Total Payments
$113,134
2024 Payments
$23,938
Companies
16
Transactions
182
Medicare Patients
1,084
Medicare Billing
$178,454
Payment Breakdown by Category
Other$46,890 (41.4%)
Consulting$37,731 (33.4%)
Travel$22,787 (20.1%)
Food & Beverage$5,725 (5.1%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $37,731 | 16 | 33.4% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $26,100 | 4 | 23.1% |
| Travel and Lodging | $22,787 | 53 | 20.1% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program | $10,000 | 4 | 8.8% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program | $8,540 | 7 | 7.5% |
| Food and Beverage | $5,725 | 97 | 5.1% |
| Honoraria | $2,250 | 1 | 2.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical, Inc. | $61,947 | 58 | $0 (2024) |
| Synthes GmbH | $26,818 | 29 | $0 (2024) |
| Amgen Inc. | $7,755 | 6 | $0 (2024) |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $7,314 | 17 | $0 (2022) |
| Stryker Corporation | $5,197 | 46 | $0 (2024) |
| ILLUMINOSS MEDICAL, INC. | $2,250 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $625.64 | 8 | $0 (2024) |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | $407.29 | 2 | $0 (2024) |
| ACUMED LLC | $212.25 | 4 | $0 (2023) |
| Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc. | $187.50 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $23,938 | 43 | Globus Medical, Inc. ($8,785) |
| 2023 | $50,828 | 55 | Globus Medical, Inc. ($48,443) |
| 2022 | $10,512 | 12 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($6,252) |
| 2021 | $4,304 | 9 | Synthes GmbH ($4,077) |
| 2020 | $3,567 | 6 | Synthes GmbH ($3,471) |
| 2019 | $9,249 | 15 | Globus Medical, Inc. ($4,719) |
| 2018 | $6,904 | 36 | Synthes GmbH ($3,431) |
| 2017 | $3,832 | 6 | Synthes GmbH ($3,521) |
All Payment Transactions
182 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 8
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/24/2024 | Amgen Inc. | EVENITY (Biological) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,494.00 | General |
| Category: Bone Health | ||||||
| 12/10/2024 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $99.46 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 12/10/2024 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $30.01 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 12/09/2024 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $245.65 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 12/09/2024 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $171.47 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 12/09/2024 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $165.37 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 12/09/2024 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $51.54 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 12/09/2024 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.38 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 12/09/2024 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.17 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 11/19/2024 | Amgen Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $63.84 | General |
| 10/23/2024 | MY01 Inc. | MY01 Continuous Compartmental Pressure Monitor (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.78 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics | ||||||
| 10/12/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | Distal Tibia Plating (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.44 | General |
| Category: Trauma (Emergency, Injury, Surgery) | ||||||
| 10/11/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | Fitbone (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $285.00 | General |
| Category: Rod, Fixation, Intramedullary And Accessories | ||||||
| 10/10/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $122.29 | General |
| 10/07/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | EVO Antegrade (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.14 | General |
| Category: Trauma (Emergency, Injury, Surgery) | ||||||
| 10/04/2024 | SI-BONE, INC. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $167.51 | General |
| 10/03/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | Autobahn (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $6,181.25 | General |
| Category: Trauma (Emergency, Injury, Surgery) | ||||||
| 10/03/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | Autobahn (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,725.00 | General |
| Category: Trauma (Emergency, Injury, Surgery) | ||||||
| 10/02/2024 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $34.20 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 10/02/2024 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.21 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 09/27/2024 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $379.84 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 08/24/2024 | Synthes GmbH | — | Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,500.00 | General |
| 08/24/2024 | Synthes GmbH | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $686.70 | General |
| 08/24/2024 | Synthes GmbH | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $328.95 | General |
