Dr. Christopher Hunt, MD

Anesthesiology Hickory, NC Male
NPI: 1558341255
Total Payments
$10,482
2024 Payments
$2,962
Companies
37
Transactions
410
Medicare Patients
3,673
Medicare Billing
$388,069

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$9,379 (89.5%)
Travel$1,026 (9.8%)
Education$76.27 (0.7%)
Other$0.00 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $9,379 402 89.5%
Travel and Lodging $1,026 2 9.8%
Education $76.27 6 0.7%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Boston Scientific Corporation $4,521 156 $0 (2024)
Medtronic, Inc. $1,447 55 $0 (2024)
Nevro Corp. $1,153 28 $0 (2024)
PAINTEQ LLC $1,151 20 $0 (2024)
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. $535.64 37 $0 (2024)
PFIZER INC. $184.81 20 $0 (2020)
Curonix LLC $169.03 15 $0 (2024)
Abbott Laboratories $128.33 7 $0 (2022)
ABBVIE INC. $123.23 6 $0 (2023)
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $121.37 4 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $2,962 138 Boston Scientific Corporation ($1,254)
2023 $2,265 93 Boston Scientific Corporation ($821.16)
2022 $1,508 53 Boston Scientific Corporation ($443.89)
2021 $747.95 27 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($270.93)
2020 $280.41 10 Boston Scientific Corporation ($153.61)
2019 $482.80 24 Nevro Corp. ($217.00)
2018 $409.43 30 PFIZER INC. ($121.56)
2017 $1,826 35 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($1,502)

All Payment Transactions

410 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 17

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/20/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $6.68 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
12/17/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.29 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
12/16/2024 PAINTEQ LLC PAINTEQ (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $52.03 General
Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT
12/12/2024 Medtronic, Inc. SYNCHROMEDII (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $112.99 General
Category: Drug Infusion Systems
12/12/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $102.96 General
Category: General - Therapies_NMD
12/12/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.94 General
Category: General - Pain Management_NMD
12/12/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.16 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
12/12/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $8.33 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
12/09/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.00 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
12/04/2024 Medtronic, Inc. INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.15 General
Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation
11/25/2024 Medtronic, Inc. VECTRIS SURESCAN (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $9.38 General
Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation
11/22/2024 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.67 General
11/22/2024 Curonix LLC PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.14 General
Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT
11/20/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.56 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
11/18/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.66 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
11/14/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.26 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
11/07/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.37 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
11/07/2024 Curonix LLC PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A (Device) Education In-kind items and services $5.75 General
Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT
11/05/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.06 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
10/31/2024 SCILEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC. ZTLido (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.11 General
Category: Analgesic
10/31/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $7.49 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
10/30/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.99 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
10/30/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $9.34 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
10/28/2024 PAINTEQ LLC PAINTEQ (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $8.92 General
Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT
10/28/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $5.70 General
Category: General - Pain Management_NMD
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Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 21 1,124 1,647 $1.7M $133,354
2022 22 806 1,312 $1.2M $86,497
2021 21 863 1,467 $1.2M $92,472
2020 18 880 1,196 $958,331 $75,745
Total Patients
3,673
Total Services
5,622
Medicare Billing
$388,069
Procedure Codes
88

All Medicare Procedures & Services

88 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 4

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
G0482 Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms Office 2023 110 119 $53,069 $22,889 43.1%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 217 402 $125,395 $20,800 16.6%
G0481 Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms Office 2023 85 85 $29,893 $13,044 43.6%
80307 Testing for presence of drug, by chemistry analyzers Office 2023 166 213 $75,482 $12,858 17.0%
62323 Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance Office 2023 71 120 $320,280 $11,761 3.7%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 123 165 $78,234 $10,921 14.0%
63650 Insertion of spinal neurostimulator electrode array through skin Facility 2023 16 42 $303,576 $9,766 3.2%
64483 Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level Office 2023 33 48 $104,203 $5,514 5.3%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 59 109 $92,400 $4,164 4.5%
62321 Injection of substance into middle or upper spine canal using imaging guidance Office 2023 22 37 $107,485 $3,427 3.2%
64635 Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint Office 2023 16 18 $50,261 $3,392 6.7%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 31 31 $24,258 $3,302 13.6%
27096 Injection of anesthetic or steroid into joint between lower spine and hip bone using imaging guidance Office 2023 21 35 $64,982 $2,930 4.5%
64493 Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level Office 2023 17 29 $85,330 $2,893 3.4%
64494 Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, second level Office 2023 16 27 $41,741 $1,688 4.0%
63685 Insertion of spinal neurostimulator generator or receiver Facility 2023 12 12 $47,328 $1,629 3.4%
64636 Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, each additional facet joint Office 2023 15 17 $33,244 $980.44 2.9%
77002 Fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement Office 2023 19 22 $16,940 $431.76 2.5%
99152 Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes Office 2023 37 46 $6,987 $416.24 6.0%
J1040 Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg Office 2023 23 42 $2,016 $389.22 19.3%
J1030 Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg Office 2023 15 28 $728.00 $157.14 21.6%
G0481 Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms Office 2022 84 92 $32,568 $14,065 43.2%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 106 164 $79,174 $11,562 14.6%
62323 Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance Office 2022 52 105 $280,245 $9,621 3.4%
80307 Testing for presence of drug, by chemistry analyzers Office 2022 104 120 $42,840 $7,196 16.8%
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About Dr. Christopher Hunt, MD

Dr. Christopher Hunt, MD is a Anesthesiology healthcare provider based in Hickory, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 01/19/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1558341255.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Christopher Hunt, MD has received a total of $10,482 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $2,962 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 410 transactions from 37 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($9,379).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Hunt has provided services to 3,673 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 5,622 services with total Medicare billing of $388,069. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 88 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Anesthesiology
  • Other Specialties Pain Medicine
  • Location Hickory, NC
  • Active Since 01/19/2006
  • Last Updated 07/01/2011
  • Taxonomy Code 207L00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1558341255

Products in Payments

  • PRECISION (Device) $1,214
  • PAINTEQ (Device) $1,151
  • WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) $923.59
  • INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) $743.53
  • Omnia (Device) $483.73
  • GENERAL - PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) $433.24
  • XTAMPZA (Drug) $411.86
  • Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System (Device) $374.03
  • Senza (Device) $294.86
  • GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) $275.31
  • VECTRIS SURESCAN (Device) $257.89
  • General - Pain Management (Device) $246.49
  • PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A (Device) $169.03
  • General - Therapies (Device) $163.09
  • LYRICA (Drug) $146.48
  • VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) $137.81
  • SYNCHROMEDII (Device) $129.71
  • INTELLIS (Device) $125.46
  • Evoke (Device) $121.37
  • ZOHYDRO ER (Drug) $99.59

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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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