Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $11,173 | 512 | 79.1% |
| Travel and Lodging | $2,938 | 11 | 20.8% |
| Education | $12.80 | 5 | 0.1% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medtronic USA, Inc. | $3,108 | 182 | $0 (2020) |
| Stryker Corporation | $1,364 | 8 | $0 (2017) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $1,343 | 63 | $0 (2024) |
| Curonix LLC | $1,320 | 11 | $0 (2023) |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | $754.21 | 4 | $0 (2024) |
| Forte Bio-Pharma LLC | $722.64 | 4 | $0 (2021) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $696.04 | 15 | $0 (2024) |
| Depomed, Inc. | $549.69 | 20 | $0 (2017) |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | $462.75 | 29 | $0 (2024) |
| SI-BONE, INC. | $433.23 | 9 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,017 | 44 | SPR Therapeutics, Inc ($754.21) |
| 2023 | $2,302 | 38 | Curonix LLC ($1,320) |
| 2022 | $451.25 | 21 | Medtronic, Inc. ($158.63) |
| 2021 | $548.54 | 25 | Medtronic, Inc. ($321.78) |
| 2020 | $514.16 | 27 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($78.80) |
| 2019 | $1,068 | 60 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($794.30) |
| 2018 | $2,064 | 95 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($752.98) |
| 2017 | $5,160 | 218 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($1,482) |
All Payment Transactions
528 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 22
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/16/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $10.93 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | SPR Therapeutics, Inc | SPRINT PNS System (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $590.13 | General |
| Category: Pain management | ||||||
| 12/10/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $10.53 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 12/07/2024 | SPR Therapeutics, Inc | SPRINT PNS System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $77.00 | General |
| Category: Pain management | ||||||
| 12/05/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $101.89 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 12/05/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.12 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 11/26/2024 | Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | Belbuca (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $58.19 | General |
| Category: Opioid Analgesic | ||||||
| 11/22/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | BOTOX (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.09 | General |
| Category: BOTOX THERAPEUTIC | ||||||
| 11/20/2024 | SI-BONE, INC. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $13.28 | General |
| 11/11/2024 | SI-BONE, INC. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $56.38 | General |
| 11/06/2024 | SPR Therapeutics, Inc | SPRINT PNS System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $27.08 | General |
| Category: Pain management | ||||||
| 11/02/2024 | SPR Therapeutics, Inc | SPRINT PNS System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $60.00 | General |
| Category: Pain management | ||||||
| 10/26/2024 | SI-BONE, INC. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $160.00 | General |
| 10/24/2024 | Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | Belbuca (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $22.92 | General |
| Category: Opioid Analgesic | ||||||
| 10/22/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $28.45 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 10/17/2024 | Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | Evoke (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $32.87 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 10/17/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.96 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 10/03/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.56 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 10/02/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.21 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 09/18/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $36.28 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 09/17/2024 | SI-BONE, INC. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $68.36 | General |
| 09/04/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.07 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 08/30/2024 | SI-BONE, INC. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $35.11 | General |
| 08/21/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.12 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 08/12/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $3.31 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 17 | 878 | 1,126 | $1.0M | $107,294 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,149 | 1,796 | $1.6M | $176,331 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,627 | 2,845 | $2.9M | $307,347 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,805 | 3,419 | $2.9M | $284,740 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
87 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 4
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 214 | 303 | $117,564 | $18,352 | 15.6% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 158 | 197 | $113,866 | $16,746 | 14.7% |
| 64635 | Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint | Office | 2023 | 27 | 44 | $120,992 | $14,519 | 12.0% |
| 62323 | Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance | Office | 2023 | 66 | 81 | $216,189 | $14,432 | 6.7% |
| 64636 | Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, each additional facet joint | Office | 2023 | 27 | 50 | $90,021 | $9,103 | 10.1% |
| G0482 | Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms | Office | 2023 | 38 | 38 | $16,911 | $7,401 | 43.8% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 56 | 56 | $53,984 | $6,541 | 12.1% |
| 64493 | Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level | Office | 2023 | 17 | 24 | $97,554 | $4,220 | 4.3% |
| 80307 | Testing for presence of drug, by chemistry analyzers | Office | 2023 | 50 | 51 | $17,943 | $3,106 | 17.3% |
| 62321 | Injection of substance into middle or upper spine canal using imaging guidance | Office | 2023 | 14 | 16 | $46,480 | $2,637 | 5.7% |
| 27096 | Injection of anesthetic or steroid into joint between lower spine and hip bone using imaging guidance | Office | 2023 | 19 | 20 | $33,755 | $2,626 | 7.8% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 32 | 32 | $24,672 | $2,576 | 10.4% |
| 64494 | Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, second level | Office | 2023 | 16 | 22 | $48,106 | $2,208 | 4.6% |
| 20611 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid large joint using ultrasound guidance | Office | 2023 | 20 | 22 | $24,840 | $1,723 | 6.9% |
| J1040 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg | Office | 2023 | 53 | 66 | $3,168 | $618.55 | 19.5% |
| J1030 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg | Office | 2023 | 55 | 78 | $2,028 | $475.88 | 23.5% |
| Q9966 | Low osmolar contrast material, 200-299 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml | Office | 2023 | 16 | 26 | $26.00 | $8.34 | 32.1% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 242 | 503 | $290,734 | $43,500 | 15.0% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2022 | 235 | 410 | $159,080 | $25,009 | 15.7% |
| 64635 | Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint | Office | 2022 | 39 | 65 | $176,735 | $21,566 | 12.2% |
| 62323 | Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance | Office | 2022 | 67 | 90 | $240,210 | $16,962 | 7.1% |
| 64636 | Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, each additional facet joint | Office | 2022 | 39 | 80 | $139,680 | $14,857 | 10.6% |
| G0482 | Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms | Office | 2022 | 39 | 39 | $17,511 | $7,634 | 43.6% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2022 | 92 | 92 | $70,932 | $7,389 | 10.4% |
| 64493 | Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level | Office | 2022 | 25 | 38 | $148,392 | $6,760 | 4.6% |
About Dr. Aaron Carter, MD
Dr. Aaron Carter, MD is a Pain Medicine healthcare provider based in Greenville, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 11/02/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1528247806.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Aaron Carter, MD has received a total of $14,124 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $2,017 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 528 transactions from 39 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($11,173).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Carter has provided services to 5,459 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 9,186 services with total Medicare billing of $875,712. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 87 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Pain Medicine
- Other Specialties Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine
- Location Greenville, NC
- Active Since 11/02/2007
- Last Updated 12/14/2023
- Taxonomy Code 207LP2900X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1528247806
Products in Payments
- RESTORE (Device) $2,300
- Hip Arthroscopy Access & Instrumentation Set (Device) $1,364
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A (Device) $1,320
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) $901.04
- INTELLIS (Device) $822.49
- SPRINT PNS System (Device) $754.21
- Nalocet (Drug) $691.13
- Nucynta (Drug) $586.31
- Evoke SCS (Device) $383.79
- Horizant (Drug) $305.48
- Movantik (Drug) $284.30
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System (Device) $275.91
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) $191.38
- LYRICA (Drug) $175.56
- Levorphanol (Drug) $166.88
- XTAMPZA (Drug) $160.83
- Belbuca (Drug) $146.87
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER (Device) $145.72
- ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) $141.93
- INFINION (Device) $132.52
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Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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