Dr. Soe-Ni Kong, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Kong
Dr. Soe-Ni Kong is an internal medicine specialist in Wichita Falls, TX, with 20 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Kong performed 4,042 Medicare services across 2,836 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Kong received a total of $1,626 from 21 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 78 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. Kong 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 | 825 | $136 | $729 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 650 | $130 | $346 |
| Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or | 498 | $24 | $50 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 369 | $11 | $50 |
| Injection, dipyridamole, per 10 mg | 361 | $3 | $25 |
| Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 217 | $112 | $148 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 212 | $327 | $1,018 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 211 | $43 | $287 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 103 | $144 | $692 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 97 | $92 | $265 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 74 | $8 | $16 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) 1 to 3 leads with review by physician | 71 | $10 | $61 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 53 | $84 | $255 |
| Injection, aminophyllin, up to 250 mg | 41 | $4 | $6 |
| Basic metabolic blood panel | 40 | $8 | $58 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 37 | $134 | $502 |
| Natriuretic peptide (heart and blood vessel protein) level | 30 | $38 | $234 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 25 | $8 | $27 |
| Lipid panel (cholesterol and triglycerides) | 24 | $13 | $92 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 22 | $10 | $72 |
| Prothrombin time test (blood clotting) | 20 | $4 | $27 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 18 | $6 | $45 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 18 | $169 | $498 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 15 | $19 | $79 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 11 | $190 | $898 |
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 (95%) 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. Kong is a cardiac & cardiac specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 8% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement, with 20 years of NPI registration.
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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