Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | $13,281 | 15 | 31.2% |
| Honoraria | $9,000 | 2 | 21.1% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $6,750 | 3 | 15.8% |
| Travel and Lodging | $6,390 | 21 | 15.0% |
| Consulting Fee | $4,549 | 2 | 10.7% |
| Food and Beverage | $2,654 | 53 | 6.2% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY | $14,416 | 31 | $0 (2023) |
| FX Shoulder USA, Inc | $12,801 | 6 | $0 (2023) |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | $6,291 | 5 | $0 (2024) |
| Arthrex, Inc. | $5,348 | 32 | $0 (2024) |
| EXACTECH, INC. | $1,974 | 3 | $0 (2019) |
| aap Implants Inc | $1,214 | 2 | $0 (2021) |
| Stryker Corporation | $176.66 | 7 | $0 (2024) |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $94.29 | 2 | $0 (2021) |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $86.52 | 1 | $0 (2021) |
| Medtronic USA, Inc. | $64.34 | 1 | $0 (2017) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10,143 | 10 | FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc ($6,291) |
| 2023 | $7,780 | 25 | FX Shoulder USA, Inc ($6,203) |
| 2022 | $6,949 | 4 | Alon Medical Technology ($3,600) |
| 2021 | $8,415 | 24 | ALON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ($3,613) |
| 2020 | $659.20 | 5 | ALON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ($479.80) |
| 2019 | $5,265 | 17 | Alon Medical Technology ($2,525) |
| 2018 | $3,347 | 10 | Alon Medical Technology ($3,280) |
| 2017 | $64.34 | 1 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($64.34) |
All Payment Transactions
96 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 4
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2024 | FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $60.59 | General |
| 12/07/2024 | FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | — | Honoraria | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,500.01 | General |
| 12/07/2024 | Fx Shoulder Solutions, Inc | — | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,199.84 | General |
| 12/07/2024 | Fx Shoulder Solutions, Inc | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $455.35 | General |
| 12/07/2024 | FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | — | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $75.01 | General |
| 11/07/2024 | Arthrex, Inc. | — | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,500.00 | General |
| 05/22/2024 | Stryker Corporation | INSPACE (Device), ALPHAVENT | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.16 | General |
| Category: SPORTS MEDICINE | ||||||
| 02/29/2024 | Tigon Medical LLC | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $55.00 | General |
| 01/25/2024 | Arthrex, Inc. | — | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,250.00 | General |
| 01/18/2024 | Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | EUFLEXXA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.57 | General |
| Category: ORTHOPEDICS | ||||||
| 12/01/2023 | ALON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $10.19 | General |
| 11/28/2023 | ALON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $49.06 | General |
| 11/18/2023 | FX Shoulder USA, Inc | — | Honoraria | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,500.00 | General |
| 11/18/2023 | FX Shoulder USA, Inc | — | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,703.45 | General |
| 10/13/2023 | Arthrex, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $50.00 | General |
| 10/13/2023 | Arthrex, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $10.00 | General |
| 10/13/2023 | ALON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $7.02 | General |
| 10/12/2023 | Arthrex, Inc. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $234.08 | General |
| 10/12/2023 | ALON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $137.27 | General |
| 10/12/2023 | ALON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $65.19 | General |
| 10/12/2023 | Arthrex, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $40.00 | General |
| 10/12/2023 | ALON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $37.56 | General |
| 10/12/2023 | ALON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $33.50 | General |
| 10/12/2023 | ALON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.08 | General |
| 10/12/2023 | Arthrex, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.00 | General |
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14 | 788 | 1,800 | $409,039 | $88,016 |
| 2022 | 14 | 948 | 2,782 | $431,443 | $107,448 |
| 2021 | 19 | 917 | 1,518 | $434,635 | $110,146 |
| 2020 | 17 | 857 | 1,446 | $361,541 | $102,865 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
64 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23472 | Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 19 | $111,625 | $20,885 | 18.7% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 206 | 331 | $41,706 | $20,542 | 49.3% |
| 29827 | Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 17 | $59,500 | $13,957 | 23.5% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 82 | 82 | $15,170 | $6,240 | 41.1% |
| 29828 | Release of tendon connecting biceps muscle and shoulder using an endoscope | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 15 | $52,500 | $5,786 | 11.0% |
| 73030 | X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views | Office | 2023 | 129 | 219 | $49,713 | $5,043 | 10.1% |
| J7325 | Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg | Office | 2023 | 11 | 720 | $18,000 | $5,036 | 28.0% |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | Office | 2023 | 88 | 105 | $16,800 | $4,981 | 29.6% |
| 73564 | X-ray of knee, 4 or more views | Office | 2023 | 54 | 68 | $23,188 | $1,874 | 8.1% |
| 73562 | X-ray of knee, 3 views | Office | 2023 | 34 | 51 | $12,750 | $1,282 | 10.1% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $2,392 | $1,242 | 51.9% |
| J0702 | Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg | Office | 2023 | 90 | 124 | $1,860 | $616.50 | 33.1% |
| 73110 | X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views | Office | 2023 | 11 | 17 | $3,417 | $446.79 | 13.1% |
| 93005 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with tracing | Office | 2023 | 19 | 19 | $418.00 | $85.31 | 20.4% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2022 | 225 | 387 | $44,914 | $24,570 | 54.7% |
| 23472 | Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder | Facility | 2022 | 17 | 17 | $99,875 | $19,907 | 19.9% |
| 29827 | Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope | Facility | 2022 | 15 | 15 | $52,500 | $13,052 | 24.9% |
| J7325 | Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg | Office | 2022 | 22 | 1,376 | $33,056 | $10,881 | 32.9% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2022 | 127 | 127 | $23,015 | $9,280 | 40.3% |
| 29828 | Release of tendon connecting biceps muscle and shoulder using an endoscope | Facility | 2022 | 17 | 17 | $59,500 | $7,743 | 13.0% |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | Office | 2022 | 117 | 144 | $29,208 | $7,449 | 25.5% |
| 73030 | X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views | Office | 2022 | 116 | 181 | $32,669 | $4,201 | 12.9% |
| 73564 | X-ray of knee, 4 or more views | Office | 2022 | 82 | 113 | $28,809 | $3,612 | 12.5% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 17 | 17 | $5,933 | $2,639 | 44.5% |
| J0702 | Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg | Office | 2022 | 124 | 298 | $3,570 | $1,478 | 41.4% |
About Dr. Brian Etier, M.D
Dr. Brian Etier, M.D is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Lafayette, Louisiana. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/14/2010. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1336467323.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Brian Etier, M.D has received a total of $42,624 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $10,143 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 96 transactions from 16 companies. The most common payment nature is "Education" ($13,281).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Etier has provided services to 3,510 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 7,546 services with total Medicare billing of $408,475. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 64 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
- Location Lafayette, LA
- Active Since 05/14/2010
- Last Updated 09/19/2019
- Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1336467323
Products in Payments
- EQUINOXE (Device) $1,974
- Fibulink (Device) $86.52
- AQUAMANTYS (Device) $64.34
- MAKO (Device) $54.50
- Extremities-None (Device) $48.55
- Comp Reverse Shoulder E (Device) $45.74
- DYNASPLINT (Device) $34.43
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device) $33.81
- INSPACE (Device) $24.16
- VARIAX (Device) $22.97
- EUFLEXXA (Device) $22.57
- REUNION (Device) $21.42
- ACCOLADE (Device) $19.80
- DUEXIS (Drug) $19.67
- Zilretta (Drug) $15.94
- Hymovis (Device) $9.59
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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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