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Compare the published Medicare service mix of Leonidas Tapias Vargas, M.D. with clinicians in the same registry specialty: Thoracic Surgery (CMS).

CLEVELAND, OH · Exact areaEdit location

2024 published service data · 49 eligible profiles compared. Similarity describes billing patterns, not quality, outcomes, or suitability for your care.

Christopher Wellington Towe, M.D.

General Surgery (CMS) · Cleveland, OH

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more (99215)
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
  • Removal of lymph nodes of chest cavity using an endoscope (32674)
72%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Philip A Linden, MD

General Surgery · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Cleveland, OH

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more (99215)
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
  • Removal of lymph nodes of chest cavity using an endoscope (32674)
70%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Boxiang Jiang

Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Cleveland, OH

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more (99215)
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
  • Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes (99223)
69%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Cristian Rafael Baeza, MD

Cardiac Surgery · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Cleveland, OH

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more (99215)
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
52%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Andrea Michelle Steely, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Cleveland, OH

Shared published services
1 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
46%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Krishna Bharat Patel, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Cleveland, OH

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
  • Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes (99223)
44%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Zhen-Yu Michael Tong, M.D., M.B.A.

Cardiac Surgery · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Cleveland, OH

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more (99215)
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
36%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Kim I De La Cruz, MD

Specialty details in registry · Cleveland, OH

Shared published services
1 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more (99215)
35%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Colby Alan Elder, MD

Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Cleveland, OH

Shared published services
1 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes (99223)
33%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Rami Akhrass, M.D.

General Surgery · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Cleveland, OH

Shared published services
1 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
33%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Kenneth R Mccurry, MD

Cardiac Surgery · Critical Care (Intensivists) (CMS) · Cleveland, OH

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more (99215)
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
33%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Patrick Richard Vargo, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Cleveland, OH

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more (99215)
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more (99205)
29%Service-mix similarityView profile →
How this comparison works

We use the same calendar year of CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners data for both providers. Published non-drug service counts are combined by HCPCS code across places of service. We apply log(1 + count), normalize the vectors, and compare them using cosine similarity.

Candidates share the reference provider’s current NPPES primary taxonomy and match the location you enter. We examine up to 500 candidates in NPI order, then show up to 12 with the highest positive similarity within that set. The score is not a percentile, medical recommendation, or prediction. Suppressed services are not estimated. Medicare fee-for-service data does not describe a provider’s entire practice.

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service : 2024-12-01 · Published May 21, 2026.