Dr. Aaron Patrick Makens, MD

Dr. Makens practices at Trinity Hospitals / Dermatology - HOPD in Minot, North Dakota.

Dr. Makens' NPI, 1063998169, was assigned on July 12, 2018. Dr. Makens holds North Dakota license 17784.

Dr. Makens' primary practice is Trinity Hospitals / Dermatology - HOPD, at 400 Burdick E Expy, Minot, ND 58701.

Dr. Makens' primary practice is Trinity Hospitals / Dermatology - HOPD in Minot, North Dakota. Dr. Makens is also affiliated with Trinity Hospital. The medical group on file is Trinity Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Makens to 1 more hospital, 3 home health agencies and 1 hospice, each named with a free account. Dr. Makens' employer is on file too: a hospital.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Makens practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Family medicine is Dr. Makens' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Q00000X. Dr. Makens is licensed in North Dakota.

CMS data shows 1,195 Medicare services from Dr. Makens across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 527 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $71,072 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 527 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Makens in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 251 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 74% have high cholesterol. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.10, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Makens' median patient age at 71, with 40% women.

In 2024, Dr. Makens wrote 14,849 Medicare Part D claims for 790 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 14,069 of them, across 169 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,060,896 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 9,662 claims across 147 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 81 out of 100 for Dr. Makens for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Makens accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

CMS Open Payments shows 5 general payments to Dr. Makens from 3 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Novo Nordisk Inc paid the most, $37.