Total Payments
$1,388
2024 Payments
$201.89
Companies
13
Transactions
31
Medicare Patients
5,164
Medicare Billing
$3.2M
Payment Breakdown by Category
Food & Beverage$1,151 (82.9%)
Travel$236.86 (17.1%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $1,151 | 28 | 82.9% |
| Travel and Lodging | $236.86 | 3 | 17.1% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elekta, Inc. | $405.11 | 4 | $0 (2020) |
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | $267.69 | 5 | $0 (2019) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $208.92 | 6 | $0 (2022) |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | $200.07 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
| ABBVIE INC. | $89.64 | 4 | $0 (2024) |
| SonaCare Medical, LLC | $62.13 | 1 | $0 (2018) |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $25.09 | 1 | $0 (2023) |
| Augmenix, Inc. | $24.43 | 2 | $0 (2018) |
| PFIZER INC. | $23.79 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| Palette Life Sciences, Inc. | $23.67 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $201.89 | 5 | Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. ($136.07) |
| 2023 | $46.67 | 2 | Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ($25.09) |
| 2022 | $86.30 | 4 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($45.41) |
| 2021 | $209.20 | 4 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($126.19) |
| 2020 | $440.26 | 6 | Elekta, Inc. ($405.11) |
| 2019 | $293.13 | 6 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. ($267.69) |
| 2018 | $86.56 | 3 | SonaCare Medical, LLC ($62.13) |
| 2017 | $24.08 | 1 | AbbVie, Inc. ($24.08) |
All Payment Transactions
31 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 2
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/06/2024 | Inari Medical, Inc. | FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.32 | General |
| Category: VTE | ||||||
| 05/22/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | LUPRON DEPOT (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.71 | General |
| Category: ENDOCRINOLOGY | ||||||
| 05/21/2024 | Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | Halcyon (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $66.67 | General |
| Category: Oncology | ||||||
| 05/15/2024 | Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | Varian Ethos Treatment Planning (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $69.40 | General |
| Category: Oncology | ||||||
| 01/11/2024 | PFIZER INC. | XTANDI (Drug), ORGOVYX, COMIRNATY | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.79 | General |
| Category: ONCOLOGY | ||||||
| 08/14/2023 | Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | PYLARIFY (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.09 | General |
| Category: RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL | ||||||
| 03/20/2023 | AbbVie Inc. | LUPRON DEPOT (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.58 | General |
| Category: ENDOCRINOLOGY | ||||||
| 11/30/2022 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpaceOAR VUE System - 10mL (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.90 | General |
| Category: SpaceOAR VUE_URO | ||||||
| 11/07/2022 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | LUTATHERA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.22 | General |
| Category: ONCOLOGY | ||||||
| 08/11/2022 | Palette Life Sciences, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.67 | General |
| 07/20/2022 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpaceOAR VUE System - 10mL (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.51 | General |
| Category: SpaceOAR VUE_URO | ||||||
| 09/16/2021 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION | SPACEOAR VUE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.57 | General |
| Category: BPH | ||||||
| 06/28/2021 | TOLMAR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | ELIGARD (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.01 | General |
| Category: Prostate Cancer | ||||||
| 04/15/2021 | Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | Eclipse Treatment Planning System for External Beam Radiation Therapy (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $64.00 | General |
| Category: Oncology | ||||||
| 02/10/2021 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION | SPACEOAR VUE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $110.62 | General |
| Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT | ||||||
| 10/21/2020 | Elekta, Inc. | Unity (Device), Mosaiq, Versa HD | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $100.18 | General |
| Category: ELEKTA LINEAR ACCELERATOR (MR) | ||||||
| 10/13/2020 | Elekta, Inc. | Unity (Device), Mosaiq, Versa HD | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $75.00 | General |
| Category: ELEKTA LINEAR ACCELERATOR (MR) | ||||||
| 09/29/2020 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SPACEOAR (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.88 | General |
| Category: BPH | ||||||
| 09/28/2020 | Elekta, Inc. | Versa HD (Device), Unity, Mosaiq | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $144.79 | General |
| Category: ELEKTA LINEAR ACCELERATOR | ||||||
| 09/28/2020 | Elekta, Inc. | Unity (Device), Versa HD, Mosaiq | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $85.14 | General |
| Category: ELEKTA LINEAR ACCELERATOR (MR) | ||||||
| 06/05/2020 | AbbVie Inc. | LUPRON DEPOT (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.27 | General |
| Category: ENDOCRINOLOGY | ||||||
| 12/11/2019 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | Halcyon (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.00 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 12/11/2019 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | Halcyon (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $10.83 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 11/15/2019 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | Halcyon (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $132.88 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 11/15/2019 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | Halcyon (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $78.98 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 30 | 1,393 | 4,742 | $3.8M | $853,186 |
