Dr. Alan Taylor, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Taylor
Dr. Alan Taylor is an optician in Mansfield, TX, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Taylor performed 8,167 Medicare services across 3,989 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Taylor received a total of $4,856 from 39 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 295 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. Taylor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EKG interpretation and report | 1,845 | $6 | $25 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 1,187 | $87 | $390 |
| Intensive cardiac rehabilitation; with or without continuous ecg monitoring with exercise, per session | 1,153 | $92 | $240 |
| Intensive cardiac rehabilitation; with or without continuous ecg monitoring; without exercise, per session | 1,088 | $93 | $240 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 946 | $10 | $45 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 436 | $46 | $491 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 159 | $66 | $275 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 155 | $146 | $621 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 146 | $147 | $971 |
| Anticoagulant management of patient taking warfarin | 134 | $8 | $35 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 127 | $48 | $214 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 125 | $344 | $1,822 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 125 | $17 | $46 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 112 | $21 | $56 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 102 | $71 | $336 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 80 | $134 | $593 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 60 | $24 | $238 |
| Heart rhythm recording, analysis, report, review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 58 | $198 | $600 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes | 45 | $57 | $297 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 26 | $144 | $597 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 15 | $17 | $66 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 15 | $11 | $44 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 15 | $81 | $402 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 13 | $151 | $608 |
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. Taylor is a remote & electrophysiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 8% in TX), 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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