Dr. Brian Wolf, MD

NPI: 1255326732
Total Payments
$236,101
2024 Payments
$58,899
Companies
11
Transactions
154
Medicare Patients
118
Medicare Billing
$7,357

Payment Breakdown by Category

Royalty/License$173,882 (73.6%)
Travel$31,235 (13.2%)
Consulting$22,750 (9.6%)
Food & Beverage$5,234 (2.2%)
Other$3,000 (1.3%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Royalty or License $173,882 25 73.6%
Travel and Lodging $31,235 43 13.2%
Consulting Fee $22,750 12 9.6%
Food and Beverage $5,234 72 2.2%
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program $3,000 2 1.3%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Linvatec Corporation $234,581 136 $0 (2024)
WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. $282.40 2 $0 (2018)
DJO, LLC $255.38 2 $0 (2018)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $247.82 3 $0 (2024)
Arthrex, Inc. $243.70 3 $0 (2020)
Stryker Corporation $154.28 1 $0 (2023)
MEDACTA USA, INC. $125.00 1 $0 (2022)
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $85.19 3 $0 (2023)
Vericel Corporation $81.65 1 $0 (2018)
Mallinckrodt LLC $31.53 1 $0 (2017)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $58,899 5 Linvatec Corporation ($58,765)
2023 $74,670 17 Linvatec Corporation ($74,345)
2022 $24,176 7 Linvatec Corporation ($24,028)
2021 $27,422 21 Linvatec Corporation ($27,422)
2020 $13,633 17 Linvatec Corporation ($13,517)
2019 $15,973 32 Linvatec Corporation ($15,973)
2018 $10,567 33 Linvatec Corporation ($10,133)
2017 $10,762 22 Linvatec Corporation ($10,396)

All Payment Transactions

154 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 7

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/21/2024 Linvatec Corporation EZSTART (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $17,808.48 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
10/16/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Tapestry (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $133.96 General
Category: Sports Medicine
08/28/2024 Linvatec Corporation EZSTART (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $16,109.32 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
05/29/2024 Linvatec Corporation KNEE BIOLOGICS (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $13,209.93 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
02/26/2024 Linvatec Corporation KNEE BIOLOGICS (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $11,637.72 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
11/30/2023 Linvatec Corporation EZSTART (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $10,339.27 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
11/16/2023 Linvatec Corporation INFINITY KNEE SYSTEM (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $24,250.00 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
10/26/2023 Linvatec Corporation INFINITY KNEE SYSTEM (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,000.00 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
09/07/2023 Linvatec Corporation EZSTART (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $13,908.06 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
08/31/2023 Linvatec Corporation BIOBRACE 23MM (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $6,000.00 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
08/31/2023 Linvatec Corporation BIOBRACE 23MM (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $26.00 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
08/29/2023 Linvatec Corporation LIVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $98.70 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
08/20/2023 Linvatec Corporation BIOBRACE 23MM (Device), LIVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $213.57 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
08/01/2023 Linvatec Corporation LIVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $28.00 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
07/13/2023 Stryker Corporation ICONIX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $154.28 General
Category: SPORTS MEDICINE
06/22/2023 Linvatec Corporation EZSTART (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $12,270.56 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
05/08/2023 Linvatec Corporation BIOBRACE 23MM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $117.48 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
04/20/2023 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. ATTUNE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.59 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
04/14/2023 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $56.93 General
04/14/2023 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $56.93 General
04/12/2023 Smith+Nephew, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $42.98 General
02/23/2023 Linvatec Corporation EZSTART (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $6,093.20 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
12/05/2022 Linvatec Corporation EZSTART (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $6,794.08 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
08/25/2022 Linvatec Corporation EZSTART (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $6,214.18 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
05/26/2022 Linvatec Corporation EZSTART (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $4,730.27 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 2 24 28 $8,565 $1,400
2022 2 26 26 $12,046 $1,785
2021 2 25 28 $8,821 $1,757
2020 3 43 49 $16,246 $2,415
Total Patients
118
Total Services
131
Medicare Billing
$7,357
Procedure Codes
9

All Medicare Procedures & Services

9 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 11 11 $4,217 $724.70 17.2%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 13 17 $4,348 $675.68 15.5%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 11 11 $6,391 $908.73 14.2%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2022 15 15 $5,655 $876.12 15.5%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 14 15 $5,562 $1,140 20.5%
99213 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes Office 2021 11 13 $3,259 $616.80 18.9%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes Office 2020 16 20 $7,311 $1,164 15.9%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes Office 2020 15 15 $5,508 $769.27 14.0%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes Office 2020 12 14 $3,427 $481.15 14.0%

About Dr. Brian Wolf, MD

Dr. Brian Wolf, MD is a Sports Medicine healthcare provider based in Iowa City, Iowa. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 09/12/2005. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1255326732.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Brian Wolf, MD has received a total of $236,101 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $58,899 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 154 transactions from 11 companies. The most common payment nature is "Royalty or License" ($173,882).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Wolf has provided services to 118 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 131 services with total Medicare billing of $7,357. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 9 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Sports Medicine
  • Location Iowa City, IA
  • Active Since 09/12/2005
  • Last Updated 03/14/2025
  • Taxonomy Code 207XX0005X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1255326732

Products in Payments

  • EZSTART (Device) $112,616
  • KNEE BIOLOGICS (Device) $28,838
  • INFINITY KNEE SYSTEM (Device) $25,250
  • LINVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM (Device) $21,617
  • Knee Biologics (Device) $18,485
  • EZSTART SCREW (Device) $12,168
  • BIOBRACE 23MM (Device) $6,357
  • LINVATEC ARTHROSCOPY (Device) $3,000
  • LIVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM (Device) $2,567
  • Linvatec Knee Preservation System (Device) $1,461
  • LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY (Device) $1,176
  • Linvatec Arthroscopy (Device) $294.02
  • ICONIX (Device) $154.28
  • Linvatec Shoulder Arthroscopy (Device) $149.90
  • PITON (Device) $142.30
  • SIMPLICITI (Device) $140.10
  • Linvatec Hip Preservation System (Device) $139.78
  • Tapestry (Device) $133.96
  • REVERSE SHOULDER (Device) $125.00
  • KNEE & HIP IMPLANTS SUSPENSORY FIXATION ACL TIGHTROPE (Device) $95.29

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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