Dr. Paula Gaston, NP-C
What this data tells you about Dr. Gaston
Dr. Paula Gaston is a nurse practitioner - family in Paris, TX, with 14 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Gaston performed 2,063 Medicare services across 759 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Gaston received a total of $1,601 from 15 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 70 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in nurse practitioner - family. 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. Gaston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steroid injection (triamcinolone) | 474 | $1 | $10 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 227 | $39 | $223 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 208 | $71 | $316 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 182 | $7 | $34 |
| Ceftriaxone antibiotic injection | 181 | $0 | $37 |
| Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | 132 | $0 | $8 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 111 | $8 | $15 |
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 94 | $40 | $197 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner supervision of a patient receiving medicare-covered services provided by a participating home health agency (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician or allow | 89 | $67 | $257 |
| Chronic care management, additional 20 min/month | 80 | $31 | $149 |
| 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 | 55 | $25 | $96 |
| Annual alcohol misuse screening, 5 to 15 minutes | 36 | $15 | $45 |
| Annual, face-to-face intensive behavioral therapy for cardiovascular disease, individual, 15 minutes | 35 | $21 | $65 |
| Annual depression screening | 33 | $15 | $45 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 30 | $105 | $322 |
| Emergency department visit, high complexity | 26 | $116 | $1,717 |
| Office visit, established patient (10-19 min) | 16 | $27 | $137 |
| Emergency department visit, moderate complexity | 15 | $80 | $1,178 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 15 | $30 | $60 |
| Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent, preservative free, 0.5 ml dosage | 13 | $22 | $81 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 11 | $108 | $408 |
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. Gaston is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 6% in TX), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 19%).
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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