Total Payments
$40,570
2024 Payments
$7,141
Companies
19
Transactions
124
Medicare Patients
765
Medicare Billing
$104,602
Payment Breakdown by Category
Other$25,000 (61.6%)
Food & Beverage$7,391 (18.2%)
Travel$4,179 (10.3%)
Consulting$4,000 (9.9%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | $25,000 | 2 | 61.6% |
| Food and Beverage | $7,391 | 108 | 18.2% |
| Travel and Lodging | $4,179 | 13 | 10.3% |
| Consulting Fee | $4,000 | 1 | 9.9% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medtronic USA, Inc. | $26,490 | 23 | $0 (2018) |
| Retropsoas Technologies, LLC | $4,000 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| Stryker Corporation | $3,759 | 18 | $0 (2024) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $2,511 | 28 | $0 (2024) |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $659.81 | 6 | $0 (2024) |
| SI-BONE, INC. | $562.89 | 7 | $0 (2024) |
| Aesculap, Inc. | $447.76 | 10 | $0 (2023) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $397.19 | 9 | $0 (2024) |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. | $326.91 | 4 | $0 (2024) |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | $267.35 | 2 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7,141 | 35 | Retropsoas Technologies, LLC ($4,000) |
| 2023 | $1,897 | 18 | Stryker Corporation ($734.72) |
| 2022 | $2,459 | 18 | Stryker Corporation ($1,668) |
| 2021 | $1,785 | 19 | Abbott Laboratories ($797.59) |
| 2020 | $222.49 | 2 | Abbott Laboratories ($127.04) |
| 2019 | $392.00 | 3 | Abbott Laboratories ($165.06) |
| 2018 | $6,445 | 11 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($6,329) |
| 2017 | $20,229 | 18 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($20,161) |
All Payment Transactions
124 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 5
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2024 | Retropsoas Technologies, LLC | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,000.00 | General |
| 12/24/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | PENTA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.37 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 12/18/2024 | ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) | CAPLYTA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.80 | General |
| Category: PSYCHIATRY | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | SI-BONE, INC. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $32.41 | General |
| 12/11/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $31.67 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $31.66 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 11/21/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ETERNA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $142.66 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 11/21/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ETERNA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.09 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | PICO (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $136.73 | General |
| Category: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | PICO 7 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.79 | General |
| Category: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy | ||||||
| 10/28/2024 | Stryker Corporation | EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $259.17 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 10/28/2024 | Stryker Corporation | EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $218.48 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 10/28/2024 | Stryker Corporation | EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.79 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 10/28/2024 | Stryker Corporation | EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.52 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 10/28/2024 | Stryker Corporation | N/A (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $5.05 | General |
| Category: NAVIGATION | ||||||
| 10/04/2024 | SI-BONE, INC. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $24.03 | General |
| 10/02/2024 | Stryker Corporation | EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $517.42 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 09/24/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | PROCLAIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $65.37 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 08/30/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | PROCLAIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $165.79 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 08/29/2024 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | TEZSPIRE (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $118.75 | General |
| Category: Respiratory | ||||||
| 08/09/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.06 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 08/08/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.06 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 07/31/2024 | Cerapedics Inc. | I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.23 | General |
| Category: PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT | ||||||
| 07/03/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ETERNA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $161.77 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 07/03/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ETERNA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.76 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12 | 310 | 378 | $209,012 | $50,472 |
| 2022 | 9 | 289 | 339 | $131,436 | $32,981 |
| 2021 | 7 | 166 | 195 | $79,388 | $21,149 |
Total Patients
765
Total Services
912
Medicare Billing
$104,602
Procedure Codes
28
All Medicare Procedures & Services
28 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2023 | 72 | 92 | $48,550 | $11,617 | 23.9% |
| 22614 | Fusion of additional segment of spine | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 26 | $30,044 | $7,078 | 23.6% |
| 22842 | Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 12 | $27,036 | $6,872 | 25.4% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 61 | 75 | $27,950 | $6,147 | 22.0% |
| 22853 | Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 22 | $16,799 | $4,259 | 25.4% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 41 | 42 | $16,140 | $4,113 | 25.5% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 25 | 25 | $12,793 | $3,273 | 25.6% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 20 | 20 | $9,745 | $2,370 | 24.3% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Office | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $8,435 | $2,038 | 24.2% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 16 | 17 | $4,466 | $958.89 | 21.5% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 12 | 12 | $3,974 | $921.80 | 23.2% |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 16 | 22 | $3,080 | $824.78 | 26.8% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 61 | 83 | $30,418 | $7,909 | 26.0% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 43 | 45 | $25,755 | $6,899 | 26.8% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2022 | 29 | 34 | $18,017 | $4,075 | 22.6% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 50 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 37 | 38 | $14,933 | $3,945 | 26.4% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2022 | 37 | 37 | $12,232 | $3,072 | 25.1% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2022 | 40 | 51 | $13,239 | $3,048 | 23.0% |
| 99233 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 15 | 22 | $6,516 | $1,737 | 26.7% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2022 | 16 | 16 | $7,664 | $1,579 | 20.6% |
| 99232 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 13 | $2,662 | $717.04 | 26.9% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 36 | 37 | $20,794 | $5,557 | 26.7% |
| 99215 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 40-54 minutes | Office | 2021 | 28 | 37 | $19,166 | $4,951 | 25.8% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Office | 2021 | 35 | 40 | $14,800 | $3,937 | 26.6% |
| 99204 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes | Office | 2021 | 17 | 17 | $8,143 | $2,240 | 27.5% |
About Chen Xu
Chen Xu is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/19/2014. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1821418641.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Chen Xu has received a total of $40,570 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $7,141 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 124 transactions from 19 companies. The most common payment nature is "Grant" ($25,000).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Xu has provided services to 765 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 912 services with total Medicare billing of $104,602. Data is available for 3 years (2021–2023), covering 28 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Neurological Surgery
- Location Pittsburgh, PA
- Active Since 04/19/2014
- Last Updated 07/09/2021
- Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1821418641
Products in Payments
- ACTIVA (Device) $26,200
- AERO-LL (Device) $2,075
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $1,035
- Proclaim IPG (Device) $784.99
- PROCLAIM (Device) $571.81
- ETERNA (Device) $443.58
- PENTA (Device) $406.03
- TEZSPIRE (Biological) $293.29
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs (Device) $292.10
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $284.96
- PROGAV 2.0 (Device) $263.24
- PICO 7 (Device) $190.18
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT (Device) $188.58
- IFUSE IMPLANT (Device) $170.54
- ALEUTIAN INTERBODY SYSTEMS (Device) $163.84
- Excelsius Deformity (Device) $163.50
- CHESAPEAKE STABILIZATION SYSTEM (Device) $163.04
- TRITANIUM (Device) $142.14
- N/A (Device) $141.01
- FLOSEAL (Device) $140.34
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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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