Total Payments
$36,074
2024 Payments
$4,569
Companies
55
Transactions
853
Medicare Patients
4,304
Medicare Billing
$465,162
Payment Breakdown by Category
Food & Beverage$31,685 (87.8%)
Travel$4,349 (12.1%)
Education$40.16 (0.1%)
Other$0.00 (0.0%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $31,685 | 836 | 87.8% |
| Travel and Lodging | $4,349 | 14 | 12.1% |
| Education | $40.16 | 3 | 0.1% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $8,364 | 97 | $0 (2024) |
| Penumbra, Inc. | $4,030 | 31 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $3,051 | 110 | $0 (2020) |
| ABIOMED | $2,554 | 46 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $2,286 | 57 | $0 (2024) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $1,851 | 33 | $0 (2024) |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | $1,367 | 30 | $0 (2022) |
| Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc | $1,088 | 71 | $0 (2023) |
| BIOTRONIK INC. | $1,083 | 17 | $0 (2024) |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $854.07 | 8 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4,569 | 94 | Medtronic, Inc. ($987.50) |
| 2023 | $8,410 | 140 | Penumbra, Inc. ($3,393) |
| 2022 | $2,878 | 103 | Medtronic, Inc. ($551.27) |
| 2021 | $3,059 | 99 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($666.61) |
| 2020 | $2,071 | 58 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($551.82) |
| 2019 | $5,628 | 123 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($2,864) |
| 2018 | $6,067 | 144 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($3,203) |
| 2017 | $3,391 | 92 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($809.91) |
All Payment Transactions
853 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 35
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30/2024 | Penumbra, Inc. | Indigo System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $46.82 | General |
| Category: Peripheral Intervention | ||||||
| 12/16/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $128.25 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 12/09/2024 | Philips North America LLC | (BR6) Re Entry (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $37.59 | General |
| Category: Medical Device | ||||||
| 12/04/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $19.72 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 12/04/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $5.54 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 11/15/2024 | Philips North America LLC | (P84) IGT Devices Systems (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $26.55 | General |
| Category: Medical Device | ||||||
| 11/13/2024 | BIOTRONIK INC. | Orsiro Mission (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $61.34 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | BIOTRONIK INC. | NHancer Rx (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $127.81 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | Penumbra, Inc. | Indigo System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $33.40 | General |
| Category: Peripheral Intervention | ||||||
| 11/07/2024 | Philips North America LLC | (AM7) Stellarex (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $47.92 | General |
| Category: Medical Device | ||||||
| 11/04/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $29.40 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 11/01/2024 | Philips North America LLC | (BR6) Re Entry (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $28.55 | General |
| Category: Medical Device | ||||||
| 10/30/2024 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | ENTRESTO (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.66 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 10/29/2024 | Philips North America LLC | (6391) Nexcimer (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $103.55 | General |
| Category: Medical Device | ||||||
| 10/28/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.64 | General |
| 10/21/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $162.13 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/21/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $19.53 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 10/15/2024 | Philips North America LLC | (BR6) Re Entry (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $30.90 | General |
| Category: Medical Device | ||||||
| 10/10/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ULTREON (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $86.53 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 10/10/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | HAWKONE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.72 | General |
| Category: Directional Atherectomy Devices | ||||||
| 10/09/2024 | Philips North America LLC | (AM7) Stellarex (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $24.99 | General |
| Category: Medical Device | ||||||
| 10/08/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $22.73 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 10/08/2024 | Penumbra, Inc. | Indigo System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $5.13 | General |
| Category: Peripheral Intervention | ||||||
| 10/07/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $18.70 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 10/03/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | TELESCOPE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $119.30 | General |
