Total Payments
$52,343
2024 Payments
$178.77
Companies
23
Transactions
153
Medicare Patients
592
Medicare Billing
$164,877
Payment Breakdown by Category
Other$23,350 (44.6%)
Consulting$17,167 (32.8%)
Travel$8,420 (16.1%)
Food & Beverage$3,319 (6.3%)
Education$87.60 (0.2%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honoraria | $23,350 | 8 | 44.6% |
| Consulting Fee | $17,167 | 6 | 32.8% |
| Travel and Lodging | $8,420 | 25 | 16.1% |
| Food and Beverage | $3,319 | 112 | 6.3% |
| Education | $87.60 | 2 | 0.2% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avanos Medical | $38,498 | 39 | $0 (2023) |
| Halyard Health, Inc. | $11,961 | 27 | $0 (2017) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $616.44 | 27 | $0 (2024) |
| ABIOMED | $244.84 | 11 | $0 (2023) |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation | $187.62 | 9 | $0 (2020) |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $135.69 | 1 | $0 (2023) |
| Allergan Inc. | $104.74 | 5 | $0 (2019) |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | $99.18 | 7 | $0 (2019) |
| Astute Medical, Inc. | $74.90 | 1 | $0 (2017) |
| PFIZER INC. | $63.98 | 5 | $0 (2019) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $178.77 | 5 | Abbott Laboratories ($178.77) |
| 2023 | $4,759 | 22 | Avanos Medical ($4,252) |
| 2022 | $5,753 | 19 | Avanos Medical ($5,557) |
| 2021 | $210.59 | 4 | Avanos Medical ($149.54) |
| 2020 | $81.48 | 6 | Abbott Laboratories ($27.47) |
| 2019 | $18,440 | 36 | Avanos Medical ($18,068) |
| 2018 | $10,735 | 23 | Avanos Medical ($10,472) |
| 2017 | $12,185 | 38 | Halyard Health, Inc. ($11,961) |
All Payment Transactions
153 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 7
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/07/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $79.73 | General |
| Category: Heart Failure | ||||||
| 04/22/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.85 | General |
| Category: Heart Failure | ||||||
| 03/26/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.94 | General |
| Category: Heart Failure | ||||||
| 03/26/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.44 | General |
| Category: Heart Failure | ||||||
| 03/04/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.81 | General |
| Category: Heart Failure | ||||||
| 11/16/2023 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $135.69 | General |
| 11/13/2023 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.74 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 10/27/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.66 | General |
| Category: Heart Failure | ||||||
| 10/20/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.97 | General |
| Category: Heart Failure | ||||||
| 10/16/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $34.86 | General |
| Category: Heart Failure | ||||||
| 10/16/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.21 | General |
| Category: Heart Failure | ||||||
| 09/26/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $34.05 | General |
| Category: Heart Failure | ||||||
| 08/24/2023 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.08 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 08/21/2023 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.24 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 08/16/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.89 | General |
| Category: Heart Failure | ||||||
| 08/11/2023 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.44 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 08/10/2023 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $29.87 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 05/15/2023 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.23 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 05/03/2023 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $9.91 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 05/03/2023 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.80 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 04/07/2023 | Avanos Medical | ON-Q (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $333.63 | General |
| Category: SURGICAL PAIN | ||||||
| 04/04/2023 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $41.33 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 03/24/2023 | Avanos Medical | ON-Q (Device) | Honoraria | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,008.75 | General |
| Category: SURGICAL PAIN | ||||||
| 03/24/2023 | Avanos Medical | ON-Q (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $151.07 | General |
| Category: SURGICAL PAIN | ||||||
| 03/10/2023 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.74 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 164 | 380 | $123,663 | $52,230 |
| 2022 | 2 | 89 | 189 | $70,368 | $29,338 |
| 2021 | 2 | 127 | 246 | $166,798 | $33,490 |
| 2020 | 4 | 212 | 365 | $248,702 | $49,820 |
Total Patients
592
Total Services
1,180
Medicare Billing
$164,877
Procedure Codes
11
All Medicare Procedures & Services
11 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99291 | Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 81 | 229 | $97,554 | $37,772 | 38.7% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 69 | 137 | $21,783 | $12,558 | 57.7% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 14 | $4,326 | $1,900 | 43.9% |
| 99291 | Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 61 | 151 | $64,326 | $26,197 | 40.7% |
| 99233 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 28 | 38 | $6,042 | $3,140 | 52.0% |
| 99291 | Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 65 | 136 | $120,540 | $24,229 | 20.1% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 62 | 110 | $46,258 | $9,261 | 20.0% |
| 99291 | Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 92 | 197 | $183,998 | $36,071 | 19.6% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day | Facility | 2020 | 52 | 77 | $33,720 | $6,611 | 19.6% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day | Facility | 2020 | 52 | 75 | $21,404 | $4,431 | 20.7% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day | Facility | 2020 | 16 | 16 | $9,580 | $2,707 | 28.3% |
About Dr. Christopher Couch, M.D
Dr. Christopher Couch, M.D is a Emergency Medicine healthcare provider based in Tyler, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/05/2011. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1831488352.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Christopher Couch, M.D has received a total of $52,343 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $178.77 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 153 transactions from 23 companies. The most common payment nature is "Honoraria" ($23,350).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Couch has provided services to 592 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,180 services with total Medicare billing of $164,877. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 11 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Emergency Medicine
- Other Specialties Surgical Critical Care
- Location Tyler, TX
- Active Since 04/05/2011
- Last Updated 10/23/2024
- Taxonomy Code 207P00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1831488352
Products in Payments
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) $19,648
- ON-Q PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) $16,408
- ON-Q (Device) $8,379
- ON-Q PUMP (Device) $3,095
- HOMEPUMP PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) $2,778
- 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE (Device) $487.35
- Impella (Device) $244.84
- ZERBAXA (Drug) $187.62
- PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) $152.20
- OFIRMEV (Drug) $99.18
- CentriMag (Device) $88.52
- STRATTICE (Device) $80.67
- NephroCheck Test (Device) $74.90
- ELIQUIS (Drug) $50.70
- Kcentra (Biological) $40.04
- Ovitex (Device) $37.22
- CHANTIX (Drug) $36.87
- GIAPREZA (Drug) $33.00
- CardioMEMS HF System (Device) $27.12
- ABTHERA (Device) $25.69
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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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