Dr. Anthony Aventa, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Aventa
Dr. Anthony Aventa is an optician specialist in Austin, TX, with 20 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Aventa performed 7,928 Medicare services across 5,900 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Aventa received a total of $3,580 from 26 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 212 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in optician. 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. Aventa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 768 | $8 | $16 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 667 | $10 | $54 |
| Lactate dehydrogenase (enzyme) level | 650 | $6 | $25 |
| Uric acid level test | 649 | $4 | $22 |
| Glutamyltransferase (liver enzyme) level | 624 | $7 | $30 |
| Lipid panel (cholesterol and triglycerides) | 601 | $13 | $73 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 500 | $8 | $36 |
| Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test | 462 | $16 | $98 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 441 | $89 | $175 |
| Automated urinalysis | 359 | $2 | $19 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 344 | $9 | $78 |
| Annual depression screening | 331 | $19 | $30 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 179 | $57 | $140 |
| Hemoglobin A1c test (diabetes monitoring) | 159 | $10 | $42 |
| Prostate cancer screening; prostate specific antigen test (psa) | 150 | $19 | $85 |
| Flu vaccine, high-dose | 149 | $70 | $72 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 148 | $31 | $35 |
| Vitamin D level test | 138 | $29 | $120 |
| Urinalysis with microscopic exam | 49 | $3 | $23 |
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 47 | $48 | $100 |
| Chronic care management, additional 20 min/month | 45 | $38 | $50 |
| Creatinine test (kidney function) | 44 | $5 | $23 |
| Urine microalbumin test (kidney screening) | 43 | $6 | $46 |
| Basic metabolic blood panel | 35 | $8 | $50 |
| Chest X-ray, 2 views | 33 | $17 | $43 |
| PSA test (prostate cancer screening) | 31 | $18 | $85 |
| Complex chronic care management services for two or more chronic conditions, each additional 60 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month | 31 | $54 | $100 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians a | 30 | $28 | $140 |
| Complex chronic care management services for two or more chronic conditions, first 60 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month | 27 | $100 | $140 |
| Vitamin B-12 level test | 24 | $14 | $100 |
| Ferritin level test (iron stores) | 24 | $13 | $85 |
| Iron binding capacity test | 22 | $9 | $38 |
| Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment | 21 | $166 | $395 |
| Pneumonia vaccine administration | 20 | $31 | $35 |
| Bone density scan (DEXA) | 19 | $39 | $150 |
| Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 20 valent (pcv20), for intramuscular use | 19 | $281 | $325 |
| Creatine kinase (cardiac enzyme) level, total | 16 | $6 | $32 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of at least moderate complexity | 15 | $153 | $495 |
| Iron level test | 14 | $6 | $28 |
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 (100%) 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. Aventa is a mixed practice specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 9% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement, with 20 years of NPI registration.
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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