Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $4,156 | 100 | 54.5% |
| Travel and Lodging | $2,806 | 13 | 36.8% |
| Consulting Fee | $670.00 | 1 | 8.8% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical, Inc. | $1,466 | 12 | $0 (2024) |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $934.09 | 11 | $0 (2019) |
| Medtronic USA, Inc. | $884.25 | 27 | $0 (2020) |
| Mazor Robotics Inc. | $719.27 | 4 | $0 (2017) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $681.70 | 15 | $0 (2024) |
| BAXTER HEALTHCARE | $670.00 | 1 | $0 (2017) |
| NuVasive, Inc. | $614.82 | 9 | $0 (2023) |
| Brainlab, Inc. | $411.60 | 2 | $0 (2019) |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $334.00 | 4 | $0 (2022) |
| Stryker Corporation | $229.08 | 6 | $0 (2022) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $256.58 | 6 | Medtronic, Inc. ($136.62) |
| 2023 | $409.18 | 8 | Medtronic, Inc. ($319.25) |
| 2022 | $435.50 | 8 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. ($272.96) |
| 2021 | $732.15 | 11 | NuVasive, Inc. ($469.76) |
| 2020 | $1,166 | 10 | Globus Medical, Inc. ($1,021) |
| 2019 | $1,184 | 28 | Brainlab, Inc. ($411.60) |
| 2018 | $750.07 | 18 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($418.79) |
| 2017 | $2,698 | 25 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($901.66) |
All Payment Transactions
114 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 5
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/16/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $100.13 | General |
| Category: Image Guided Surgery Products | ||||||
| 09/17/2024 | Acera Surgical, Inc. | Restrata Wound Matrix (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.44 | General |
| Category: Wound Care | ||||||
| 05/14/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | Excelsius Deformity (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.03 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 02/29/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | UNID_PASS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $5.94 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 02/23/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $30.55 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 02/02/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ETERNA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $70.49 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 10/25/2023 | NuVasive, Inc. | ALIF (Device), ACP | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $54.22 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 10/25/2023 | DJO, LLC | CMF (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $35.71 | General |
| Category: Osteogenesis Stimulators | ||||||
| 08/28/2023 | Medtronic, Inc. | ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $50.85 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 08/09/2023 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.91 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 06/20/2023 | Medtronic, Inc. | MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.96 | General |
| Category: Image Guided Surgery Products | ||||||
| 04/04/2023 | Medtronic, Inc. | MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $187.59 | General |
| Category: Image Guided Surgery Products | ||||||
| 02/07/2023 | Medtronic, Inc. | ADAPTIX INTERBODY SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $29.15 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 01/23/2023 | Medtronic, Inc. | KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.79 | General |
| Category: Neuro Pain (includes Interventional) | ||||||
| 08/17/2022 | Stryker Corporation | EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $42.90 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 07/28/2022 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | EXPEDIUM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $147.96 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 07/22/2022 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | Spinal-Stim (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $35.00 | General |
| Category: Stimulator, Bone Growth, Non-Invasive | ||||||
| 07/20/2022 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | EXPEDIUM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $125.00 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 06/28/2022 | Medtronic, Inc. | CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.50 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 06/15/2022 | SI-BONE, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $20.40 | General |
| 05/13/2022 | Medtronic, Inc. | CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.00 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 04/20/2022 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | Spinal-Stim (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.74 | General |
| Category: Stimulator, Bone Growth, Non-Invasive | ||||||
| 08/24/2021 | SI-BONE, INC. | IFUSE IMPLANT (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $23.31 | General |
