Dr. Christopher Kauffman, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Nashville, TN Male
NPI: 1578523809
Total Payments
$24,386
2024 Payments
$476.41
Companies
39
Transactions
118
Medicare Patients
1,656
Medicare Billing
$141,040

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$8,929 (36.6%)
Food & Beverage$6,451 (26.5%)
Research$5,000 (20.5%)
Travel$4,006 (16.4%)
Other$0.00 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $8,929 6 36.6%
Food and Beverage $6,451 97 26.5%
Unspecified $5,000 1 20.5%
Travel and Lodging $4,006 14 16.4%

Payments by Type

General
$19,386
117 transactions
Research
$5,000
1 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Atlas Spine, Inc. $6,150 6 $0 (2017)
Camber Spine Technologies LLC $6,064 19 $0 (2022)
Medtronic, Inc. $5,037 3 $0 (2022)
The Institute of Musculoskeletal Science and Education $2,162 6 $0 (2020)
Stryker Corporation $867.32 7 $0 (2018)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $601.46 6 $0 (2023)
Intrinsic Therapeutics $445.21 5 $0 (2023)
Medtronic USA, Inc. $357.13 7 $0 (2019)
Abbott Laboratories $293.63 7 $0 (2023)
Theragen, Inc. $243.43 1 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $476.41 3 Theragen, Inc. ($243.43)
2023 $768.54 6 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($534.52)
2022 $9,649 24 Medtronic, Inc. ($5,037)
2021 $2,327 17 Camber Spine Technologies LLC ($1,625)
2020 $1,213 9 The Institute of Musculoskeletal Science and Education ($1,114)
2019 $2,078 21 The Institute of Musculoskeletal Science and Education ($1,047)
2018 $1,278 22 Stryker Corporation ($834.41)
2017 $6,595 16 Atlas Spine, Inc. ($6,150)

All Payment Transactions

118 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 5

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
08/17/2024 IMPLANET America, Inc. — Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $18.74 General
03/28/2024 Theragen, Inc. ActaStim-S (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $243.43 General
Category: Surgical recovery
02/17/2024 IMPLANET America, Inc. — Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $214.24 General
11/02/2023 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Biomet SpinalPak / OrthoPak (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $534.52 General
Category: Bone Healing
10/02/2023 OsteoCentric Technologies, Inc. OsteoCentric 4.0 x 130mm LOCKING BONE SCREW FASTENER ST (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $95.37 General
Category: Not Applicable
09/26/2023 Intrinsic Therapeutics BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) (Device), BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $66.40 General
Category: Annular Closure Device
07/10/2023 Intrinsic Therapeutics BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) (Device), BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $32.20 General
Category: Annular Closure Device
05/11/2023 Relievant Medsystems, Inc. Intracept (Device), Intracept, Intracept Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $24.70 General
Category: Pain
03/13/2023 Abbott Laboratories PROCLAIM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.35 General
Category: Neuromodulation
11/21/2022 Intrinsic Therapeutics BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $99.65 General
Category: Orthopedic
11/14/2022 Camber Spine Technologies LLC — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.85 General
11/13/2022 Camber Spine Technologies LLC — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $228.93 General
11/13/2022 Camber Spine Technologies LLC — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $38.38 General
11/13/2022 Camber Spine Technologies LLC — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.71 General
11/11/2022 Camber Spine Technologies LLC — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $39.63 General
11/07/2022 Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. Seglentis (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $15.97 General
Category: Pain Management
10/25/2022 Medtronic, Inc. CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.02 General
Category: TL
10/24/2022 Camber Spine Technologies LLC — Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $584.20 General
10/24/2022 Camber Spine Technologies LLC — Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $5.00 General
08/09/2022 Relievant Medsystems, Inc. Intracept (Device), Intracept Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $89.00 General
Category: Pain
07/25/2022 Intrinsic Therapeutics BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $35.94 General
Category: Orthopedic
07/21/2022 Medtronic, Inc. INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.26 General
Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation
06/02/2022 Medtronic, Inc. — — Cash or cash equivalent $5,000.00 Research
Study: Medical Device Directive/Up-class
04/20/2022 Camber Spine Technologies LLC — Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,400.00 General
04/20/2022 Camber Spine Technologies LLC — Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,000.00 General
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Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
Medical Device Directive/Up-class Medtronic, Inc. $5,000 1