| 08/24/2024 | Synthes GmbH | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $133.37 | General |
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | 308 | 370 | $255,578 | $61,713 |
| 2022 | 8 | 304 | 341 | $241,427 | $59,580 |
| 2021 | 7 | 285 | 318 | $177,933 | $45,390 |
| 2020 | 4 | 187 | 211 | $51,708 | $11,771 |
Total Patients
1,084
Total Services
1,240
Medicare Billing
$178,454
Procedure Codes
27
All Medicare Procedures & Services
27 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27236 | Treatment of upper end of broken thigh bone with placement of stabilizing device or prosthetic replacement | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 19 | $77,355 | $19,750 | 25.5% |
| 27245 | Treatment of broken neck of thigh bone with bone implant | Facility | 2023 | 18 | 18 | $75,108 | $18,827 | 25.1% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 79 | 79 | $33,510 | $8,297 | 24.8% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 81 | 113 | $24,604 | $5,603 | 22.8% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 33 | 33 | $15,719 | $3,624 | 23.1% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 27 | 36 | $11,528 | $2,560 | 22.2% |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | Office | 2023 | 34 | 55 | $12,618 | $2,060 | 16.3% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 17 | 17 | $5,136 | $992.52 | 19.3% |
| 27245 | Treatment of broken neck of thigh bone with bone implant | Facility | 2022 | 19 | 19 | $77,779 | $20,356 | 26.2% |
| 27236 | Treatment of upper end of broken thigh bone with placement of stabilizing device or prosthetic replacement | Facility | 2022 | 16 | 16 | $68,005 | $17,142 | 25.2% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 50 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 83 | 84 | $36,474 | $8,832 | 24.2% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2022 | 79 | 100 | $21,680 | $5,247 | 24.2% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2022 | 28 | 28 | $12,269 | $2,892 | 23.6% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 21 | 24 | $7,682 | $1,914 | 24.9% |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | Office | 2022 | 34 | 46 | $10,626 | $1,729 | 16.3% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2022 | 24 | 24 | $6,912 | $1,467 | 21.2% |
| 27245 | Surgical treatment of broken thigh bone with implant | Facility | 2021 | 20 | 20 | $81,440 | $21,666 | 26.6% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 114 | 117 | $51,684 | $12,032 | 23.3% |
| 99213 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes | Office | 2021 | 58 | 70 | $13,271 | $3,662 | 27.6% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Office | 2021 | 30 | 35 | $9,810 | $2,844 | 29.0% |
| 99204 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes | Office | 2021 | 22 | 22 | $9,585 | $2,608 | 27.2% |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule | Office | 2021 | 28 | 41 | $8,525 | $1,632 | 19.1% |
| 99203 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes | Office | 2021 | 13 | 13 | $3,618 | $945.23 | 26.1% |
| 99221 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day | Facility | 2020 | 83 | 86 | $28,208 | $6,993 | 24.8% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes | Office | 2020 | 56 | 68 | $11,356 | $2,246 | 19.8% |
About Dr. Carol Lin, MD
Dr. Carol Lin, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Los Angeles, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 11/24/2009. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1962730325.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Carol Lin, MD has received a total of $113,134 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $23,938 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 182 transactions from 16 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($37,731).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Lin has provided services to 1,084 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,240 services with total Medicare billing of $178,454. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 27 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
- Location Los Angeles, CA
- Active Since 11/24/2009
- Last Updated 11/18/2014
- Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1962730325
Products in Payments
- Periprosthetic Fracture (Device) $40,562
- Autobahn (Device) $7,906
- EVENITY (Biological) $7,691
- NA (Device) $6,245
- Ankle Fracture System (Device) $4,664
- Clavicle Fixation (Device) $4,623
- Photodynamic Bone Stabilization Procedure Pack (Device) $2,250
- MIS Lumbar Discectomy Instruments (Device) $1,800
- MAKO (Device) $1,248
- Clavicular Fracture Fixation (Device) $965.90
- TRIDENT (Device) $952.53
- MATRIXRIB (Device) $817.08
- ACCOLADE (Device) $692.06
- AXSOS (Device) $667.99
- TRIATHLON (Device) $347.60
- Proximal Tibia Plate (Device) $314.73
- T2 ALPHA (Device) $300.00
- Fitbone (Device) $285.00
- ADAPT (Device) $251.15
- CMF & Thoracic Product Portfolio (Device) $239.88
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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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