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Dr. George J Vettiankal, MD

Individual provider Cardiovascular Disease Physician · NPI 1245211879

Dr. George J Vettiankal, MD is registered under Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology) in Lufkin, Texas. Qualified in 1989, 37 years ago. Practices with Baylor St Luke's Medical Group, a 181-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Kentucky and Texas.

Years since qualifying
37
Licensed in
KY, TX
In the registry since
2005
Specialties on file
4
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

209 Gaslight Blvd
Lufkin, TX 75904-3134
Phone: (936) 632-8787
Fax: (713) 798-4693
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 44 McCoy Ave, Madisonville, KY 42431-2867 — (270) 821-0677

Specialties & licences

Cardiovascular Disease Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RC0000X · Licence S2190 (TX)
Cardiovascular Disease Physician Taxonomy 207RC0000X · Licence 37151 (KY)
Interventional Cardiology Physician Taxonomy 207RI0011X · Licence S2190 (TX)
Interventional Cardiology Physician Taxonomy 207RI0011X · Licence 37151 (KY)

Record details

NPI number1245211879
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedNovember 10, 2005
Last updated in NPPESAugust 13, 2025
Certification dateAugust 13, 2025

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)
Also practisesINTERNAL MEDICINE, INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1989 (37 years in practice)
Group practice Baylor St. Luke'S Medical Group — 181 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Coronary angioplasty and stenting 15 times · 39th percentile
Leg revascularization (restoring blood flow) 1–10 times
Pacemaker insertion or repair 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients1,157
Services billed 4,801 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $572 21 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Baylor St Lukes Medical Center Hospital · Houston, TX · listed as CHI St Luke's Health Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
  • Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital Hospital · Jasper, TX · listed as Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital Family Practice Center - Jasper
  • Chi St Lukes Health Memorial Livingston Hospital · Livingston, TX
  • Chi St Lukes Health Memorial Lufkin Hospital · Lufkin, TX
  • Woodland Heights Medical Center Hospital · Lufkin, TX

Colleagues at Baylor St Luke's Medical Group

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 181 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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