Dr. Lester Ong, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Ong
Dr. Lester Ong is an internal medicine in Stephenville, TX, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Ong performed 4,548 Medicare services across 3,058 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Ong received a total of $2,874 from 47 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 175 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. Ong 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 1,076 | $58 | $156 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 551 | $8 | $11 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 394 | $8 | $18 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 244 | $10 | $55 |
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 214 | $48 | $97 |
| Lipid panel (cholesterol and triglycerides) | 139 | $13 | $51 |
| Hemoglobin A1c test (diabetes monitoring) | 135 | $10 | $46 |
| Basic metabolic blood panel | 133 | $8 | $35 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 126 | $126 | $243 |
| Annual depression screening | 121 | $18 | $42 |
| Nursing facility visit, low complexity | 96 | $52 | $147 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 81 | $79 | $232 |
| Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test | 79 | $16 | $46 |
| Detection test by immunoassay technique for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and influenza | 76 | $57 | $100 |
| Steroid injection (triamcinolone) | 72 | $1 | $12 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 67 | $30 | $40 |
| Flu vaccine, high-dose | 63 | $72 | $164 |
| 3D screening mammography (tomosynthesis) | 61 | $23 | $104 |
| Screening mammography | 61 | $89 | $283 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 56 | $61 | $157 |
| Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit | 55 | $162 | $364 |
| Chest X-ray, 2 views | 51 | $16 | $65 |
| Prostate cancer screening; prostate specific antigen test (psa) | 49 | $19 | $44 |
| Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg | 49 | $6 | $24 |
| Urinalysis, manual | 40 | $3 | $13 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 33 | $10 | $86 |
| Pneumonia vaccine administration | 33 | $30 | $50 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner 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 and | 32 | $41 | $120 |
| Urine microalbumin test (kidney screening) | 31 | $6 | $32 |
| Creatinine test (kidney function) | 30 | $5 | $33 |
| Bone density scan (DEXA) | 28 | $37 | $177 |
| PSA test (prostate cancer screening) | 28 | $18 | $67 |
| Administration of vaccine | 28 | $12 | $53 |
| Office visit, established patient (10-19 min) | 27 | $41 | $94 |
| Parathyroid hormone level test | 24 | $40 | $128 |
| 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 | 24 | $31 | $98 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 23 | $125 | $439 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 22 | $63 | $157 |
| Pneumococcal vaccine, 23-valent | 16 | $131 | $284 |
| X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views | 15 | $20 | $83 |
| Hip X-ray, 2-3 views | 14 | $26 | $90 |
| Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 20 valent (pcv20), for intramuscular use | 14 | $281 | $638 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 14 | $87 | $512 |
| Initial nursing facility care with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 45 minutes | 12 | $140 | $382 |
| Foot X-ray, 3+ views | 11 | $19 | $72 |
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 (97%) 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. Ong is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 7% 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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