Total Payments
$16,199
2024 Payments
$835.30
Companies
34
Transactions
436
Medicare Patients
4,309
Medicare Billing
$927,204
Payment Breakdown by Category
Food & Beverage$10,046 (62.0%)
Travel$4,103 (25.3%)
Other$2,050 (12.7%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $10,046 | 413 | 62.0% |
| Travel and Lodging | $4,103 | 22 | 25.3% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $2,050 | 1 | 12.7% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | $5,464 | 150 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $3,791 | 45 | $0 (2024) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $1,887 | 24 | $0 (2024) |
| Stryker Corporation | $1,154 | 5 | $0 (2017) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $883.89 | 49 | $0 (2021) |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC | $826.09 | 54 | $0 (2024) |
| SI-BONE, INC. | $405.81 | 13 | $0 (2024) |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | $276.25 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
| Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. | $233.87 | 13 | $0 (2019) |
| Medtronic USA, Inc. | $167.14 | 7 | $0 (2020) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $835.30 | 31 | Nevro Corp. ($514.17) |
| 2023 | $2,306 | 68 | Medtronic, Inc. ($1,288) |
| 2022 | $2,413 | 52 | Nevro Corp. ($2,149) |
| 2021 | $5,122 | 61 | Medtronic, Inc. ($2,376) |
| 2020 | $1,214 | 76 | Nevro Corp. ($562.54) |
| 2019 | $1,610 | 89 | Nevro Corp. ($645.54) |
| 2018 | $1,124 | 45 | Abbott Laboratories ($429.28) |
| 2017 | $1,575 | 14 | Stryker Corporation ($1,154) |
All Payment Transactions
436 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 18
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/15/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.29 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 10/18/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.01 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 10/01/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $8.29 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 09/26/2024 | Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC | RELISTOR (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.47 | General |
| Category: Gastroenterology | ||||||
| 09/17/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $9.78 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 09/13/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $9.15 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 09/09/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.44 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 08/30/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $10.83 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 08/21/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $149.92 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 08/03/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $32.33 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 07/22/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $86.59 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 07/09/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.56 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 07/02/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.01 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 06/21/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.35 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 05/17/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.34 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 05/01/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $10.45 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 04/25/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.24 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 04/17/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | UBRELVY (Drug), BOTOX | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.86 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 03/22/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.24 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 03/11/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.64 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 03/07/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.19 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 03/07/2024 | Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | HORIZANT (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.93 | General |
| Category: CEREBROVASCULARCNS | ||||||
| 02/28/2024 | Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC | RELISTOR (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $28.24 | General |
| Category: Gastroenterology | ||||||
| 02/20/2024 | Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | Evoke (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $93.82 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 02/19/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $41.36 | General |
| Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 28 | 1,435 | 4,525 | $1.2M | $232,988 |
| 2022 | 13 | 824 | 2,786 | $939,001 | $192,737 |
| 2021 | 18 | 961 | 3,192 | $1.2M | $230,702 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,089 | 5,273 | $2.1M | $270,777 |
Total Patients
4,309
Total Services
15,776
Medicare Billing
$927,204
Procedure Codes
85
All Medicare Procedures & Services