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 10 442 585 $163,315 $37,039
2022 8 327 450 $111,776 $29,986
2021 8 391 574 $151,586 $37,110
2020 12 496 716 $150,075 $36,904
Total Patients
1,656
Total Services
2,325
Medicare Billing
$141,040
Procedure Codes
38

All Medicare Procedures & Services

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

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 124 188 $46,934 $15,536 33.1%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 62 84 $14,829 $5,073 34.2%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 40 40 $14,241 $4,263 29.9%
72100 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views Office 2023 101 128 $18,386 $3,201 17.4%
72148 Mri scan of lower spinal canal without contrast Office 2023 22 22 $33,540 $3,047 9.1%
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion Facility 2023 13 22 $22,150 $3,044 13.7%
72040 X-ray of upper spine, 2-3 views Office 2023 40 59 $7,734 $1,362 17.6%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 17 17 $3,713 $1,153 31.1%
72070 X-ray of middle spine, 2 views Office 2023 12 12 $1,528 $247.59 16.2%
J1040 Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg Office 2023 11 13 $260.00 $112.74 43.4%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 96 162 $32,886 $14,148 43.0%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 49 58 $8,004 $3,576 44.7%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 28 28 $8,652 $3,002 34.7%
72100 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views Office 2022 76 107 $11,021 $2,964 26.9%
72148 Mri scan of lower spinal canal without contrast Office 2022 16 22 $24,750 $2,405 9.7%
72141 Mri scan of upper spinal canal without contrast Office 2022 13 20 $18,855 $1,714 9.1%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2022 24 24 $4,824 $1,531 31.7%
72040 X-ray of upper spine, 2-3 views Office 2022 25 29 $2,784 $645.94 23.2%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 118 188 $38,164 $16,173 42.4%
99213 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes Office 2021 73 109 $15,042 $6,748 44.9%
72148 Mri scan of lower spinal canal Office 2021 24 45 $36,715 $3,346 9.1%
72100 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views Office 2021 96 128 $13,184 $3,241 24.6%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Office 2021 26 26 $8,034 $2,806 34.9%
72158 Mri scan of lower spinal canal before and after contrast Office 2021 11 22 $33,286 $2,685 8.1%
99203 New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes Office 2021 17 17 $3,417 $1,122 32.8%
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About Dr. Christopher Kauffman, MD

Dr. Christopher Kauffman, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine healthcare provider based in Nashville, Tennessee. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/23/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1578523809.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Christopher Kauffman, MD has received a total of $24,386 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $476.41 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 118 transactions from 39 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($8,929).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Kauffman has provided services to 1,656 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 2,325 services with total Medicare billing of $141,040. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 38 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
  • Location Nashville, TN
  • Active Since 03/23/2006
  • Last Updated 01/15/2026
  • Taxonomy Code 207XS0117X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1578523809

Products in Payments

  • NAV -3INAVIGATION PLATFORM (Device) $667.15
  • Biomet SpinalPak / OrthoPak (Device) $534.52
  • ActaStim-S (Device) $243.43
  • Intracept (Device) $237.05
  • BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) (Device) $234.19
  • Barricaid Annular Closure Device (Device) $211.02
  • MOSS100 Pedicle Screw System (Device) $169.61
  • CD HORIZON (Device) $156.57
  • TITAN ENDOSKELETON (Device) $151.53
  • Prodigy Family of SCS IPGs (Device) $147.62
  • NAV - SPINEMAP 3D NAVIGATION SOFTWARE AND INSTRUMENTATION (Device) $124.41
  • Blackbird (Device) $119.61
  • iFuse Implant (Device) $106.20
  • OsteoCentric 4.0 x 130mm LOCKING BONE SCREW FASTENER ST (Device) $95.37
  • PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System (Device) $75.12
  • Blackhawk Ti (Device) $72.12
  • HA MINUTEMAN G3-R (Device) $71.71
  • Conquest FN (Device) $69.07
  • Proclaim IPG (Device) $68.01
  • INFUSE (Device) $65.47

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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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