Dr. Andrew Rhea, MD

NPI: 1508823386
Total Payments
$18,314
2024 Payments
$172.01
Companies
9
Transactions
31
Medicare Patients
1,801
Medicare Billing
$231,312

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$17,500 (95.6%)
Food & Beverage$813.76 (4.4%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $17,500 6 95.6%
Food and Beverage $813.76 25 4.4%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Precision Spine, Inc. $17,628 8 $0 (2019)
Boston Scientific Corporation $421.28 16 $0 (2024)
GT Medical Technologies, Inc $107.06 1 $0 (2021)
RTI Surgical, Inc. $42.76 1 $0 (2019)
Nevro Corp. $32.55 1 $0 (2023)
Abbott Laboratories $23.86 1 $0 (2024)
Medtronic, Inc. $22.54 1 $0 (2024)
LivaNova USA, Inc. $21.13 1 $0 (2024)
SI-BONE, INC. $14.73 1 $0 (2023)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $172.01 6 Boston Scientific Corporation ($104.48)
2023 $86.58 4 Boston Scientific Corporation ($39.30)
2022 $65.05 3 Boston Scientific Corporation ($65.05)
2021 $227.91 4 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($120.85)
2020 $55.45 2 Boston Scientific Corporation ($55.45)
2019 $17,588 8 Precision Spine, Inc. ($17,545)
2018 $93.85 2 Precision Spine, Inc. ($82.96)
2017 $25.26 2 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($25.26)

All Payment Transactions

31 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 2

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/27/2024 Abbott Laboratories ETERNA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.86 General
Category: Neuromodulation
11/21/2024 LivaNova USA, Inc. VNS THERAPY SENTIVA MODEL 1000 GENERATOR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.13 General
Category: Neurology
08/30/2024 Medtronic, Inc. INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.54 General
Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation
04/25/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $73.28 General
Category: General - Pain Management_NMD
03/26/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Intracept (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $14.69 General
Category: Pain
02/06/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.51 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
10/03/2023 SI-BONE, INC. Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $14.73 General
03/30/2023 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.65 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
02/22/2023 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.65 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
01/18/2023 Nevro Corp. Senza (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $32.55 General
Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator
08/19/2022 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.01 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
05/26/2022 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.64 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
03/08/2022 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.40 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
06/16/2021 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION WAVEWRITER ALPHA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.97 General
Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT
03/31/2021 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $91.02 General
Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT
03/09/2021 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.86 General
Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT
02/25/2021 GT Medical Technologies, Inc GammaTile (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $107.06 General
Category: KXK
03/17/2020 Boston Scientific Corporation SPECTRA WAVEWRITER (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $41.14 General
Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT
03/02/2020 Boston Scientific Corporation SPECTRA WAVEWRITER (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.31 General
Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT
11/21/2019 Precision Spine, Inc. REFORM TI MODULAR PEDICLE SCREW (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $4,000.00 General
Category: Orthopedics
07/18/2019 RTI Surgical, Inc. Allograft (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $42.76 General
Category: Musculoskeletal
05/09/2019 Precision Spine, Inc. CANNULATED SCREW SYSTEM (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $3,000.00 General
Category: Orthopedics
05/09/2019 Precision Spine, Inc. MIS 3L PEDICAL SCREW SYSTEM (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $3,000.00 General
Category: Orthopedics
03/19/2019 Precision Spine, Inc. REFORM POCT POSTERIOR CERVICAL SYSTEM (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $4,500.00 General
Category: Orthopedics
03/19/2019 Precision Spine, Inc. REFORM TI PEDICLE SCREW (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,000.00 General
Category: Orthopedics

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 13 437 492 $209,782 $65,052
2022 18 609 2,586 $276,740 $77,128
2021 13 360 2,004 $154,855 $41,115
2020 17 395 2,215 $195,875 $48,017
Total Patients
1,801
Total Services
7,297
Medicare Billing
$231,312
Procedure Codes
62

All Medicare Procedures & Services

62 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 127 127 $38,481 $15,635 40.6%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 94 119 $20,825 $11,172 53.6%
63047 Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment Facility 2023 12 12 $48,084 $9,559 19.9%
63030 Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord or nerves and/or removal of disc Facility 2023 11 11 $40,865 $7,544 18.5%
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes Facility 2023 29 55 $11,165 $5,009 44.9%
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes Facility 2023 35 36 $13,824 $4,779 34.6%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 23 23 $8,786 $3,828 43.6%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 27 28 $6,300 $3,677 58.4%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 18 20 $2,400 $1,364 56.8%
72148 Mri scan of lower spinal canal without contrast Office 2023 14 14 $14,784 $1,283 8.7%
72040 X-ray of upper spine, 2-3 views Office 2023 20 20 $2,120 $590.00 27.8%
72100 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views Office 2023 12 12 $1,368 $356.88 26.1%
71046 X-ray of chest, 2 views Office 2023 15 15 $780.00 $255.45 32.8%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 113 113 $41,019 $13,338 32.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 107 140 $25,200 $13,076 51.9%
63047 Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment Facility 2022 12 12 $38,556 $8,770 22.7%
63655 Removal of spine bone for insertion of neurostimulator electrode plate in spine Facility 2022 12 12 $28,824 $7,606 26.4%
99222 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 50 minutes Facility 2022 63 63 $25,101 $6,076 24.2%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2022 27 27 $16,119 $4,580 28.4%
99233 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes Facility 2022 32 50 $15,250 $3,846 25.2%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2022 27 29 $8,335 $3,819 45.8%
70553 Mri scan of brain before and after contrast Office 2022 12 17 $18,003 $2,844 15.8%
99232 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes Facility 2022 27 53 $11,236 $2,810 25.0%
63685 Insertion of spinal neurostimulator generator or receiver Facility 2022 16 16 $17,136 $2,754 16.1%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 26 29 $3,480 $1,807 51.9%

About Dr. Andrew Rhea, MD

Dr. Andrew Rhea, MD is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in Florence, South Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/27/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1508823386.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Andrew Rhea, MD has received a total of $18,314 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $172.01 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 31 transactions from 9 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($17,500).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Rhea has provided services to 1,801 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 7,297 services with total Medicare billing of $231,312. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 62 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Neurological Surgery
  • Location Florence, SC
  • Active Since 04/27/2006
  • Last Updated 06/20/2016
  • Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1508823386

Products in Payments

  • REFORM POCT POSTERIOR CERVICAL SYSTEM (Device) $4,500
  • REFORM TI MODULAR PEDICLE SCREW (Device) $4,000
  • CANNULATED SCREW SYSTEM (Device) $3,000
  • MIS 3L PEDICAL SCREW SYSTEM (Device) $3,000
  • REFORM TI PEDICLE SCREW (Device) $3,000
  • Vault C (Device) $127.85
  • WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) $120.86
  • GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) $109.88
  • GammaTile (Device) $107.06
  • SPECTRA WAVEWRITER (Device) $55.45
  • Allograft (Device) $42.76
  • Senza (Device) $32.55
  • ETERNA (Device) $23.86
  • INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) $22.54
  • VNS THERAPY SENTIVA MODEL 1000 GENERATOR (Device) $21.13
  • Intracept (Device) $14.69
  • GENERAL - PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) $13.97
  • SPECTRA IPG (Device) $11.29
  • WAVEWRITER ALPHA (Device) $10.97
  • GENERAL THERAPIES (Device) $10.89

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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