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Compare the published Medicare service mix of James Patrick Takara, MD with clinicians in the same registry specialty: Cardiac Surgery · General Surgery · Peripheral Vascular Disease · Thoracic Surgery · Vascular Surgery (CMS).

VENICE, FL · 25 milesEdit location
Within 25 miles · Approximate ZIP-area distance

Approximate straight-line distances between ZIP-area centers; a city search starts from the average of its ZIP centers. Uses the primary reported practice ZIP, not an exact office address or driving distance. Records without matched coordinates are excluded. How distance works

2024 published service data · 12 eligible profiles compared. Similarity describes billing patterns, not quality, outcomes, or suitability for your care.

Michael P Defrain, MD

Cardiac Surgery · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Port Charlotte, FL

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more (99204)
  • Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes (99223)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
65%Service-mix similarity~19.6 milesView profile →

Dennis J Stapleton, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Port Charlotte, FL

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more (99204)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
58%Service-mix similarity~19.6 milesView profile →

John Alan Galat, M.D.

Cardiac Surgery · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Sarasota, FL

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes (99223)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
56%Service-mix similarity~16.5 milesView profile →

Kristen Leigh Walker, M.D.

Cardiac Surgery · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Sarasota, FL

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
  • Exclusion of appendage of left upper chamber of heart performed during other procedure on chest (33268)
53%Service-mix similarity~16.5 milesView profile →

Paul L Digiorgi, MD

Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Port Charlotte, FL

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more (99204)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
  • Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more (99214)
50%Service-mix similarity~19.6 milesView profile →

Jeffrey E Sell, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Sarasota, FL

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
  • Exclusion of appendage of left upper chamber of heart performed during other procedure on chest (33268)
47%Service-mix similarity~16.5 milesView profile →

Jonathan David Hoffberger, DO

Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Sarasota, FL

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes (99223)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
45%Service-mix similarity~16.5 milesView profile →

Jonathan C Fong, M.D.

Cardiac Surgery · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Sarasota, FL

Shared published services
3 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
  • Exclusion of appendage of left upper chamber of heart performed during other procedure on chest (33268)
38%Service-mix similarity~16.5 milesView profile →

Elias Rilloraza Quintos, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Port Charlotte, FL

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
30%Service-mix similarity~19.6 milesView profile →

William Peter Graper, MD

Cardiac Surgery · General Practice · Preventive Medicine · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Sarasota, FL

Shared published services
1 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more (99204)
17%Service-mix similarity~16.5 milesView 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 approximate distance 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.