| 2022 | 30 | 1,424 | 4,486 | $3.9M | $896,856 |
| 2021 | 27 | 1,276 | 4,191 | $3.7M | $873,457 |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,071 | 2,838 | $2.4M | $602,395 |
Total Patients
5,164
Total Services
16,257
Medicare Billing
$3.2M
Procedure Codes
112
All Medicare Procedures & Services
112 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 5
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G6015 | Intensity modulated treatment delivery, single or multiple fields/arcs,via narrow spatially and temporally modulated beams, binary, dynamic mlc, per treatment session | Office | 2023 | 181 | 975 | $1.6M | $268,475 | 17.2% |
| G0340 | Image-guided robotic linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiosurgery, delivery including collimator changes and custom plugging, fractionated treatment, all lesions, per session, second through fifth sessions, maximum five sessions per course of treatme | Office | 2023 | 66 | 130 | $609,164 | $146,192 | 24.0% |
| 77014 | Ct guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields | Office | 2023 | 195 | 1,058 | $370,300 | $98,447 | 26.6% |
| 77301 | High precision radiation therapy planning | Office | 2023 | 32 | 38 | $158,118 | $53,641 | 33.9% |
| G6012 | Radiation treatment delivery,3 or more separate treatment areas, custom blocking, tangential ports, wedges, rotational beam, compensators, electron beam; 6-10 mev | Office | 2023 | 72 | 250 | $137,850 | $44,773 | 32.5% |
| 77427 | Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions | Office | 2023 | 137 | 282 | $106,596 | $41,778 | 39.2% |
| 55874 | Injection of biodegradable material next to prostate | Office | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $85,360 | $24,522 | 28.7% |
| 77280 | Obtaining data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment, 1 treatment area | Office | 2023 | 41 | 107 | $57,566 | $22,151 | 38.5% |
| G0339 | Image-guided robotic linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiosurgery, complete course of therapy in one session or first session of fractionated treatment | Office | 2023 | 23 | 25 | $220,000 | $22,102 | 10.0% |
| 78815 | Nuclear medicine study from skull base to mid-thigh with ct scan | Office | 2023 | 18 | 18 | $47,970 | $20,062 | 41.8% |
| 77338 | Design and construction of radiation treatment device for high precision radiation therapy | Office | 2023 | 32 | 44 | $40,612 | $15,755 | 38.8% |
| 77767 | High dose skin surface radiation therapy, 1 channel or lesion diameter 2.0 cm or less | Office | 2023 | 21 | 66 | $132,000 | $12,617 | 9.6% |
| 77435 | Management of cranial lesion surgery using radiation over multiple sessions | Office | 2023 | 21 | 22 | $29,128 | $10,944 | 37.6% |
| 77336 | Continuing radiation therapy consultation per week | Office | 2023 | 49 | 159 | $31,800 | $10,459 | 32.9% |
| 77290 | Obtaining data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment, 3 or more treatment areas or any number of treatment areas where special treatment is involved | Office | 2023 | 23 | 27 | $25,542 | $9,380 | 36.7% |
| 77263 | Complex radiation therapy planning | Office | 2023 | 66 | 66 | $20,856 | $8,633 | 41.4% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Office | 2023 | 45 | 45 | $17,550 | $7,621 | 43.4% |
| 77300 | Calculation of radiation therapy dose | Office | 2023 | 40 | 108 | $14,364 | $5,493 | 38.2% |
| 77470 | Special radiation treatment | Office | 2023 | 45 | 48 | $38,400 | $5,175 | 13.5% |
| A9552 | Fluorodeoxyglucose f-18 fdg, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 45 millicuries | Office | 2023 | 17 | 17 | $13,855 | $4,781 | 34.5% |
| 99441 | Telephone medical discussion with physician, 5-10 minutes | Office | 2023 | 69 | 97 | $8,730 | $3,981 | 45.6% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 26 | 35 | $7,000 | $3,446 | 49.2% |
| 77316 | Simple radiation therapy planning for delivery of internal radiation | Office | 2023 | 17 | 17 | $6,290 | $3,194 | 50.8% |
| 77334 | Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device | Office | 2023 | 30 | 30 | $8,760 | $2,892 | 33.0% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 25 | 34 | $4,590 | $2,295 | 50.0% |
About Dr. Christopher Biggs, MD
Dr. Christopher Biggs, MD is a Radiation Oncology healthcare provider based in Phoenix, Arizona. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/13/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1720042146.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Christopher Biggs, MD has received a total of $1,388 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $201.89 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 31 transactions from 13 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($1,151).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Biggs has provided services to 5,164 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 16,257 services with total Medicare billing of $3.2M. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 112 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Radiation Oncology
- Location Phoenix, AZ
- Active Since 04/13/2006
- Last Updated 07/08/2007
- Taxonomy Code 2085R0001X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1720042146
Products in Payments
- Halcyon (Device) $334.36
- Unity (Device) $260.32
- Versa HD (Device) $144.79
- SPACEOAR VUE (Device) $126.19
- Varian Ethos Treatment Planning (Device) $69.40
- LUPRON DEPOT (Drug) $65.56
- Eclipse Treatment Planning System for External Beam Radiation Therapy (Device) $64.00
- SonaBlate (Device) $62.13
- SpaceOAR VUE System - 10mL (Device) $45.41
- GENERAL BPH (Device) $25.44
- PYLARIFY (Drug) $25.09
- SpaceOAR (Device) $24.43
- Lupron (Drug) $24.08
- XTANDI (Drug) $23.79
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device) $21.32
- ELIGARD (Drug) $19.01
- LUTATHERA (Drug) $17.22
- SPACEOAR (Device) $11.88
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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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