Total Payments
$264.93
2024 Payments
$18.70
Companies
5
Transactions
6
Medicare Patients
1,446
Medicare Billing
$157,435

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$264.93 (100.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $264.93 6 100.0%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
HERAEUS MEDICAL, LLC. $125.00 1 $0 (2021)
Ethicon US, LLC $79.87 2 $0 (2021)
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $20.85 1 $0 (2023)
Avanos Medical $20.51 1 $0 (2023)
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. $18.70 1 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $18.70 1 Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. ($18.70)
2023 $41.36 2 Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. ($20.85)
2021 $204.87 3 HERAEUS MEDICAL, LLC. ($125.00)

All Payment Transactions

6 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
09/04/2024 Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. Belbuca (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $18.70 General
Category: Opioid Analgesic
10/31/2023 Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. Austedo XR (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.85 General
Category: Central Nervous System
01/13/2023 Avanos Medical COOLIEF* COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.51 General
Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT
11/19/2021 Ethicon US, LLC STRATAFIX (Device), SURGIFLO Hemostatic Matrix Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $61.52 General
Category: Wound Closure
11/19/2021 Ethicon US, LLC STRATAFIX (Device), SURGIFLO Hemostatic Matrix Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.35 General
Category: Wound Closure
09/22/2021 HERAEUS MEDICAL, LLC. PALACOS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $125.00 General
Category: BONE CEMENT

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 3 171 564 $95,930 $35,519
2022 10 188 239 $122,310 $8,610
2021 15 1,000 2,459 $597,402 $107,271
2020 4 87 90 $84,353 $6,035
Total Patients
1,446
Total Services
3,352
Medicare Billing
$157,435
Procedure Codes
32

All Medicare Procedures & Services

32 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99309 Subsequent nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 30 minutes Facility 2023 64 250 $46,250 $17,705 38.3%
99308 Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 15 minutes Facility 2023 72 270 $37,800 $13,335 35.3%
99310 Subsequent nursing facility care with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 45 minutes Facility 2023 35 44 $11,880 $4,479 37.7%
27447 Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee Facility 2022 31 32 $98,159 $4,848 4.9%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 32 32 $4,900 $1,072 21.9%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2022 25 27 $6,541 $838.98 12.8%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 14 14 $2,719 $398.72 14.7%
73562 X-ray of knee, 3 views Office 2022 23 28 $3,500 $363.82 10.4%
73560 X-ray of knee, 1-2 views Office 2022 14 14 $1,610 $319.96 19.9%
73502 X-ray of hip, 2-3 views Office 2022 11 11 $1,764 $298.73 16.9%
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes Office 2022 14 14 $1,416 $232.68 16.4%
72100 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views Office 2022 11 11 $1,555 $205.34 13.2%
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg Office 2022 13 56 $146.16 $31.48 21.5%
J7326 Hyaluronan or derivative, gel-one, for intra-articular injection, per dose Office 2021 18 30 $36,600 $29,256 79.9%
J7318 Hyaluronan or derivative, durolane, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg Office 2021 14 1,140 $26,220 $15,709 59.9%
27447 Repair of knee joint, lower or upper part of joint, inside and outside area Facility 2021 104 107 $318,272 $14,535 4.6%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 162 178 $32,374 $14,391 44.5%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule Office 2021 127 158 $42,372 $7,445 17.6%
99213 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes Office 2021 103 116 $15,514 $6,940 44.7%
J7324 Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose Office 2021 22 55 $12,859 $5,900 45.9%
73562 X-ray of knee, 3 views Office 2021 110 126 $15,750 $3,208 20.4%
27130 Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint prosthesis Facility 2021 22 22 $65,505 $3,126 4.8%
73560 X-ray of knee, 1 or 2 views Office 2021 111 115 $12,567 $2,522 20.1%
73502 X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views Office 2021 57 63 $10,188 $1,788 17.6%
99212 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 10-19 minutes Office 2021 32 34 $2,992 $1,100 36.8%

About Christopher Karaffa

Christopher Karaffa is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in North Chesterfield, Virginia. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/05/2019. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1780142190.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Christopher Karaffa has received a total of $264.93 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $18.70 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 6 transactions from 5 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($264.93).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Karaffa has provided services to 1,446 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 3,352 services with total Medicare billing of $157,435. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 32 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • PALACOS (Device) $125.00
  • STRATAFIX (Device) $79.87
  • Austedo XR (Drug) $20.85
  • COOLIEF* COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY (Device) $20.51
  • Belbuca (Drug) $18.70

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.

Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Doctors in North Chesterfield