Dr. Lewis Bean, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Bean
Dr. Lewis Bean is a cardiovascular disease in Melbourne, FL, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Bean performed 4,176 Medicare services across 2,709 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Bean received a total of $2,923 from 20 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 101 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in cardiovascular disease. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Bean is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 1,321 | $62 | $106 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 525 | $98 | $264 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 482 | $89 | $224 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 265 | $103 | $204 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 253 | $45 | $92 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 172 | $137 | $310 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 129 | $11 | $29 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 110 | $16 | $33 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 110 | $11 | $23 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 82 | $47 | $141 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 80 | $10 | $32 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 77 | $93 | $118 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 74 | $327 | $763 |
| Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 68 | $58 | $74 |
| Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system | 53 | $38 | $57 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 47 | $179 | $506 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 40 | $113 | $244 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 39 | $15 | $43 |
| Coronary stent placement | 34 | $458 | $983 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 31 | $20 | $50 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 22 | $105 | $241 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 21 | $19 | $39 |
| Evaluation of single, dual, or multiple lead implantable defibrillator system | 20 | $47 | $98 |
| Evaluation of implantable heart and blood vessel monitoring system | 20 | $32 | $45 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers, follow-up | 18 | $6 | $40 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 18 | $2 | $6 |
| Heart rhythm recording of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | 17 | $9 | $36 |
| Heart rhythm review and interpretation of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | 17 | $20 | $68 |
| Insertion of tube in right and left heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 16 | $272 | $1,007 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | 15 | $12 | $53 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (98%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.
Geographic Context
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Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Bean is a cardiac imaging specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 27% in FL), and low-engagement industry engagement, with 20 years of practice experience.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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