami Tanjavur is a family medicine specialist in Wichita Falls, TX, with 14 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Tanjavur performed 8,727 Medicare services across 5,049 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Tanjavur received a total of $4,917 from 34 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 363 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in family 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. Tanjavur 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 1,119 | $8 | $16 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 866 | $10 | $73 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 843 | $8 | $27 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 830 | $86 | $255 |
| Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test | 560 | $16 | $114 |
| Lipid panel (cholesterol and triglycerides) | 533 | $13 | $91 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 435 | $60 | $169 |
| Hemoglobin A1c test (diabetes monitoring) | 415 | $9 | $66 |
| Thyroid hormone, t3 measurement, free | 415 | $17 | $112 |
| Free thyroxine (T4) test | 414 | $9 | $60 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 316 | $125 | $130 |
| Urinalysis with microscopic exam | 222 | $3 | $8 |
| Urine microalbumin test (kidney screening) | 217 | $6 | $40 |
| Automated urinalysis | 183 | $2 | $16 |
| Vitamin D level test | 168 | $29 | $175 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians a | 167 | $31 | $122 |
| Basic metabolic blood panel | 146 | $8 | $58 |
| Annual depression screening | 107 | $18 | $38 |
| Complete blood count (CBC), automated | 88 | $6 | $54 |
| Annual alcohol misuse screening, 5 to 15 minutes | 86 | $18 | $50 |
| Prostate cancer screening; prostate specific antigen test (psa) | 73 | $19 | $117 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and | 65 | $39 | $162 |
| Microscopic examination for white blood cells with manual cell count | 53 | $4 | $24 |
| Smoking and tobacco use intensive counseling, 4-10 minutes | 40 | $14 | $41 |
| Iron level test | 32 | $6 | $40 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 30 | $131 | $346 |
| Office visit, established patient (10-19 min) | 29 | $39 | $104 |
| Blood potassium level | 25 | $5 | $33 |
| Sed rate test (inflammation marker) | 23 | $3 | $18 |
| Liver function blood test panel | 22 | $8 | $56 |
| Creatine kinase (cardiac enzyme) level, total | 22 | $6 | $45 |
| Ferritin level test (iron stores) | 21 | $13 | $90 |
| Uric acid level test | 20 | $4 | $33 |
| Rheumatoid factor analysis | 20 | $6 | $40 |
| Vitamin B-12 level test | 17 | $15 | $100 |
| Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment | 17 | $160 | $279 |
| Stool analysis for blood, by fecal hemoglobin determination by immunoassay | 14 | $16 | $67 |
| Iron binding capacity test | 14 | $9 | $60 |
| Coagulation function measurement, d-dimer; quantitative | 14 | $10 | $67 |
| Natriuretic peptide (heart and blood vessel protein) level | 12 | $38 | $234 |
| Colorectal cancer screening; fecal occult blood test, immunoassay, 1-3 simultaneous | 12 | $18 | $67 |
| Bilirubin level, direct | 11 | $5 | $34 |
| Pneumonia vaccine administration | 11 | $30 | $35 |
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
2.7 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. Tanjavur is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 2% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 13% of TX peers.
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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