Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $12,696 | 210 | 80.0% |
| Travel and Lodging | $3,182 | 4 | 20.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | $3,515 | 7 | $0 (2021) |
| Medtronic USA, Inc. | $3,360 | 69 | $0 (2020) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $3,134 | 42 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $2,656 | 50 | $0 (2024) |
| Nevro Corp. | $849.78 | 10 | $0 (2024) |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $406.23 | 5 | $0 (2022) |
| NuVasive, Inc. | $320.74 | 5 | $0 (2022) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $269.62 | 5 | $0 (2023) |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | $234.86 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | $155.20 | 3 | $0 (2023) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,399 | 25 | Medtronic, Inc. ($836.69) |
| 2023 | $1,338 | 20 | Medtronic, Inc. ($585.20) |
| 2022 | $1,351 | 18 | Medtronic, Inc. ($665.48) |
| 2021 | $1,242 | 21 | Medtronic, Inc. ($568.41) |
| 2020 | $3,999 | 24 | Alphatec Spine, Inc ($3,364) |
| 2019 | $2,160 | 42 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($731.64) |
| 2018 | $2,173 | 34 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($1,117) |
| 2017 | $2,215 | 30 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($1,091) |
All Payment Transactions
214 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 9
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.79 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 12/17/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $75.73 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 12/12/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.21 | General |
| 11/25/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.95 | General |
| Category: General - Pain Management_NMD | ||||||
| 11/22/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $9.14 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 11/08/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $29.73 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 11/07/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $80.51 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 11/06/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $5.59 | General |
| Category: General - Pain Management_NMD | ||||||
| 11/05/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $2.18 | General |
| Category: General - Pain Management_NMD | ||||||
| 10/30/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $130.72 | General |
| 10/23/2024 | Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | Evoke (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $37.99 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 10/14/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $58.01 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 09/18/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $134.12 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 09/18/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $32.09 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 09/04/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | ELSA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $110.00 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 08/27/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | Bendini (Device), RELINE, Modulus | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $57.74 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 08/06/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $46.08 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 07/15/2024 | Curonix LLC | PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.48 | General |
| Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT | ||||||
| 04/24/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $43.50 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 04/15/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $125.83 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 04/05/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | Bendini (Device), RELINE, CREO Threaded | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $67.12 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 03/27/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $97.87 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 02/19/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $80.73 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 02/11/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $48.97 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 01/14/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $67.46 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 23 | 1,534 | 1,766 | $1.4M | $229,558 |
| 2022 | 30 | 1,777 | 2,525 | $1.6M | $251,160 |
| 2021 | 35 | 2,060 | 2,864 | $1.5M | $257,047 |
| 2020 | 27 | 2,039 | 3,284 | $2.1M | $362,264 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
115 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 5
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63047 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | Facility | 2023 | 64 | 64 | $360,253 | $49,573 | 13.8% |
| 22630 | Fusion of lower spine bone and partial removal of spine bone or disc through back, 1 disc | Facility | 2023 | 23 | 23 | $140,266 | $25,986 | 18.5% |
| 22840 | Placement of stabilizing device to back of 1 spine bone in neck | Facility | 2023 | 39 | 39 | $134,850 | $21,814 | 16.2% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 262 | 329 | $67,577 | $20,753 | 30.7% |
| 22558 | Fusion of lower spine bone through abdomen with partial removal of disc | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 15 | $88,946 | $14,481 | 16.3% |
| 63030 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord or nerves and/or removal of disc | Facility | 2023 | 20 | 20 | $114,595 | $14,002 | 12.2% |
| 63655 | Removal of spine bone for insertion of neurostimulator electrode plate in spine | Facility | 2023 | 20 | 20 | $82,215 | $12,449 | 15.1% |
| 72110 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views | Office | 2023 | 362 | 375 | $71,784 | $9,340 | 13.0% |
| 22853 | Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | Facility | 2023 | 39 | 42 | $40,434 | $7,995 | 19.8% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 83 | 84 | $26,019 | $7,555 | 29.0% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2023 | 51 | 51 | $21,159 | $6,170 | 29.2% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 49 | 49 | $23,245 | $5,724 | 24.6% |
| 63052 | Partial removal of bone of single segment of spine in lower back with release of spinal cord and/or nerves during fusion of spine in lower back | Facility | 2023 | 22 | 22 | $18,408 | $4,193 | 22.8% |
| 72100 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 114 | 223 | $30,978 | $4,177 | 13.5% |
| 63048 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 28 | $40,289 | $4,171 | 10.4% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Office | 2023 | 26 | 26 | $15,552 | $4,164 | 26.8% |
| 64721 | Release and/or relocation of hand nerve | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $22,906 | $3,593 | 15.7% |
| 63685 | Insertion of spinal neurostimulator generator or receiver | Facility | 2023 | 24 | 26 | $67,278 | $3,558 | 5.3% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 42 | 42 | $12,798 | $3,381 | 26.4% |
| 99212 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes | Office | 2023 | 69 | 72 | $12,411 | $2,937 | 23.7% |
| 72040 | X-ray of upper spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 124 | 142 | $12,003 | $2,578 | 21.5% |
| 72070 | X-ray of middle spine, 2 views | Office | 2023 | 37 | 40 | $3,516 | $578.20 | 16.4% |
| 72080 | X-ray of middle and lower spine, 2 views | Office | 2023 | 19 | 23 | $1,722 | $387.72 | 22.5% |
| 63047 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | Facility | 2022 | 60 | 60 | $358,416 | $46,352 | 12.9% |
| 22558 | Fusion of lower spine bone through abdomen with partial removal of disc | Facility | 2022 | 35 | 36 | $227,768 | $32,060 | 14.1% |
About Dr. Christie Mina, M.D
Dr. Christie Mina, M.D is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in Greenville, South Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 08/12/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1194737726.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Christie Mina, M.D has received a total of $15,878 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $1,399 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 214 transactions from 23 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($12,696).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Mina has provided services to 7,410 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 10,439 services with total Medicare billing of $1.1M. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 115 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Neurological Surgery
- Location Greenville, SC
- Active Since 08/12/2006
- Last Updated 03/07/2023
- Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1194737726
Products in Payments
- Other - Miscellaneous (Device) $3,364
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER (Device) $1,372
- ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) $1,032
- RESTORE (Device) $753.46
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) $745.79
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM (Device) $589.58
- GENERAL - PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) $462.35
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) $414.59
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System (Device) $374.25
- SPECTRA SYSTEM (Device) $371.18
- Senza (Device) $335.90
- T2 STRATOSPHERE (Device) $295.78
- ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY (Device) $276.46
- SYNCHROMED (Device) $248.83
- INFINITY OCT System (Device) $236.74
- INTELLIS (Device) $225.79
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA (Device) $222.29
- XLIF (Device) $183.91
- O-ARM-Spine (Device) $176.78
- O-ARM-ST (Device) $146.16
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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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