Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel and Lodging | $4,380 | 28 | 67.1% |
| Food and Beverage | $1,206 | 25 | 18.5% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $941.66 | 1 | 14.4% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| NuVasive, Inc. | $4,358 | 30 | $0 (2021) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $1,033 | 21 | $0 (2024) |
| IRRAS USA, Inc. | $941.66 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | $194.49 | 2 | $0 (2019) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $846.61 | 17 | Medtronic, Inc. ($846.61) |
| 2022 | $186.23 | 4 | Medtronic, Inc. ($186.23) |
| 2021 | $63.82 | 1 | NuVasive, Inc. ($63.82) |
| 2020 | $1,799 | 13 | NuVasive, Inc. ($1,799) |
| 2019 | $3,631 | 19 | NuVasive, Inc. ($2,495) |
All Payment Transactions
54 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 3
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/24/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $38.75 | General |
| Category: Image Guided Surgery Products | ||||||
| 11/19/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | PRESTIGE LP CERVICAL DISC SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.00 | General |
| Category: Cervical | ||||||
| 09/13/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $63.09 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 09/12/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $63.09 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 09/12/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $43.30 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 09/11/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $127.60 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 09/11/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $84.44 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 09/11/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $64.09 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 09/11/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $63.09 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 09/11/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $30.31 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 09/10/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $158.98 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 06/22/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | PRESTIGE LP CERVICAL DISC SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.75 | General |
| Category: Cervical | ||||||
| 06/03/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INFINITY OCCIPITOCERVICAL UPPER THORACIC SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.70 | General |
| Category: Cervical | ||||||
| 05/16/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INFINITY OCCIPITOCERVICAL UPPER THORACIC SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.11 | General |
| Category: Cervical | ||||||
| 04/15/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | PRESTIGE LP CERVICAL DISC SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $7.51 | General |
| Category: Cervical | ||||||
| 04/08/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.06 | General |
| Category: Image Guided Surgery Products | ||||||
| 01/12/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INFINITY OCCIPITOCERVICAL UPPER THORACIC SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $7.74 | General |
| Category: Cervical | ||||||
| 08/08/2022 | Medtronic, Inc. | METRX SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.50 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 05/20/2022 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $112.75 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 05/20/2022 | Medtronic, Inc. | STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $45.73 | General |
| Category: Image Guided Surgery Products | ||||||
| 05/20/2022 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.25 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 03/03/2021 | NuVasive, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $63.82 | General |
| 10/10/2020 | NuVasive, Inc. | AttraX (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $63.47 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 10/07/2020 | NuVasive, Inc. | AttraX (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.83 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 03/06/2020 | NuVasive, Inc. | XLIF (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $75.45 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 69 | 72 | $17,444 | $4,159 |
| 2021 | 1 | 12 | 12 | $3,177 | $785.40 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
6 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2022 | 14 | 14 | $5,586 | $1,468 | 26.3% |
| 99221 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 30 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 13 | $3,878 | $997.88 | 25.7% |
| 99442 | Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | Office | 2022 | 15 | 15 | $2,940 | $720.84 | 24.5% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2022 | 12 | 12 | $2,880 | $495.57 | 17.2% |
| 99212 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes | Office | 2022 | 15 | 18 | $2,160 | $476.32 | 22.1% |
| 99203 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes | Office | 2021 | 12 | 12 | $3,177 | $785.40 | 24.7% |
About Dr. Brian Sindelar, M.D
Dr. Brian Sindelar, M.D is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in Burlington, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/28/2012. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1205196953.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Brian Sindelar, M.D has received a total of $6,527 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $846.61 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 54 transactions from 4 companies. The most common payment nature is "Travel and Lodging" ($4,380).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Sindelar has provided services to 81 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 84 services with total Medicare billing of $4,944. Data is available for 2 years (2021–2022), covering 6 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Neurological Surgery
- Other Specialties Neurological Surgery
- Location Burlington, NC
- Active Since 05/28/2012
- Last Updated 07/26/2024
- Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- Practice Solo Practitioner
- NPI Number 1205196953
Products in Payments
- XLIF (Device) $4,216
- IRRASflow (Device) $941.66
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $696.39
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM (Device) $127.60
- Cervical-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator (Device) $121.24
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM (Device) $84.48
- AttraX (Device) $78.30
- Trinity ELITE (Biological) $73.25
- PRESTIGE LP CERVICAL DISC SYSTEM (Device) $52.26
- INFINITY OCCIPITOCERVICAL UPPER THORACIC SYSTEM (Device) $40.55
- MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) $17.06
- METRX SYSTEM (Device) $14.50
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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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