Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $19,675 | 12 | 61.3% |
| Food and Beverage | $7,785 | 118 | 24.3% |
| Travel and Lodging | $4,642 | 13 | 14.5% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPINEART USA INC | $16,058 | 28 | $0 (2024) |
| NovApproach Spine, LLC | $4,000 | 1 | $0 (2023) |
| Biogennix, LLC | $3,588 | 2 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $1,819 | 24 | $0 (2024) |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | $1,566 | 18 | $0 (2024) |
| NuVasive, Inc. | $1,482 | 15 | $0 (2023) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $849.91 | 18 | $0 (2024) |
| KYOCERA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | $800.00 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| SPINEART SA | $624.28 | 2 | $0 (2022) |
| Microtransponder, Inc. | $175.87 | 3 | $0 (2023) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14,724 | 51 | SPINEART USA INC ($8,460) |
| 2023 | $13,811 | 65 | Spineart USA Inc ($7,598) |
| 2022 | $3,567 | 27 | NuVasive, Inc. ($1,083) |
All Payment Transactions
143 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 6
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/05/2024 | Davol Inc. | Avitene Ultrafoam (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.37 | General |
| Category: Surgery | ||||||
| 12/05/2024 | Spineology Inc. | OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $22.32 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 11/20/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | MARS 3V/3VL (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $161.89 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 11/08/2024 | Biogennix, LLC | Agilon Surgical Matrix (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,500.00 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 10/07/2024 | Averitas Pharma Inc. | QUTENZA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.62 | General |
| Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT | ||||||
| 10/03/2024 | BIOTRONIK NRO, Inc. | Prospera (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $63.04 | General |
| Category: Not Applicable | ||||||
| 10/01/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | INFINITY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.03 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 09/30/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $34.28 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 09/23/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $9.37 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 09/11/2024 | KYOCERA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $800.00 | General |
| 09/04/2024 | Biogennix, LLC | Agilon Surgical Matrix (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $87.74 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 09/04/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $73.05 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 08/30/2024 | Curonix LLC | PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.51 | General |
| Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT | ||||||
| 08/16/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $600.00 | General |
| 08/08/2024 | Carlsmed, Inc. | aprevo (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $73.75 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 08/02/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,000.00 | General |
| 07/18/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | — | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $58.00 | General |
| 07/17/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | Excelsius Deformity (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $41.37 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 07/17/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | CoverEdge 32 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $40.66 | General |
| Category: CoverEdge_NMD | ||||||
| 07/01/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | — | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,073.24 | General |
| 07/01/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $900.10 | General |
| 06/30/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | — | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $424.61 | General |
| 06/21/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $34.91 | General |
| 06/12/2024 | Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | Evoke (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.70 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 06/03/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | — | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $458.96 | General |
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 247 | 324 | $160,935 | $53,242 |
| 2022 | 3 | 44 | 51 | $31,235 | $9,164 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
7 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2023 | 70 | 122 | $31,110 | $18,235 | 58.6% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Office | 2023 | 85 | 85 | $31,025 | $15,870 | 51.2% |
| 99291 | Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 66 | 91 | $91,000 | $15,550 | 17.1% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 26 | 26 | $7,800 | $3,587 | 46.0% |
| 99291 | Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 14 | 21 | $21,000 | $3,814 | 18.2% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Office | 2022 | 19 | 19 | $6,935 | $3,523 | 50.8% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 11 | $3,300 | $1,827 | 55.4% |
About Dr. Brian Hwang, MD
Dr. Brian Hwang, MD is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in Laguna Hills, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/02/2010. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1699087908.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Brian Hwang, MD has received a total of $32,102 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $14,724 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 143 transactions from 31 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($19,675).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Hwang has provided services to 291 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 375 services with total Medicare billing of $62,406. Data is available for 2 years (2022–2023), covering 7 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Neurological Surgery
- Location Laguna Hills, CA
- Active Since 07/02/2010
- Last Updated 10/12/2023
- Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- Practice Solo Practitioner
- NPI Number 1699087908
Products in Payments
- PERLA TL (Device) $7,445
- OneLif (Device) $4,000
- Agilon Surgical Matrix (Device) $3,588
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) $1,579
- Pulse (Device) $816.00
- Navigation (Device) $624.28
- RISE-L (Device) $523.58
- ALIF (Device) $341.01
- ELSA (Device) $212.86
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) $211.59
- MARS 3V/3VL (Device) $192.20
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY (Device) $184.89
- Senza (Device) $170.21
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) $166.97
- OviTex 2S (Device) $146.66
- CMF (Device) $143.00
- XLIF (Device) $126.44
- Infinion 16 (Device) $112.72
- ACP (Device) $108.23
- CURE ACP (Device) $91.95
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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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