Dr. Ladan Bakhtari, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Bakhtari
Dr. Ladan Bakhtari is an internal medicine specialist in Plano, TX, with 19 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Bakhtari performed 4,911 Medicare services across 2,670 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Bakhtari received a total of $6,912 from 60 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 381 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in internal medicine. 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. Bakhtari 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 828 | $39 | $51 |
| Care management services for behavioral health conditions, 20 minutes or more clinical staff time directed by health care professional | 282 | $32 | $50 |
| Liver function blood test panel | 238 | $8 | $16 |
| Basic metabolic blood panel | 234 | $8 | $11 |
| Lipid panel (cholesterol and triglycerides) | 222 | $13 | $16 |
| Chronic care management, additional 20 min/month | 214 | $36 | $52 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 189 | $80 | $163 |
| Creatinine test (kidney function) | 186 | $5 | $7 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 162 | $8 | $10 |
| Hemoglobin A1c test (diabetes monitoring) | 161 | $9 | $16 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 158 | $88 | $214 |
| Urine microalbumin (protein) analysis | 139 | $6 | $7 |
| Vitamin D level test | 135 | $29 | $38 |
| Remote patient monitoring device, 30 days | 133 | $37 | $275 |
| Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test | 110 | $16 | $20 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 107 | $103 | $230 |
| Chest X-ray, 2 views | 106 | $15 | $36 |
| Free thyroxine (T4) test | 102 | $9 | $15 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 95 | $52 | $128 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 92 | $7 | $11 |
| Complete ultrasound scan of abdomen | 64 | $69 | $140 |
| Remote patient monitoring management, 20 min/month | 63 | $37 | $217 |
| Vitamin B-12 level test | 58 | $15 | $21 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 53 | $110 | $216 |
| Complete ultrasound of aorta, vena cava, groin vessels or bypass grafts | 53 | $101 | $196 |
| Automated urinalysis | 50 | $2 | $3 |
| Iron level test | 46 | $6 | $11 |
| Iron binding capacity test | 46 | $8 | $11 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 40 | $9 | $22 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 39 | $8 | $24 |
| Uric acid level test | 36 | $4 | $7 |
| Injection, vitamin b-12 cyanocobalamin, up to 1000 mcg | 35 | $1 | $20 |
| Urinalysis, manual | 30 | $4 | $24 |
| Annual, face-to-face intensive behavioral therapy for cardiovascular disease, individual, 15 minutes | 30 | $25 | $29 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 29 | $234 | $578 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 29 | $117 | $130 |
| Creatine kinase (cardiac enzyme) level, total | 28 | $6 | $11 |
| Amplifed dna or rna probe detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (covid-19) antigen | 28 | $50 | $110 |
| Detection test by nucleic acid for multiple types influenza virus | 27 | $94 | $125 |
| Annual depression screening | 25 | $17 | $20 |
| Ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | 23 | $59 | $100 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 22 | $44 | $101 |
| Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume | 22 | $19 | $47 |
| Glutamyltransferase (liver enzyme) level | 21 | $7 | $10 |
| Folic acid level test | 20 | $14 | $20 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 17 | $122 | $276 |
| Detection test by nucleic acid for strep (streptococcus, group a), amplified probe technique | 16 | $34 | $161 |
| Amylase (enzyme) level | 15 | $6 | $10 |
| Lipase (fat enzyme) level | 15 | $7 | $10 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 14 | $29 | $30 |
| C-reactive protein test (inflammation marker) | 13 | $5 | $8 |
| Flu vaccine, high-dose | 11 | $63 | $77 |
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. Bakhtari is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 7% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 12% of TX peers, with 19 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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