Total Payments
$106,225
2024 Payments
$6,246
Companies
47
Transactions
381
Medicare Patients
8,327
Medicare Billing
$1.5M
Payment Breakdown by Category
Consulting$61,388 (57.8%)
Food & Beverage$24,801 (23.3%)
Travel$19,927 (18.8%)
Gifts$100.00 (0.1%)
Other$10.00 (0.0%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $61,388 | 7 | 57.8% |
| Food and Beverage | $24,801 | 307 | 23.3% |
| Travel and Lodging | $19,927 | 65 | 18.8% |
| Gift | $100.00 | 1 | 0.1% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $10.00 | 1 | 0.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stryker Corporation | $67,411 | 80 | $0 (2024) |
| SPINEART USA INC | $11,793 | 45 | $0 (2024) |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | $10,198 | 108 | $0 (2024) |
| CoreLink, LLC | $5,614 | 12 | $0 (2022) |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $2,373 | 39 | $0 (2022) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $1,058 | 9 | $0 (2024) |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | $828.30 | 5 | $0 (2021) |
| GS Solutions, Inc. | $650.74 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
| PAINTEQ LLC | $459.74 | 4 | $0 (2023) |
| SI-BONE, INC. | $450.80 | 8 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6,246 | 33 | SPINEART USA INC ($3,156) |
| 2023 | $7,913 | 52 | Spineart USA Inc ($5,328) |
| 2022 | $4,984 | 56 | Alphatec Spine, Inc ($1,629) |
| 2021 | $9,409 | 89 | CoreLink, LLC ($4,293) |
| 2020 | $2,908 | 38 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. ($931.43) |
| 2019 | $16,490 | 39 | Stryker Corporation ($12,406) |
| 2018 | $41,859 | 37 | Stryker Corporation ($38,789) |
| 2017 | $16,417 | 37 | Stryker Corporation ($15,509) |
All Payment Transactions
381 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 16
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/14/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | SACRLET AC-T INSTRUMENTATION (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $138.10 | General |
| Category: Orthopedic | ||||||
| 12/13/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | Perla TL (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $141.32 | General |
| Category: Orthopedic | ||||||
| 12/12/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,500.00 | General |
| 11/11/2024 | SI-BONE, INC. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $18.01 | General |
| 11/05/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | — | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $946.40 | General |
| 10/11/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ETERNA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $171.33 | General |
| Category: RAPID DIAGNOSTICS | ||||||
| 10/05/2024 | BIOTRONIK NRO, Inc. | Prospera (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $65.58 | General |
| Category: Not Applicable | ||||||
| 10/05/2024 | SPR Therapeutics, Inc | SPRINT PNS System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $62.74 | General |
| Category: Pain management | ||||||
| 10/05/2024 | Curonix LLC | PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $55.85 | General |
| Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT | ||||||
| 10/03/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $95.96 | General |
| Category: General - Pain Management_NMD | ||||||
| 10/03/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | Perla TL (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $45.71 | General |
| Category: Orthopedic | ||||||
| 10/02/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $150.00 | General |
| 09/04/2024 | Centinel Spine, LLC | PRODISC C VIVO (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $26.05 | General |
| Category: Spine Implant | ||||||
| 08/20/2024 | Sanara MedTech Inc. | CellerateRx (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $50.00 | General |
| Category: Collagen based wound filler | ||||||
| 08/08/2024 | Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $139.15 | General |
| 07/19/2024 | Cerapedics Inc. | I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $146.15 | General |
| Category: PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT | ||||||
| 07/18/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $144.34 | General |
| 07/18/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.26 | General |
| 06/01/2024 | BIOTRONIK NRO, Inc. | Prospera (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $144.41 | General |
| Category: Not Applicable | ||||||
| 05/28/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | Perla TL (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $27.77 | General |
| Category: Orthopedic | ||||||
| 04/18/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | Other - Miscellaneous (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $325.08 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 04/16/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | SACRLET AC-T INSTRUMENTATION (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $59.04 | General |
| Category: Orthopedic | ||||||
