Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $17,735 | 804 | 85.0% |
| Education | $2,357 | 3 | 11.3% |
| Travel and Lodging | $646.01 | 6 | 3.1% |
| Entertainment | $118.14 | 1 | 0.6% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $3,015 | 52 | $0 (2024) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $2,369 | 68 | $0 (2024) |
| SpineSmith Holdings, LLC | $2,350 | 1 | $0 (2017) |
| ABBVIE INC. | $1,274 | 68 | $0 (2024) |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | $1,092 | 66 | $0 (2024) |
| Amgen Inc. | $803.56 | 31 | $0 (2022) |
| Allergan, Inc. | $677.27 | 41 | $0 (2022) |
| SCILEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | $463.71 | 29 | $0 (2024) |
| Nevro Corp. | $444.94 | 15 | $0 (2023) |
| PFIZER INC. | $442.35 | 31 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,641 | 70 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($536.47) |
| 2023 | $2,179 | 93 | ABBVIE INC. ($600.92) |
| 2022 | $2,476 | 80 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($394.81) |
| 2021 | $2,952 | 114 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($664.48) |
| 2020 | $887.51 | 48 | Allergan, Inc. ($124.71) |
| 2019 | $2,321 | 153 | Zyla Life Sciences ($334.60) |
| 2018 | $3,087 | 161 | Abbott Laboratories ($607.67) |
| 2017 | $5,311 | 95 | SpineSmith Holdings, LLC ($2,350) |
All Payment Transactions
814 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 33
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/18/2024 | Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC | RELISTOR (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.17 | General |
| Category: Gastroenterology | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | QULIPTA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.29 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 12/03/2024 | PFIZER INC. | NURTEC ODT (Drug), ZAVZPRET | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.87 | General |
| Category: PAIN | ||||||
| 11/21/2024 | Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | Evoke (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.37 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 11/18/2024 | Averitas Pharma Inc. | QUTENZA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.52 | General |
| Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT | ||||||
| 11/15/2024 | Lundbeck LLC | VYEPTI (Biological) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $17.50 | General |
| Category: NEUROLOGY | ||||||
| 11/04/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | QULIPTA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $5.20 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 10/22/2024 | Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | XTAMPZA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $16.58 | General |
| Category: Opioid Analgesic | ||||||
| 10/21/2024 | Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | Evoke (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.16 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 10/11/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $147.20 | General |
| Category: General - Pain Management_NMD | ||||||
| 10/08/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | QULIPTA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.72 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 10/01/2024 | Lundbeck LLC | VYEPTI (Biological) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $20.47 | General |
| Category: NEUROLOGY | ||||||
| 09/19/2024 | PFIZER INC. | NURTEC ODT (Drug), ZAVZPRET | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.64 | General |
| Category: PAIN | ||||||
| 09/18/2024 | Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC | RELISTOR (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.56 | General |
| Category: Gastroenterology | ||||||
| 08/22/2024 | SPR Therapeutics, Inc | SPRINT PNS System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $37.58 | General |
| Category: Pain management | ||||||
| 08/19/2024 | Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | XTAMPZA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $16.40 | General |
| Category: Opioid Analgesic | ||||||
| 08/16/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | QULIPTA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.06 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 08/13/2024 | VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.38 | General |
| 08/12/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.20 | General |
| Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD | ||||||
| 08/07/2024 | Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC | RELISTOR (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.08 | General |
| Category: Gastroenterology | ||||||
| 08/07/2024 | Lilly USA, LLC | EMGALITY (Drug), REYVOW | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.50 | General |
| Category: Neuroscience | ||||||
| 08/06/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | QULIPTA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.66 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 07/29/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | GPS III PLATELET CONCENTRATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.99 | General |
| Category: Sports Medicine | ||||||
| 07/23/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | QULIPTA (Drug), UBRELVY | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.05 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 07/15/2024 | Averitas Pharma Inc. | QUTENZA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.96 | General |
| Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20 | 1,306 | 2,081 | $1.7M | $157,136 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,413 | 2,157 | $1.8M | $154,464 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,215 | 1,763 | $1.5M | $133,460 |
| 2020 | 21 | 923 | 1,574 | $1.2M | $100,449 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
87 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 4
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 374 | 651 | $493,328 | $62,852 | 12.7% |
| 80307 | Testing for presence of drug, by chemistry analyzers | Office | 2023 | 308 | 492 | $88,560 | $29,376 | 33.2% |
| 64483 | Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level | Facility | 2023 | 83 | 106 | $191,737 | $11,099 | 5.8% |
| 64635 | Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint | Facility | 2023 | 39 | 43 | $147,868 | $9,394 | 6.4% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 74 | 74 | $85,765 | $9,310 | 10.9% |
| 64493 | Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level | Facility | 2023 | 28 | 48 | $68,336 | $4,596 | 6.7% |
| 64633 | Destruction of upper or middle spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 21 | $73,009 | $4,246 | 5.8% |
| 64479 | Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into upper or middle spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level | Facility | 2023 | 20 | 25 | $48,695 | $3,096 | 6.4% |
| 64490 | Injection of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level | Facility | 2023 | 20 | 26 | $40,790 | $2,982 | 7.3% |
| 62321 | Injection of substance into middle or upper spine canal using imaging guidance | Facility | 2023 | 32 | 36 | $74,080 | $2,781 | 3.8% |
| 62323 | Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance | Facility | 2023 | 30 | 37 | $75,191 | $2,734 | 3.6% |
| 64636 | Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, each additional facet joint | Facility | 2023 | 32 | 37 | $52,625 | $2,530 | 4.8% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 30 | 33 | $16,955 | $2,362 | 13.9% |
| 27096 | Injection of anesthetic or steroid into joint between lower spine and hip bone using imaging guidance | Facility | 2023 | 20 | 25 | $33,030 | $1,969 | 6.0% |
| 64494 | Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, second level | Facility | 2023 | 18 | 33 | $14,263 | $1,852 | 13.0% |
| 99152 | Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 98 | 167 | $71,297 | $1,580 | 2.2% |
| 64634 | Destruction of upper or middle spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, each additional facet joint | Facility | 2023 | 18 | 21 | $32,870 | $1,472 | 4.5% |
| 64491 | Injection of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance, second level | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 22 | $16,974 | $1,445 | 8.5% |
| 64484 | Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, each additional level | Facility | 2023 | 25 | 33 | $25,195 | $1,337 | 5.3% |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | Office | 2023 | 21 | 151 | $12,942 | $126.03 | 1.0% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 339 | 558 | $422,852 | $52,625 | 12.4% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2022 | 216 | 349 | $179,309 | $20,020 | 11.2% |
| 80307 | Testing for presence of drug, by chemistry analyzers | Office | 2022 | 207 | 268 | $45,529 | $16,417 | 36.1% |
| 64483 | Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level | Facility | 2022 | 93 | 114 | $206,208 | $12,702 | 6.2% |
| 64635 | Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint | Facility | 2022 | 35 | 37 | $127,236 | $8,231 | 6.5% |
About Dr. Christopher Huser, MD
Dr. Christopher Huser, MD is a Anesthesiology healthcare provider based in Englewood, Colorado. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 09/17/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1932206604.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Christopher Huser, MD has received a total of $20,856 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $1,641 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 814 transactions from 78 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($17,735).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Huser has provided services to 4,857 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 7,575 services with total Medicare billing of $545,509. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 87 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Anesthesiology
- Other Specialties Pain Medicine
- Location Englewood, CO
- Active Since 09/17/2006
- Last Updated 08/16/2022
- Taxonomy Code 207L00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1932206604
Products in Payments
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) $1,146
- DRG leads (Device) $801.81
- BOTOX (Biological) $730.99
- QULIPTA (Drug) $634.42
- XTAMPZA (Drug) $602.25
- Aimovig (Biological) $571.52
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs (Device) $561.89
- DRG IPGs (Device) $477.38
- UBRELVY (Drug) $465.79
- SPRIX (Drug) $433.89
- EMGALITY (Drug) $398.81
- General - Pain Management (Device) $394.81
- ZTLido (Drug) $375.38
- mild Device Kit (Device) $356.52
- ReActiv8 (Device) $348.57
- RELISTOR (Drug) $344.98
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System (Device) $334.94
- NURTEC ODT (Drug) $300.54
- VYEPTI (Biological) $280.55
- Intracept (Device) $279.48
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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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