Dr. Abhiram Gande, MD

NPI: 1730508979
Total Payments
$16,280
2024 Payments
$651.88
Companies
22
Transactions
97
Medicare Patients
477
Medicare Billing
$49,736

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$8,000 (49.1%)
Food & Beverage$3,560 (21.9%)
Travel$3,256 (20.0%)
Education$1,464 (9.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Grant $8,000 1 49.1%
Food and Beverage $3,560 77 21.9%
Travel and Lodging $3,256 16 20.0%
Education $1,464 3 9.0%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
NuVasive, Inc. $8,456 8 $0 (2022)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $1,468 18 $0 (2017)
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $1,385 11 $0 (2019)
Empire Medical, Inc $1,208 2 $0 (2022)
SI-BONE, Inc. $861.72 7 $0 (2022)
Stryker Corporation $860.43 12 $0 (2024)
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $556.01 13 $0 (2024)
Medtronic USA, Inc. $435.00 3 $0 (2019)
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $173.41 3 $0 (2019)
Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC $142.11 1 $0 (2020)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $651.88 9 Stryker Corporation ($562.73)
2023 $253.67 10 ABBVIE INC. ($113.98)
2022 $1,666 11 Empire Medical, Inc ($1,208)
2021 $1,440 18 SI-BONE, INC. ($816.41)
2020 $488.52 4 NuVasive, Inc. ($274.15)
2019 $10,285 25 NuVasive, Inc. ($8,114)
2017 $1,494 20 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($1,468)

All Payment Transactions

97 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 4

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/05/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. MONOVISC (Device), ORTHOVISC Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.92 General
Category: Sports Early Intervention
11/02/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $113.10 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
11/01/2024 Stryker Corporation INSIGNIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $145.50 General
Category: JOINT REPLACEMENT HIPS, KNEES
10/25/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $88.08 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
10/08/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $183.24 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
06/20/2024 Stryker Corporation INSIGNIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $32.81 General
Category: JOINT REPLACEMENT HIPS, KNEES
05/24/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. Distal Radius II (Device), Ankle Fracture System Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.91 General
Category: Trauma (Emergency, Injury, Surgery)
04/24/2024 Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. EUFLEXXA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.82 General
Category: ORTHOPEDICS
02/08/2024 ABBVIE INC. DALVANCE (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.50 General
Category: ANTI-INFECTIVE
12/07/2023 ABBVIE INC. DALVANCE (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.81 General
Category: ANTI-INFECTIVE
12/06/2023 Maxx Health Inc Summa Ortho Wrist (Device), Summa Ortho Ankle Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $22.84 General
Category: Orthopedic
10/12/2023 ABBVIE INC. DALVANCE (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.20 General
Category: ANTI-INFECTIVE
09/20/2023 Innovasis Inc Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $79.20 General
03/31/2023 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. ORTHOVISC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.57 General
Category: Sports Early Intervention
03/15/2023 ABBVIE INC. TEFLARO (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.28 General
Category: ANTI-INFECTIVE
03/02/2023 ABBVIE INC. DALVANCE (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.13 General
Category: ANTI-INFECTIVE
02/23/2023 ABBVIE INC. DALVANCE (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.04 General
Category: ANTI-INFECTIVE
02/03/2023 ABBVIE INC. TEFLARO (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.52 General
Category: ANTI-INFECTIVE
01/27/2023 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. ORTHOVISC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.08 General
Category: Sports Early Intervention
11/29/2022 Empire Medical, Inc Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $7.88 General
11/28/2022 Empire Medical, Inc Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
10/20/2022 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. TFN-ADVANCE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.97 General
Category: Trauma
10/12/2022 Maxx Health Inc Summa Hand System (Device), Summa Cannulated Screw System Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $25.46 General
Category: Orthopedic
09/30/2022 Precision Spine, Inc. Reform Ti Modular (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $124.60 General
Category: Orthopedics
09/23/2022 SI-BONE, Inc. Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $23.05 General

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2022 6 136 143 $40,662 $13,073
2021 6 254 291 $76,536 $29,185
2020 6 87 146 $131,772 $7,478
Total Patients
477
Total Services
580
Medicare Billing
$49,736
Procedure Codes
18

All Medicare Procedures & Services

18 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 32 35 $9,800 $3,559 36.3%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 28 28 $10,108 $3,119 30.9%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 28 32 $6,426 $2,413 37.5%
72148 Mri scan of lower spinal canal without contrast Office 2022 11 11 $7,700 $1,802 23.4%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2022 20 20 $4,860 $1,541 31.7%
72110 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views Office 2022 17 17 $1,768 $640.12 36.2%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 54 77 $19,994 $8,049 40.3%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Office 2021 57 57 $20,199 $7,848 38.9%
99213 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes Office 2021 44 56 $10,214 $4,437 43.4%
72148 Mri scan of lower spinal canal Office 2021 20 20 $14,000 $3,845 27.5%
99203 New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes Office 2021 28 28 $6,617 $2,621 39.6%
72110 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views Office 2021 51 53 $5,512 $2,385 43.3%
22614 Fusion of spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach Facility 2020 17 43 $52,804 $2,085 3.9%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes Office 2020 15 20 $4,520 $1,879 41.6%
22842 Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation for spinal stabilization, 3 to 6 vertebral segments Facility 2020 14 14 $34,286 $1,322 3.9%
63048 Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves Facility 2020 12 33 $21,978 $857.94 3.9%
72110 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views Office 2020 16 16 $1,664 $693.44 41.7%
22853 Insertion of device into intervertebral disc space of spine and fusion of vertebrae Facility 2020 13 20 $16,520 $640.16 3.9%

About Dr. Abhiram Gande, MD

Dr. Abhiram Gande, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine healthcare provider based in San Diego, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/15/2014. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1730508979.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Abhiram Gande, MD has received a total of $16,280 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $651.88 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 97 transactions from 22 companies. The most common payment nature is "Grant" ($8,000).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Gande has provided services to 477 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 580 services with total Medicare billing of $49,736. Data is available for 3 years (2020–2022), covering 18 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
  • Other Specialties Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
  • Location San Diego, CA
  • Active Since 04/15/2014
  • Last Updated 04/05/2023
  • Taxonomy Code 207XS0117X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1730508979

Products in Payments

  • EXPEDIUM (Device) $1,452
  • Product Portfolio (Device) $1,178
  • XLIF (Device) $407.62
  • MAKO (Device) $384.42
  • IFUSE IMPLANT (Device) $239.44
  • INSIGNIA (Device) $178.31
  • M6-C Artificial Cervical Disc (Device) $173.41
  • HEMOX (Device) $168.26
  • Alps Plates and Instruments (Device) $165.00
  • SKYLINE (Device) $157.50
  • MazorX - Renaissance (Device) $142.64
  • Reform Ti Modular (Device) $124.60
  • INTELLIS (Device) $124.10
  • VARIAX (Device) $120.85
  • Affixus (Device) $106.43
  • DALVANCE (Drug) $100.68
  • I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT (Device) $98.99
  • STALIF M-Ti (Device) $98.95
  • SYNFIX Evolution (Device) $89.93
  • TRITANIUM (Device) $83.49

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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