| Category: SACROILIAC JOINT DYSFUNCTION | ||||||
| 07/08/2021 | NuVasive, Inc. | RELINE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $143.53 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 07/08/2021 | NuVasive, Inc. | COALESCE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $143.52 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16 | 810 | 966 | $679,816 | $110,923 |
| 2022 | 14 | 549 | 641 | $564,349 | $80,687 |
| 2021 | 11 | 328 | 397 | $109,040 | $29,071 |
| 2020 | 7 | 248 | 293 | $57,500 | $22,422 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
48 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 | 184 | 250 | $71,250 | $24,827 | 34.8% |
| 22633 | Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 15 | $164,044 | $24,181 | 14.7% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 84 | 84 | $31,668 | $10,877 | 34.3% |
| 22842 | Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $96,562 | $8,822 | 9.1% |
| 72148 | Mri scan of lower spinal canal without contrast | Office | 2023 | 78 | 78 | $109,497 | $8,003 | 7.3% |
| 22853 | Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 30 | $44,242 | $6,939 | 15.7% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 78 | 91 | $18,655 | $6,791 | 36.4% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 45 | 45 | $11,475 | $3,494 | 30.5% |
| 72120 | X-ray lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views bending views | Office | 2023 | 108 | 108 | $20,979 | $3,464 | 16.5% |
| 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 | 14 | 14 | $20,139 | $3,232 | 16.0% |
| 72100 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 56 | 94 | $13,456 | $3,002 | 22.3% |
| 72141 | Mri scan of upper spinal canal without contrast | Office | 2023 | 27 | 27 | $38,274 | $2,586 | 6.8% |
| 72050 | X-ray of upper spine, 4-5 views | Office | 2023 | 36 | 36 | $7,392 | $1,546 | 20.9% |
| 72081 | X-ray of entire middle and lower spine, 1 view | Office | 2023 | 24 | 33 | $5,739 | $1,159 | 20.2% |
| 72146 | Mri scan of middle spinal canal without contrast | Office | 2023 | 16 | 16 | $22,360 | $1,022 | 4.6% |
| 72040 | X-ray of upper spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 15 | 32 | $4,084 | $977.88 | 23.9% |
| 22633 | Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc | Facility | 2022 | 14 | 14 | $300,836 | $21,666 | 7.2% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 132 | 166 | $47,310 | $17,536 | 37.1% |
| 22853 | Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | Facility | 2022 | 15 | 26 | $35,932 | $5,983 | 16.7% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2022 | 66 | 82 | $16,810 | $5,977 | 35.6% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2022 | 41 | 41 | $15,457 | $5,737 | 37.1% |
| 72148 | Mri scan of lower spinal canal without contrast | Office | 2022 | 50 | 51 | $62,994 | $5,634 | 8.9% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2022 | 25 | 27 | $10,800 | $4,205 | 38.9% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2022 | 43 | 43 | $10,965 | $3,845 | 35.1% |
| 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 | 2022 | 14 | 14 | $19,334 | $3,045 | 15.7% |
About Dr. Christopher Bergin, MD
Dr. Christopher Bergin, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine healthcare provider based in Park Ridge, Illinois. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/19/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1205880820.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Christopher Bergin, MD has received a total of $7,631 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $256.58 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 114 transactions from 19 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($4,156).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Bergin has provided services to 1,935 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 2,297 services with total Medicare billing of $243,102. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 48 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
- Location Park Ridge, IL
- Active Since 05/19/2006
- Last Updated 11/06/2019
- Taxonomy Code 207XS0117X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1205880820
Products in Payments
- Mobi-C (Device) $934.09
- Excelsius Robotics System (Device) $683.15
- Surgical Care - Floseal (Biological) $670.00
- CD HORIZON (Device) $361.06
- EXCELSIUS (Device) $337.82
- MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) $300.68
- EXPEDIUM (Device) $272.96
- COALESCE (Device) $176.23
- RELINE (Device) $143.53
- PASS LP (Device) $134.68
- MazorX - Renaissance (Device) $132.73
- Accell Evo3 (Device) $131.10
- CALIBER (Device) $120.66
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION (Device) $100.89
- INTELLIS (Device) $94.46
- ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY (Device) $81.40
- TRITANIUM (Device) $81.08
- ETERNA (Device) $70.49
- Excelsius - GPS (Device) $70.38
- IFUSE IMPLANT (Device) $67.75
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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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