Dr. Alvaro Alejandro Aldana, MD

Dr. Aldana practices at Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, part of Community Health.

Dr. Aldana's NPI, 1295739274, was assigned on June 8, 2005. Dr. Aldana holds Alabama license 21584.

Dr. Aldana's primary practice is Grandview Medical Center, at 3690 Grandview Parkway, Birmingham, AL 35243 in Jefferson County. The practice phone is (205) 971-1000.

Dr. Aldana's primary practice is Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, part of Community Health. Dr. Aldana is also affiliated with UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair. The medical group on file is Alabama Cardiovascular Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Aldana to 1 more hospital and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Aldana practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Aldana's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dr. Aldana is licensed in Alabama.

CMS data shows 1,389 Medicare services from Dr. Aldana across 20 procedure codes in 2024, for 519 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $98,012 for them.

CMS counts 519 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Aldana in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 219 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 6% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.65, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Aldana's median patient age at 72, with 55% women.

In 2024, Dr. Aldana wrote 8,503 Medicare Part D claims for 860 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 8,168 of them, across 82 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $873,620 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 6,984 claims across 77 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 88 out of 100 for Dr. Aldana for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Aldana accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 58 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Aldana, more than 88% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Leg revascularization (restoring blood flow): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

CMS Open Payments shows 567 general payments to Dr. Aldana from 69 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 65% of the total. Penumbra, Inc. paid the most, $5,060.