Total Payments
$75,187
2024 Payments
$365.04
Companies
10
Transactions
154
Medicare Patients
764
Medicare Billing
$67,305

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$60,300 (80.2%)
Travel$5,875 (7.8%)
Food & Beverage$5,412 (7.2%)
Education$3,600 (4.8%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $60,300 10 80.2%
Travel and Lodging $5,875 25 7.8%
Food and Beverage $5,412 116 7.2%
Education $3,600 3 4.8%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Arthrex, Inc. $68,619 114 $0 (2022)
Saxum Surgical, Inc. $4,170 9 $0 (2024)
Stryker Corporation $1,027 14 $0 (2023)
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $691.54 8 $0 (2024)
Micromed Inc $447.44 2 $0 (2019)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $69.69 2 $0 (2023)
Innovation Technologies Inc $62.50 1 $0 (2021)
Vericel Corporation $45.57 2 $0 (2021)
Cartiheal (2009) LTD. $37.87 1 $0 (2023)
ERMI Inc. $15.66 1 $0 (2019)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $365.04 5 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($228.77)
2023 $780.37 8 Saxum Surgical, Inc. ($407.67)
2022 $20,687 41 Arthrex, Inc. ($16,814)
2021 $29,031 36 Arthrex, Inc. ($28,819)
2020 $1,215 5 Arthrex, Inc. ($1,000)
2019 $15,464 44 Arthrex, Inc. ($14,855)
2018 $7,644 15 Arthrex, Inc. ($7,131)

All Payment Transactions

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

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
09/13/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. Q-FIX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.86 General
Category: Sports Med Hip
07/11/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. CAP-FIX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $116.98 General
Category: Sports Med Hip
07/11/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. CAP-FIX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $49.08 General
Category: Sports Med Hip
02/15/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. CAP-FIX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $37.85 General
Category: Sports Med Hip
01/22/2024 Saxum Surgical, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $136.27 General
07/28/2023 Saxum Surgical, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $46.67 General
07/28/2023 Saxum Surgical, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $33.61 General
07/13/2023 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ACUFEX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $142.86 General
Category: Sports Med Shoulder
07/06/2023 Cartiheal (2009) LTD. Agili-C (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $37.87 General
Category: Sports Med Knee
07/02/2023 Saxum Surgical, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $187.39 General
05/17/2023 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Tapestry (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $43.82 General
Category: Sports Medicine
04/18/2023 Saxum Surgical, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $140.00 General
01/10/2023 Stryker Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $148.15 General
10/06/2022 Saxum Surgical, Inc. Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
09/08/2022 Saxum Surgical, Inc. Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
08/11/2022 Saxum Surgical, Inc. Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
08/11/2022 Saxum Surgical, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.39 General
07/28/2022 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 $8,750.00 General
07/28/2022 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 $3,150.00 General
07/14/2022 Stryker Corporation INSPACE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $51.61 General
Category: SPORTS MEDICINE
05/26/2022 Arthrex, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $325.33 General
05/26/2022 Arthrex, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $325.33 General
05/26/2022 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $108.58 General
05/26/2022 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $100.60 General
05/26/2022 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $82.37 General

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 6 104 128 $49,017 $11,031
2022 6 172 210 $72,845 $17,748
2021 8 218 290 $75,863 $18,361
2020 9 270 371 $83,216 $20,165
Total Patients
764
Total Services
999
Medicare Billing
$67,305
Procedure Codes
29

All Medicare Procedures & Services

29 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 36 49 $20,209 $4,657 23.0%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 12 17 $10,020 $2,147 21.4%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 14 14 $7,649 $1,694 22.1%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 13 14 $4,221 $1,096 26.0%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 13 16 $3,948 $854.86 21.7%
73564 X-ray of knee, 4 or more views Office 2023 16 18 $2,970 $581.75 19.6%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 46 59 $24,758 $5,970 24.1%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 35 35 $18,570 $4,481 24.1%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2022 24 24 $8,782 $2,236 25.5%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 22 29 $8,720 $2,236 25.6%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2022 15 29 $6,485 $1,673 25.8%
73564 X-ray of knee, 4 or more views Office 2022 30 34 $5,530 $1,153 20.9%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Office 2021 52 52 $27,186 $6,675 24.6%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 30 39 $14,421 $3,947 27.4%
99213 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes Office 2021 35 49 $12,873 $3,539 27.5%
99203 New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes Office 2021 23 23 $8,234 $1,481 18.0%
73564 X-ray of knee, 4 or more views Office 2021 32 37 $5,717 $1,124 19.7%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule Office 2021 16 18 $3,629 $989.58 27.3%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2021 19 24 $2,795 $556.87 19.9%
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg Office 2021 11 48 $1,008 $49.28 4.9%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes Office 2020 42 42 $20,958 $5,199 24.8%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes Office 2020 43 58 $18,700 $4,750 25.4%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes Office 2020 40 40 $13,979 $3,336 23.9%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes Office 2020 35 44 $10,802 $2,687 24.9%
73564 X-ray of knee, 4 or more views Office 2020 47 61 $8,853 $1,943 21.9%

About Dr. Carlos Uquillas, MD

Dr. Carlos Uquillas, MD is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in Los Angeles, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/28/2010. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1255658332.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Carlos Uquillas, MD has received a total of $75,187 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $365.04 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 154 transactions from 10 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($60,300).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Uquillas has provided services to 764 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 999 services with total Medicare billing of $67,305. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 29 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • CINCHLOCK SS (Device) $692.10
  • CAP-FIX (Device) $203.91
  • Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System (Device) $194.91
  • ACUFEX (Device) $142.86
  • MICRORAPTOR Knotless Shoulder (Device) $125.00
  • NONE (Device) $111.58
  • Irrisept (Device) $62.50
  • INSPACE (Device) $51.61
  • MACI (Biological) $45.57
  • Tapestry (Device) $43.82
  • Agili-C (Device) $37.87
  • Biomet Orthopak (Device) $25.87
  • Q-FIX (Device) $24.86
  • MAKO (Device) $23.32

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.

Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Doctors in Los Angeles