| 04/11/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | Other - Miscellaneous (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $530.00 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 04/09/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $92.31 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 03/28/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | Other - Miscellaneous (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $25.00 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20 | 1,584 | 1,862 | $1.4M | $282,534 |
| 2022 | 26 | 2,372 | 3,288 | $1.6M | $470,954 |
| 2021 | 25 | 2,228 | 3,103 | $1.5M | $436,306 |
| 2020 | 28 | 2,143 | 2,757 | $1.3M | $338,336 |
Total Patients
8,327
Total Services
11,010
Medicare Billing
$1.5M
Procedure Codes
99
All Medicare Procedures & Services
99 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 4
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 482 | 705 | $227,480 | $74,445 | 32.7% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 279 | 279 | $153,467 | $38,419 | 25.0% |
| 22612 | Fusion of spine in lower back | Facility | 2023 | 21 | 21 | $136,056 | $28,737 | 21.1% |
| 63047 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | Facility | 2023 | 32 | 33 | $125,676 | $25,545 | 20.3% |
| 72148 | Mri scan of lower spinal canal without contrast | Office | 2023 | 190 | 191 | $224,616 | $25,372 | 11.3% |
| 22558 | Fusion of lower spine bone through abdomen with partial removal of disc | Facility | 2023 | 23 | 23 | $136,761 | $12,877 | 9.4% |
| 22853 | Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | Facility | 2023 | 35 | 59 | $54,191 | $12,618 | 23.3% |
| 22840 | Placement of stabilizing device to back of 1 spine bone in neck | Facility | 2023 | 16 | 16 | $44,445 | $10,021 | 22.5% |
| 72141 | Mri scan of upper spinal canal without contrast | Office | 2023 | 74 | 75 | $88,200 | $9,977 | 11.3% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 148 | 160 | $27,646 | $7,951 | 28.8% |
| 22842 | Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 12 | $36,008 | $7,529 | 20.9% |
| 22614 | Fusion of additional segment of spine | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 19 | $29,372 | $5,977 | 20.3% |
| 72110 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views | Office | 2023 | 99 | 99 | $11,880 | $5,265 | 44.3% |
| 72146 | Mri scan of middle spinal canal without contrast | Office | 2023 | 24 | 25 | $29,400 | $3,536 | 12.0% |
| 22585 | Fusion of spine bones through front of body with partial removal of disc, each additional disc | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 15 | $18,777 | $3,013 | 16.0% |
| 63048 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 16 | $11,125 | $2,810 | 25.3% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2023 | 26 | 26 | $8,632 | $2,794 | 32.4% |
| 72195 | Mri scan of pelvis without contrast | Office | 2023 | 15 | 15 | $26,730 | $2,732 | 10.2% |
| 72050 | X-ray of upper spine, 4-5 views | Office | 2023 | 31 | 31 | $3,441 | $1,673 | 48.6% |
| 72100 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 40 | 42 | $3,612 | $1,241 | 34.4% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 607 | 1,036 | $256,928 | $116,796 | 45.5% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2022 | 418 | 765 | $130,050 | $58,231 | 44.8% |
| 72148 | Mri scan of lower spinal canal without contrast | Office | 2022 | 267 | 284 | $333,984 | $37,315 | 11.2% |
| 63047 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | Facility | 2022 | 59 | 60 | $119,259 | $36,049 | 30.2% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2022 | 225 | 225 | $83,925 | $31,837 | 37.9% |
About Dr. Brian Su, MD
Dr. Brian Su, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine healthcare provider based in Larkspur, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 02/05/2008. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1063690782.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Brian Su, MD has received a total of $106,225 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $6,246 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 381 transactions from 47 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($61,388).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Su has provided services to 8,327 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 11,010 services with total Medicare billing of $1.5M. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 99 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
- Other Specialties Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
- Location Larkspur, CA
- Active Since 02/05/2008
- Last Updated 11/21/2023
- Taxonomy Code 207XS0117X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1063690782
Products in Payments
- ARIA (Device) $13,826
- ACCULIF (Device) $13,415
- AERO (Device) $11,405
- ES2 (Device) $11,333
- XIA (Device) $11,226
- Other - Miscellaneous (Device) $4,154
- PERLA C (Device) $3,337
- Tritanium (Device) $1,492
- MULTIPLE (Device) $1,360
- SCARLET AL-T (Device) $1,308
- IdentiTi (Device) $1,078
- CONDUIT (Device) $995.05
- Proclaim IPG (Device) $805.26
- SERRATO (Device) $704.33
- TRITANIUM (Device) $634.36
- Invictus MIS (Device) $562.59
- RISE-L (Device) $559.96
- PERLA TL (Device) $535.63
- SYMPHONY (Device) $514.10
- PAINTEQ (Device) $459.74
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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.