Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program | $50,260 | 17 | 28.7% |
| Food and Beverage | $47,933 | 1,448 | 27.4% |
| Travel and Lodging | $28,819 | 83 | 16.5% |
| Consulting Fee | $25,381 | 13 | 14.5% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program | $11,730 | 9 | 6.7% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $10,775 | 6 | 6.2% |
| Education | $33.31 | 3 | 0.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| ShockWave Medical, Inc | $77,378 | 121 | $0 (2024) |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | $22,953 | 63 | $0 (2022) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $22,226 | 93 | $0 (2024) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $9,185 | 128 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $5,061 | 111 | $0 (2024) |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | $4,639 | 63 | $0 (2024) |
| Penumbra, Inc. | $4,569 | 53 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $3,746 | 85 | $0 (2020) |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | $3,371 | 26 | $0 (2023) |
| Amgen Inc. | $2,716 | 96 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $38,813 | 210 | Abbott Laboratories ($16,281) |
| 2023 | $23,333 | 235 | ShockWave Medical, Inc ($12,636) |
| 2022 | $45,440 | 249 | Shockwave Medical, Inc ($32,818) |
| 2021 | $30,330 | 169 | Shockwave Medical, Inc ($17,228) |
| 2020 | $14,226 | 129 | Cardiovascular Systems Inc. ($7,420) |
| 2019 | $9,059 | 154 | Cardiovascular Systems Inc. ($4,681) |
| 2018 | $7,872 | 198 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($2,862) |
| 2017 | $5,857 | 235 | Cardiovascular Systems Inc. ($1,353) |
All Payment Transactions
1,579 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 64
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/18/2024 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | LEQVIO (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.53 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 12/13/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | SYMPLICITY G3 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.62 | General |
| Category: Renal Denervation System | ||||||
| 12/12/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | HI-TORQUE COMMAND (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $156.90 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | UPTRAVI (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.64 | General |
| Category: Cardiology | ||||||
| 12/06/2024 | ShockWave Medical, Inc | Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.99 | General |
| Category: Lithoplasty | ||||||
| 12/04/2024 | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $75.39 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 12/04/2024 | PFIZER INC. | ELIQUIS (Drug), NURTEC ODT | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.68 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR;METABOLIC DISEASE | ||||||
| 12/04/2024 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | FARXIGA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.10 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular and Metabolism | ||||||
| 12/03/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | AMPLATZER TALISMAN (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $74.87 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 12/02/2024 | PROCYRION, INC. | AORTIX SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.49 | General |
| Category: CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS AND HEART FAILURE | ||||||
| 11/16/2024 | Penumbra, Inc. | Indigo System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $18.98 | General |
| Category: Peripheral Intervention | ||||||
| 11/13/2024 | Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc | Arcalyst (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $35.37 | General |
| Category: Not Applicable | ||||||
| 11/08/2024 | ShockWave Medical, Inc | Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.87 | General |
| Category: Lithoplasty | ||||||
| 11/06/2024 | Veryan Medical Incorporated | BioMimics 3D Vascular Stent System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.12 | General |
| Category: Vascular Stent | ||||||
| 11/05/2024 | ShockWave Medical, Inc | Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $171.93 | General |
| Category: Lithoplasty | ||||||
| 11/04/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | HI-TORQUE COMMAND (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $102.16 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 11/04/2024 | ShockWave Medical, Inc | Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.26 | General |
| Category: Lithoplasty | ||||||
| 10/31/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | ENDOTAK RELIANCE S (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.06 | General |
| Category: ENDOTAK RELIANCE_CRM | ||||||
| 10/30/2024 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $5.00 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 10/26/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | VENASEAL (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.26 | General |
| Category: EndoVenous Therapies | ||||||
| 10/24/2024 | World Class Technology Corporation | PITTS21 PRO (Device), PITTS21 PRO, PITTS21 | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $151.45 | General |
| Category: ORTHODONTICS | ||||||
| 10/24/2024 | ShockWave Medical, Inc | Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $122.90 | General |
| Category: Lithoplasty | ||||||
| 10/17/2024 | Penumbra, Inc. | Indigo System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $28.53 | General |
| Category: Peripheral Intervention | ||||||
