Dr. Robert Aaron Tester, MD

  • Auburn, WA
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1689783268PAC ID4587641881
Medicare services, 2024
9,090
Medicare patients, 2024
854
Part D claims, 2024
1,372
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
94
Practice address
700 M Ne St, Auburn, WA 98002
Practice phone
Call (206) 212-2100
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Primary practice

Evergreen Eye Center - Federal Way

Auburn, Washington

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Dr. Robert Aaron Tester is an ophthalmologist in Auburn, Washington

Dr. Tester practices at Evergreen Eye Center - Federal Way in Auburn, Washington.

Dr. Tester's NPI, 1689783268, was assigned on August 29, 2006. Dr. Tester graduated from University of Utah School of Medicine in 2000. Dr. Tester holds Washington license MD00043755.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4587641881
NPI enumeration date
August 29, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(206) 212-2100
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
52
Medical school graduation
2000

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Robert Aaron Tester practices at Evergreen Eye Center - Federal Way in Auburn, Washington

Dr. Tester's primary practice is Evergreen Eye Center - Federal Way, at 700 M Ne St, Auburn, WA 98002 in King County. The practice phone is (206) 212-2100.

  • Evergreen Eye Center - Federal Way
    700 M Ne St, Auburn, WA 98002 · King CountyPhone(206) 212-2100

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Robert Aaron Tester is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Tester's primary practice is Evergreen Eye Center - Federal Way in Auburn, Washington. Dmand AI also links Dr. Tester to 1 ambulatory surgery center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Robert Aaron Tester's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Evergreen Eye Center - Federal WayAvailable with a free account
+1 more site and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Robert Aaron Tester is one of 407 ophthalmologists in Washington

Ophthalmology is Dr. Tester's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Tester is licensed in Washington.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, WashingtonPrimaryLicense MD00043755 · taxonomy 207W00000X

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Tester

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Dr. Robert Aaron Tester billed Medicare for 9,090 services in 2024

CMS data shows 9,090 Medicare services from Dr. Tester across 22 procedure codes in 2024, for 854 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $854,822 for them.

Medicare services, 20249,090
Medicare patients854
Paid by Medicare$854,822
Procedure codes22

Dr. Tester's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 9952024: 4,684371%
Tests and treatments
2023: 2,1332024: 1,68621%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 8332024: 1,63797%
Surgery
2023: 1,1452024: 99613%
Other services
2023: 02024: 87

Where Dr. Tester's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office8,66995%
  • In a facility4215%

Dr. Tester compared with the Washington median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Tester
  • Washington median
Medicare services
9,090vs 1,4096.5 times
Medicare patients
854vs 50868% above
Part D claims
1,338vs 5372.5 times

Medians across 418 ophthalmologists in Washington with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Tester's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Robert Aaron Tester treated 854 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77

CMS counts 854 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Tester in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 373 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 72% have high blood pressure. 6% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.13, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Tester's median patient age at 73, with 58% women.

Medicare patients, 2024854
Average age77
Average risk score1.13
Also on Medicaid6%

Dr. Tester's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Tester's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women52762%
  • Men32738%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Tester's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure72%
  3. Arthritis43%
  4. Diabetes29%
  5. Chronic kidney disease21%
  6. Ischemic heart disease21%
  7. Mood disorders19%
  8. Osteoporosis18%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Tester's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 73

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women58%
  • Men41%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Robert Aaron Tester wrote 1,372 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Tester wrote 1,372 Medicare Part D claims for 356 patients. 65% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,338 of them, across 17 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $143,841 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,246 claims across 17 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,372
Drugs named by CMS17
Total drug cost$143,841
Part D patients356

Dr. Tester's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic887 claims65%
  • Brand-name485 claims35%

Dr. Tester's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1,2462024: 1,3387%

Drugs named by CMS: 17 in 2024, 17 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Robert Aaron Tester scored 94 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Dr. Tester for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Tester accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 290 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Tester, more than 89% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Tester's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 94of 100Final score
  • 100of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 79of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Tester ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
89th percentile290 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Robert Aaron Tester has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Tester in 2017. Dr. Tester's most frequent co-authors are Gary Whakuk Chung, MD, Allison Rae Jarstad, DO and John Steven Jarstad, MD.

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Dr. Tester's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Tester

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Dr. Robert Aaron Tester received $16,461 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 147 general payments to Dr. Tester from 25 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 72% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $11,428.

General payments to Dr. Tester by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Tester by kind, 2016 to 2025

$16.5Kin total
  • Consulting fees$11,90072%
  • Food and beverage$4,50927%
  • Honoraria$280%
  • Education$240%

Companies that paid Dr. Tester the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Robert Aaron Tester graduated from University of Utah School of Medicine

Dr. Tester graduated from University of Utah School of Medicine in 2000.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Utah School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Robert Aaron Tester's profile data

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Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Robert Aaron Tester's NPI number?

Dr. Robert Aaron Tester's NPI number is 1689783268. It was assigned on August 29, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Robert Aaron Tester?

Dr. Robert Aaron Tester is an ophthalmologist in Auburn, Washington. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Robert Aaron Tester practice?

Dr. Tester practices at 700 M Ne St, Auburn, WA 98002. Dr. Tester's primary practice is Evergreen Eye Center - Federal Way in Auburn, Washington. Dmand AI also links Dr. Tester to 1 ambulatory surgery center and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Robert Aaron Tester's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Tester is (206) 212-2100.

What is Dr. Robert Aaron Tester's medical license number?

Dr. Tester holds Washington license MD00043755.

Does Dr. Robert Aaron Tester accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Tester billed Medicare for 9,090 services in 2024, and Dr. Tester accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Robert Aaron Tester's MIPS score?

Dr. Tester's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 94 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Robert Aaron Tester see?

CMS counts 854 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Tester in 2024, with an average age of 77.

What services does Dr. Robert Aaron Tester bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Tester's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J2777), eye exam or test (92134) and office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Robert Aaron Tester go to medical school?

Dr. Tester graduated from University of Utah School of Medicine in 2000.

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What drugs does Dr. Robert Aaron Tester prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Tester's most prescribed drugs by claims were Latanoprost, Ketorolac Tromethamine and Brimonidine Tartrate.

Has Dr. Robert Aaron Tester received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $16,461 in general payments to Dr. Tester from 25 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Alcon Laboratories Inc.

How long has Dr. Robert Aaron Tester been practicing?

Dr. Tester graduated from medical school in 2000, 26 years ago.

Does Dr. Robert Aaron Tester do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Tester.

Who does Dr. Robert Aaron Tester publish with?

Dr. Tester's most frequent co-authors are Gary Whakuk Chung, MD (1 shared paper), Allison Rae Jarstad, DO (1 shared paper) and John Steven Jarstad, MD (1 shared paper).

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