Total Payments
$3,099
2024 Payments
$48.60
Companies
6
Transactions
15
Medicare Patients
3,634
Medicare Billing
$422,013

Payment Breakdown by Category

Education$2,636 (85.0%)
Food & Beverage$463.39 (15.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Education $2,636 2 85.0%
Food and Beverage $463.39 13 15.0%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC $2,851 8 $0 (2023)
Stryker Corporation $134.63 2 $0 (2024)
Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. $44.30 2 $0 (2019)
Celgene Corporation $28.72 1 $0 (2024)
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $24.86 1 $0 (2017)
Skeletal Dynamics Inc $16.31 1 $0 (2023)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $48.60 2 Celgene Corporation ($28.72)
2023 $96.24 2 Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC ($79.93)
2022 $56.32 2 GEMINI MOUNTAIN MEDICAL, LLC ($56.32)
2021 $1,315 2 Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC ($1,200)
2019 $1,559 6 Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC ($1,514)
2017 $24.86 1 Smith & Nephew, Inc. ($24.86)

All Payment Transactions

15 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/14/2024 Stryker Corporation ALPHAVENT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.88 General
Category: SPORTS MEDICINE
10/03/2024 Celgene Corporation ZEPOSIA (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $28.72 General
Category: Neuroscience
08/02/2023 Skeletal Dynamics Inc Geminus (Device), Align, IJS Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $16.31 General
Category: Orthopedic
03/08/2023 Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $79.93 General
03/31/2022 GEMINI MOUNTAIN MEDICAL, LLC Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $41.55 General
02/28/2022 GEMINI MOUNTAIN MEDICAL, LLC Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.77 General
11/30/2021 Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
03/04/2021 Stryker Corporation REUNION (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $114.75 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMETIES
11/13/2019 Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. Zilretta (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $23.68 General
Category: Musculoskeletal
10/21/2019 Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $47.80 General
09/18/2019 Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. Zilretta (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $20.62 General
Category: Musculoskeletal
09/18/2019 Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.10 General
09/17/2019 Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.42 General
05/01/2019 Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC Education In-kind items and services $1,436.00 General
03/22/2017 Smith & Nephew, Inc. Footprint Ultra PK. SL, 4.5 and 5.5mm Knotless Anchor (Device), HEALICOIL, Speedlock Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.86 General
Category: Trauma Limb Restoration

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 20 950 1,260 $595,876 $109,342
2022 22 922 1,274 $627,750 $116,052
2021 18 886 1,203 $494,139 $101,209
2020 19 876 1,274 $489,835 $95,410
Total Patients
3,634
Total Services
5,011
Medicare Billing
$422,013
Procedure Codes
79

All Medicare Procedures & Services

79 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 4

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
23472 Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder Facility 2023 20 20 $122,000 $22,815 18.7%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 179 243 $80,224 $15,579 19.4%
26055 Incision of tendon covering of finger Office 2023 24 30 $66,000 $12,783 19.4%
29827 Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope Facility 2023 11 11 $45,870 $9,407 20.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 75 83 $39,010 $7,421 19.0%
23430 Anchoring of biceps tendon Facility 2023 24 24 $67,920 $7,327 10.8%
64721 Release and/or relocation of hand nerve Facility 2023 17 20 $36,000 $6,478 18.0%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2023 94 175 $22,764 $4,729 20.8%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 64 64 $25,920 $4,541 17.5%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 72 80 $21,120 $3,982 18.9%
77002 Fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement Office 2023 33 35 $15,750 $3,189 20.3%
73130 X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views Office 2023 50 81 $10,530 $2,199 20.9%
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes Office 2023 42 45 $9,225 $1,840 19.9%
73110 X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views Office 2023 29 49 $6,860 $1,495 21.8%
20605 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from medium joint Office 2023 25 31 $7,800 $1,409 18.1%
20600 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from small joint Office 2023 23 26 $6,825 $1,141 16.7%
J1040 Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg Office 2023 79 99 $1,980 $852.21 43.0%
20550 Injection into tendon or ligament Office 2023 18 22 $4,933 $831.78 16.9%
73140 X-ray of finger, minimum of 2 views Office 2023 17 28 $3,640 $785.59 21.6%
J1030 Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg Office 2023 54 94 $1,504 $536.70 35.7%
23472 Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder Facility 2022 20 20 $122,000 $23,151 19.0%
29827 Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope Facility 2022 18 18 $71,460 $15,416 21.6%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 143 204 $67,320 $13,730 20.4%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 113 147 $69,090 $12,268 17.8%
64721 Release and/or relocation of hand nerve Facility 2022 20 23 $45,000 $7,932 17.6%

About Dr. Brian Butzen, M.D

Dr. Brian Butzen, M.D is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in Durango, Colorado. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 09/04/2008. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1669620514.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Brian Butzen, M.D has received a total of $3,099 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $48.60 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 15 transactions from 6 companies. The most common payment nature is "Education" ($2,636).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Butzen has provided services to 3,634 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 5,011 services with total Medicare billing of $422,013. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 79 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • REUNION (Device) $114.75
  • Zilretta (Drug) $44.30
  • ZEPOSIA (Drug) $28.72
  • Footprint Ultra PK. SL, 4.5 and 5.5mm Knotless Anchor (Device) $24.86
  • ALPHAVENT (Device) $19.88
  • Geminus (Device) $16.31

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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