85 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 3 of 4
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27096 | Injection procedure into sacroiliac joint for anesthetic or steroid | Office | 2021 | 22 | 31 | $28,899 | $4,180 | 14.5% |
| 64636 | Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves with imaging guidance | Office | 2021 | 15 | 20 | $17,724 | $3,685 | 20.8% |
| 76942 | Ultrasonic guidance imaging supervision and interpretation for insertion of needle | Office | 2021 | 21 | 66 | $10,560 | $2,713 | 25.7% |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule | Office | 2021 | 24 | 29 | $7,465 | $1,496 | 20.0% |
| 64484 | Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, each additional level | Office | 2021 | 12 | 13 | $5,306 | $1,190 | 22.4% |
| J1040 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg | Office | 2021 | 79 | 120 | $11,189 | $1,016 | 9.1% |
| 96372 | Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention | Office | 2021 | 12 | 15 | $1,265 | $154.98 | 12.2% |
| J1100 | Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg | Office | 2021 | 58 | 942 | $220,767 | $113.94 | 0.1% |
| J1030 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg | Office | 2021 | 20 | 24 | $1,137 | $111.63 | 9.8% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes | Office | 2020 | 221 | 1,189 | $521,353 | $92,710 | 17.8% |
| 63650 | Implantation of spinal neurostimulator electrodes, accessed through the skin | Office | 2020 | 17 | 29 | $158,865 | $34,031 | 21.4% |
| 80307 | Testing for presence of drug | Office | 2020 | 212 | 503 | $50,300 | $31,033 | 61.7% |
| 64483 | Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance | Office | 2020 | 40 | 70 | $99,842 | $16,259 | 16.3% |
| 62323 | Injection of substance into spinal canal of lower back or sacrum using imaging guidance | Office | 2020 | 51 | 58 | $58,668 | $11,303 | 19.3% |
| 64635 | Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance | Office | 2020 | 21 | 27 | $71,842 | $10,978 | 15.3% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes | Office | 2020 | 78 | 78 | $52,076 | $8,805 | 16.9% |
| 64636 | Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves with imaging guidance | Office | 2020 | 21 | 49 | $53,881 | $8,283 | 15.4% |
| 64493 | Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance | Office | 2020 | 22 | 40 | $53,790 | $7,536 | 14.0% |
| 62321 | Injection of substance into spinal canal of upper or middle back using imaging guidance | Office | 2020 | 22 | 33 | $33,801 | $6,269 | 18.5% |
| 64633 | Destruction of upper or middle spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance | Office | 2020 | 11 | 17 | $31,123 | $5,712 | 18.4% |
| 64490 | Injections of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance | Office | 2020 | 16 | 25 | $35,841 | $5,062 | 14.1% |
| 64634 | Destruction of upper or middle spinal facet joint nerves with imaging guidance | Office | 2020 | 11 | 31 | $25,731 | $4,661 | 18.1% |
| 27096 | Injection procedure into sacroiliac joint for anesthetic or steroid | Office | 2020 | 19 | 30 | $27,586 | $4,392 | 15.9% |
| 64494 | Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance | Office | 2020 | 22 | 40 | $26,877 | $4,003 | 14.9% |
| 64495 | Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance | Office | 2020 | 19 | 36 | $24,048 | $3,609 | 15.0% |
About Dr. Christian Samuelson, MD
Dr. Christian Samuelson, MD is a Anesthesiology healthcare provider based in Live Oak, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/18/2013. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1457795676.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Christian Samuelson, MD has received a total of $16,199 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $835.30 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 436 transactions from 34 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($10,046).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Samuelson has provided services to 4,309 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 15,776 services with total Medicare billing of $927,204. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 85 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Anesthesiology
- Location Live Oak, TX
- Active Since 04/18/2013
- Last Updated 05/24/2022
- Taxonomy Code 207L00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- Practice Solo Practitioner
- NPI Number 1457795676
Products in Payments
- Omnia (Device) $2,828
- SYNCHROMED (Device) $2,058
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA (Device) $1,571
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System (Device) $1,496
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) $1,401
- Senza (Device) $1,141
- Tritanium (Device) $906.77
- RELISTOR (Drug) $478.73
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs (Device) $409.57
- INTELLIS (Device) $337.05
- iFuse Implant (Device) $306.40
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs (Device) $247.84
- RELISTOR ORAL (Drug) $247.37
- Zilretta (Drug) $233.87
- Evoke SCS (Device) $182.43
- Gralise (Drug) $151.39
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) $149.35
- IVS - Vertebral Augmentation Products (Device) $136.60
- Superion ISS (Device) $125.05
- Doptelet (Drug) $122.62
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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.