Dr. Aaron Laine, M.D., PH.D
What this data tells you about Dr. Laine
Dr. Aaron Laine is an optician in Weatherford, TX, with 17 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Laine performed 3,791 Medicare services across 1,140 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Laine received a total of $3,896 from 54 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 165 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. Laine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intensity modulated treatment delivery, single or multiple fields/arcs,via narrow spatially and temporally modulated beams, binary, dynamic mlc, per treatment session | 830 | $262 | $1,195 |
| Calculation of radiation therapy dose | 497 | $51 | $279 |
| Radiation treatment delivery,3 or more separate treatment areas, custom blocking, tangential ports, wedges, rotational beam, compensators, electron beam; 11-19 mev | 370 | $178 | $770 |
| Continuing radiation therapy consultation per week | 300 | $64 | $353 |
| Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions | 295 | $144 | $616 |
| Radiation treatment delivery,3 or more separate treatment areas, custom blocking, tangential ports, wedges, rotational beam, compensators, electron beam; 6-10 mev | 277 | $179 | $685 |
| Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device | 207 | $97 | $631 |
| X-ray during radiation therapy | 194 | $10 | $75 |
| Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or | 146 | $25 | $90 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 89 | $168 | $500 |
| Complex radiation therapy planning | 86 | $130 | $541 |
| Obtaining data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment, 1 treatment area | 79 | $205 | $625 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 78 | $61 | $175 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 71 | $98 | $275 |
| Obtaining data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment, 3 or more treatment areas or any number of treatment areas where special treatment is involved | 63 | $346 | $1,600 |
| 3d radiation therapy planning | 53 | $370 | $3,925 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 37 | $138 | $350 |
| Special radiation treatment | 34 | $108 | $524 |
| High precision radiation therapy planning | 33 | $1,410 | $6,200 |
| Design and construction of radiation treatment device for high precision radiation therapy | 33 | $355 | $1,500 |
| Design and construction of intermediate radiation treatment device | 19 | $105 | $352 |
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. Laine is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 18% in TX), and low-engagement industry engagement, with 17 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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