| 10/15/2024 | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $53.20 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 10/10/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $796.80 | General |
| Category: General - Vascular Access_IC | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 34 | 2,047 | 2,471 | $867,429 | $292,714 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1,578 | 1,881 | $565,977 | $206,217 |
| 2021 | 29 | 1,722 | 2,007 | $606,335 | $245,420 |
| 2020 | 32 | 1,581 | 2,055 | $588,901 | $235,243 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
137 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 6
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 424 | 575 | $117,985 | $49,567 | 42.0% |
| 36465 | Injection of chemical agent into single incompetent vein of leg using ultrasound guidance | Office | 2023 | 35 | 45 | $103,950 | $45,223 | 43.5% |
| 36475 | Destruction of first incompetent vein of arm or leg using radiofrequency and imaging guidance | Office | 2023 | 31 | 46 | $125,441 | $38,292 | 30.5% |
| 93970 | Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | Office | 2023 | 121 | 136 | $39,334 | $18,803 | 47.8% |
| 92928 | Insertion of stents with balloon dilation of coronary artery or branch, single artery or branch | Facility | 2023 | 24 | 31 | $26,082 | $12,800 | 49.1% |
| 93458 | Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 59 | 59 | $31,002 | $12,336 | 39.8% |
| 93306 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function | Office | 2023 | 90 | 91 | $43,067 | $12,067 | 28.0% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 135 | 171 | $26,000 | $10,872 | 41.8% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 97 | 97 | $26,481 | $10,824 | 40.9% |
| 93971 | Ultrasound study of one arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | Office | 2023 | 58 | 122 | $23,078 | $10,568 | 45.8% |
| 78452 | Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | Office | 2023 | 30 | 30 | $22,124 | $9,516 | 43.0% |
| 93454 | Insertion of tube in coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 57 | 57 | $79,256 | $9,053 | 11.4% |
| 93460 | Insertion of tube in right and left heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 22 | 22 | $14,598 | $6,056 | 41.5% |
| A9500 | Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | Office | 2023 | 30 | 60 | $13,908 | $5,121 | 36.8% |
| 78452 | Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | Facility | 2023 | 87 | 87 | $10,962 | $4,378 | 39.9% |
| 36471 | Injection of chemical agent into multiple incompetent veins of leg | Office | 2023 | 22 | 26 | $7,668 | $4,192 | 54.7% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 20 | 33 | $5,616 | $3,108 | 55.3% |
| 93880 | Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | Office | 2023 | 24 | 26 | $7,946 | $3,095 | 39.0% |
| J2785 | Injection, regadenoson, 0.1 mg | Office | 2023 | 18 | 72 | $15,208 | $3,064 | 20.1% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 21 | 22 | $7,088 | $2,901 | 40.9% |
| 93455 | Insertion of tube in bypass graft for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $21,047 | $2,517 | 12.0% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 32 | 32 | $5,888 | $2,432 | 41.3% |
| 93306 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function | Facility | 2023 | 39 | 41 | $19,489 | $2,123 | 10.9% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2023 | 12 | 14 | $4,046 | $1,909 | 47.2% |
| 99152 | Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 158 | 164 | $12,980 | $1,663 | 12.8% |
About Dr. William Dixon, MD
Dr. William Dixon, MD is a Interventional Cardiology healthcare provider based in Tallahassee, Florida. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 12/14/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1669534897.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. William Dixon, MD has received a total of $174,931 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $38,813 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 1,579 transactions from 70 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program" ($50,260).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Dixon has provided services to 6,928 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 8,414 services with total Medicare billing of $979,593. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 137 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Interventional Cardiology
- Other Specialties Cardiovascular Disease
- Location Tallahassee, FL
- Active Since 12/14/2006
- Last Updated 01/15/2013
- Taxonomy Code 207RI0011X
- Entity Type Individual
- Practice Solo Practitioner
- NPI Number 1669534897
Products in Payments
- SHOCKWAVE IVL SYSTEM WITH THE SHOCKWAVE C2 CORONARY IVL CATHETER (Device) $45,454
- Vascular Lithotripsy (Device) $21,016
- Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System (Device) $13,315
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) $10,909
- ESPRIT (Device) $7,079
- AMPLATZER TALISMAN (Device) $6,144
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device) $4,589
- Diamondback Coronary (Device) $4,302
- AMPLATZER PICCOLO (Device) $3,939
- Diamondback Peripheral (Device) $2,907
- Rotarex (Device) $2,536
- RESOLUTE ONYX (Device) $2,502
- Repatha (Biological) $2,273
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System (Device) $2,226
- Impella (Device) $2,109
- Resolute (Device) $2,108
- Indigo System (Device) $2,106
- General - Therapies (Device) $2,089
- RUBY Coil (Device) $2,075
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder (Device) $1,870
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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.