Physician

Alfred Fast, MD

According to 2025 Medicare claims, Alfred Fast, MD (NPI: 1306952049) practices thoracic surgery in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY market, with the plurality of this provider's patient population coming from Niagara, NY. Fast uses personal NPI as billing NPI and primary practice location at 14301-1841.

Fast's data goes back to 2015 and runs through 2024. For example, in 2024, this provider had 68 traditional Medicare patients, billed 283 HCPCS/CPT codes, and received $17,068 in Medicare payments. The top billing code was 99214 (Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more). Part D data shows 108 prescription claims across 18 beneficiaries totaling $5,623 in drug costs, led by Metoprolol Succinate (Metoprolol Succinate). No Open Payments records. You can download detailed data with all billing codes (2015-2024). For more recent data, please contact us.

Over the past 10 years, this provider's Medicare Part B carrier billing has moved from a higher plateau to a lower plateau, from $52,932 to $17,068. Concurrently, Part D prescription costs have moved up and down with repeated peaks and valleys, starting at $2,963 and ending at $5,623. For DME billing, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned.

Part B Carrier Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and claim lines in the table.

Year	Patients	Clm Lines	Payment
2015	257	774	$52,932
2016	254	775	$49,189
2017	251	758	$47,870
2018	199	662	$35,431
2019	199	627	$36,968
2020	170	536	$32,894
2021	116	331	$22,064
2022	105	381	$27,425
2023	87	356	$23,986
2024	68	283	$17,068

Part D Events Trend

Drug cost trend, with N of patients and prescription claims in the table.

Year	Patients	Claims	Drug Cost
2015	21	108	$2,963
2016	N/R	40	$450
2017	N/R	43	$520
2018	N/R	36	$294
2019	17	61	$813
2020	N/R	43	$565
2021	N/R	22	$289
2022	N/R	23	$157
2023	17	68	$703
2024	18	108	$5,623

DME Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and DME claim records in the table.

No connected DME records

* / # = suppressed by CMS; 0 = reported zero; N/R = not reported or blank.

Top 5 Part B carrier billing codes in 2024

By total payments.

Code	Description	Patients	Clm Lines	Total Payment
99214	Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	37	52	$90
99232	Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes	11	71	$59
99213	Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more	39	54	$58
93280	Programming of dual lead pacemaker system	27	53	$25
93288	Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system	11	18	$15

Top 5 Part D drugs in 2024

By total drug costs.

Drug	Generic	Claims	Total Day Supply	Total Drug Cost
Metoprolol Succinate	Metoprolol Succinate	58	2,580	$661

Top 5 DME services in 2024

No connected or detailed DME service-level records for 2024.

Open Payments Summary

No connected Open Payments records were found for this physician in General Payments, Research Payments, or Ownership / Investment Interests.

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FAQ

What Medicare data is available for Alfred Fast, MD?

Tedicare shows public-source Medicare data for Alfred Fast, MD (NPI 1306952049), including provider identity, specialty, market context, Medicare Part B activity, Part D prescribing, DME records, Open Payments where available, billing organization details, and ACO affiliation signals where available. Profile data covers 2015-2024, with current attribution based on 2025 claims where available.

Does Alfred Fast, MD have ACO affiliation data?

No ACO affiliation record is shown in the available Tedicare data for this profile.

What billing organization is linked to Alfred Fast, MD?

A separate primary affiliated billing organization is not shown for this profile in the available data.

Does Alfred Fast, MD have Open Payments data?

No connected Open Payments records are shown for this physician in the available General Payments, Research Payments, or Ownership / Investment Interests data.

Can I download physician-level Medicare data from Tedicare?

Yes. Tedicare provides sample physician export data and paid custom physician data exports for research, planning, outreach, and market analysis. Exports can include physician profile fields, market and specialty context, billing organization details, ACO affiliation signals where available, and Medicare utilization data.