| Category: Catheters | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21 | 819 | 932 | $336,319 | $52,005 |
| 2022 | 23 | 990 | 2,123 | $437,934 | $136,725 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,118 | 2,367 | $421,355 | $133,715 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,377 | 1,972 | $507,563 | $142,717 |
Total Patients
4,304
Total Services
7,394
Medicare Billing
$465,162
Procedure Codes
109
All Medicare Procedures & Services
109 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 5
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 85 | 127 | $22,276 | $7,069 | 31.7% |
| 92928 | Insertion of stents with balloon dilation of coronary artery or branch, single artery or branch | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 14 | $23,534 | $5,659 | 24.0% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 35 | 35 | $12,680 | $4,454 | 35.1% |
| 93306 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function | Facility | 2023 | 82 | 84 | $35,550 | $4,216 | 11.9% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 63 | 63 | $16,361 | $4,177 | 25.5% |
| 93458 | Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 22 | 22 | $125,448 | $3,815 | 3.0% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 33 | 56 | $10,776 | $3,391 | 31.5% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 23 | 33 | $9,190 | $3,007 | 32.7% |
| 78452 | Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | Office | 2023 | 19 | 19 | $19,925 | $2,265 | 11.4% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 31 | 31 | $8,122 | $2,225 | 27.4% |
| 99490 | Chronic care management services, first 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month | Office | 2023 | 43 | 54 | $3,348 | $1,884 | 56.3% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 18 | 18 | $4,104 | $1,791 | 43.6% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $5,291 | $1,651 | 31.2% |
| 93306 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function | Office | 2023 | 17 | 17 | $9,064 | $1,330 | 14.7% |
| 93000 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report | Office | 2023 | 127 | 141 | $8,121 | $1,217 | 15.0% |
| 78452 | Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 19 | $4,336 | $1,016 | 23.4% |
| 93880 | Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | Facility | 2023 | 18 | 19 | $3,243 | $525.96 | 16.2% |
| 93971 | Ultrasound study of one arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | Facility | 2023 | 33 | 33 | $3,168 | $521.60 | 16.5% |
| 93970 | Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | Facility | 2023 | 20 | 20 | $2,063 | $456.48 | 22.1% |
| 99152 | Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 42 | 47 | $3,261 | $445.09 | 13.6% |
| 93016 | Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | Facility | 2023 | 20 | 21 | $2,236 | $311.98 | 14.0% |
| 93308 | Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 12 | $1,392 | $228.36 | 16.4% |
| 93018 | Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | Facility | 2023 | 20 | 21 | $2,216 | $209.47 | 9.5% |
| 93018 | Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | Office | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $614.00 | $138.97 | 22.6% |
| 99490 | Chronic care management services, first 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month | Office | 2022 | 68 | 643 | $39,866 | $27,551 | 69.1% |
About Dr. Jose Suarez, MD
Dr. Jose Suarez, MD is a Internal Medicine healthcare provider based in Lubbock, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/07/2005. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1669470332.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Jose Suarez, MD has received a total of $36,074 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $4,569 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 853 transactions from 55 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($31,685).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Suarez has provided services to 4,304 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 7,394 services with total Medicare billing of $465,162. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 109 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Internal Medicine
- Other Specialties Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology
- Location Lubbock, TX
- Active Since 07/07/2005
- Last Updated 03/07/2023
- Taxonomy Code 207R00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1669470332
Products in Payments
- Indigo System (Device) $3,513
- Impella (Device) $2,554
- SYNERGY (Device) $1,710
- GENERAL THERAPIES (Device) $1,420
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS (Device) $1,257
- XARELTO (Drug) $1,088
- IN.PACT Admiral (Device) $917.33
- ClosureFast (Device) $915.58
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System (Device) $912.12
- GENERAL STENTS (Device) $712.48
- HawkOne (Device) $704.53
- Supera peripheral stent system (Device) $673.59
- Orsiro Mission (Device) $592.96
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) $585.25
- Penumbra System (Device) $516.88
- Vascular Lithotripsy (Device) $509.70
- GUIDEZILLA (Device) $469.13
- ENTRESTO (Drug) $392.16
- ONYX FRONTIER (Device) $374.42
- ELIQUIS (Drug) $369.16
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Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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