Dr. Nadir Ali, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Ali
Dr. Nadir Ali is an optician in Webster, TX, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Ali performed 7,635 Medicare services across 4,544 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Ali received a total of $2,365 from 28 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 85 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. Ali 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 (30-39 min) | 1,597 | $94 | $175 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 1,096 | $45 | $76 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 891 | $10 | $80 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 413 | $97 | $135 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 409 | $145 | $1,000 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 374 | $56 | $395 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 317 | $65 | $110 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 277 | $7 | $35 |
| Rubidium rb-82, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 60 millicuries | 264 | $813 | $1,191 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress with concurrent ct scan | 262 | $1,963 | $7,100 |
| Nuclear medicine study of heart muscle blood flow by pet | 262 | $149 | $360 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 151 | $17 | $141 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 140 | $23 | $142 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 135 | $108 | $280 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 131 | $140 | $275 |
| Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 103 | $269 | $588 |
| Heart rhythm recording, analysis, report, review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 102 | $209 | $675 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 101 | $347 | $1,925 |
| Evaluation of implantable heart and blood vessel monitoring system, remote up to 30 days | 86 | $19 | $138 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 80 | $200 | $1,500 |
| Interrogation device evaluation(s), (remote) up to 30 days; implantable cardiovascular physiologic monitor system, implantable loop recorder system, or subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitor system, remote data acquisition(s), receipt of transmissions and tec | 80 | $27 | $137 |
| Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | 66 | $58 | $132 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 66 | $72 | $165 |
| Smoking and tobacco use intensive counseling, 4-10 minutes | 59 | $15 | $25 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 43 | $157 | $500 |
| Balloon dilation of single coronary artery or branch | 30 | $232 | $1,625 |
| Coronary stent placement | 29 | $459 | $3,000 |
| Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber, coronary artery and bypass graft for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 25 | $213 | $1,700 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 20 | $114 | $200 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 14 | $188 | $750 |
| Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel during diagnosis or treatment, initial vessel | 12 | $55 | $250 |
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. Ali is a cardiac & electrophysiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 9% in TX), and low-engagement industry engagement, with 19 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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