Dr. Christopher Lettieri, MD

NPI: 1689637787
Total Payments
$40,731
2023 Payments
$2,137
Companies
13
Transactions
74
Medicare Patients
1,203
Medicare Billing
$341,199

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$23,548 (57.8%)
Consulting$8,810 (21.6%)
Travel$6,541 (16.1%)
Food & Beverage$1,733 (4.3%)
Education$99.00 (0.2%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $23,548 8 57.8%
Consulting Fee $8,810 5 21.6%
Travel and Lodging $6,541 26 16.1%
Food and Beverage $1,733 34 4.3%
Education $99.00 1 0.2%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $31,678 35 $0 (2018)
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $4,614 10 $0 (2017)
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $1,871 9 $0 (2023)
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $1,612 6 $0 (2018)
ABIOMED $316.13 5 $0 (2023)
Insmed, Inc. $215.71 2 $0 (2022)
Harmony Biosciences LLC $118.71 1 $0 (2023)
Boston Scientific Corporation $100.00 1 $0 (2018)
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $90.31 1 $0 (2017)
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. $67.47 1 $0 (2018)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2023 $2,137 12 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($1,871)
2022 $384.57 5 Insmed, Inc. ($215.71)
2021 $26.51 2 Medtronic, Inc. ($14.72)
2018 $13,619 18 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ($11,819)
2017 $24,564 37 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ($19,860)

All Payment Transactions

74 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 3

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
10/18/2023 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $593.22 General
10/18/2023 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $30.84 General
09/26/2023 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $132.22 General
09/13/2023 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $645.95 General
09/13/2023 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $104.19 General
09/13/2023 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $91.50 General
09/13/2023 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $72.18 General
09/13/2023 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $7.64 General
08/03/2023 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $193.35 General
04/19/2023 Harmony Biosciences LLC WAKIX (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $118.71 General
Category: SLEEP MEDICINE
03/29/2023 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $101.12 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
03/28/2023 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $46.15 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
12/07/2022 Insmed, Inc. Arikayce (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $116.71 General
Category: Respiratory
12/06/2022 Insmed, Inc. Arikayce (Drug) Education In-kind items and services $99.00 General
Category: Respiratory
03/08/2022 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $98.97 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
03/02/2022 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.68 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
02/28/2022 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $59.21 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
10/25/2021 Medtronic, Inc. Mahurkar (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.72 General
Category: Dialysis Catheters
04/19/2021 Cook Medical LLC Blue Rhino (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $11.79 General
Category: Critical Care
10/12/2018 Boston Scientific Corporation GENERAL THERAPIES (Device) Consulting Fee In-kind items and services $100.00 General
Category: THERAPIES
09/07/2018 Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. Xyrem (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $67.47 General
Category: Neurology
08/27/2018 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $4,515.00 General
08/27/2018 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $4,515.00 General
08/27/2018 GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $338.00 General
08/27/2018 GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $256.75 General

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 3 178 335 $173,828 $56,419
2022 4 406 671 $317,548 $105,131
2021 6 491 937 $429,196 $146,297
2020 3 128 221 $93,377 $33,352
Total Patients
1,203
Total Services
2,164
Medicare Billing
$341,199
Procedure Codes
16

All Medicare Procedures & Services

16 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 120 256 $153,344 $48,396 31.6%
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes Facility 2023 37 47 $11,844 $4,980 42.0%
99292 Critical care, each additional 30 minutes Facility 2023 21 32 $8,640 $3,042 35.2%
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes Facility 2022 212 417 $249,783 $80,964 32.4%
99292 Critical care, each additional 30 minutes Facility 2022 124 182 $49,140 $17,933 36.5%
99233 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes Facility 2022 57 59 $14,868 $5,238 35.2%
36556 Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) Facility 2022 13 13 $3,757 $995.24 26.5%
99291 Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes Facility 2021 246 549 $327,814 $108,985 33.2%
99292 Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient Facility 2021 139 264 $71,237 $26,454 37.1%
99233 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day Facility 2021 69 84 $20,839 $7,772 37.3%
31500 Emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe cartilage using an endoscope Facility 2021 12 12 $4,124 $1,557 37.8%
36556 Insertion of central venous catheter for infusion, patient 5 years or older, not tunneled Facility 2021 13 13 $3,757 $1,008 26.8%
99231 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day Facility 2021 12 15 $1,425 $520.65 36.5%
99291 Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes Facility 2020 59 110 $64,522 $22,290 34.5%
99292 Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient Facility 2020 42 77 $20,678 $7,897 38.2%
99233 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day Facility 2020 27 34 $8,176 $3,165 38.7%

About Dr. Christopher Lettieri, MD

Dr. Christopher Lettieri, MD is a Internal Medicine healthcare provider based in Bethesda, Maryland. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/10/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1689637787.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Christopher Lettieri, MD has received a total of $40,731 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $2,137 received in 2023. These payments were reported across 74 transactions from 13 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($23,548).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Lettieri has provided services to 1,203 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 2,164 services with total Medicare billing of $341,199. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 16 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Internal Medicine
  • Other Specialties Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
  • Location Bethesda, MD
  • Active Since 04/10/2006
  • Last Updated 09/15/2009
  • Taxonomy Code 207R00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1689637787

Products in Payments

  • OFEV (Drug) $4,747
  • BROVANA (Drug) $4,614
  • Impella (Device) $316.13
  • Arikayce (Drug) $215.71
  • WAKIX (Drug) $118.71
  • GENERAL THERAPIES (Device) $100.00
  • BELSOMRA (Drug) $90.31
  • Xyrem (Drug) $67.47
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Device or Hospital Respiratory Equipment (Device) $20.58
  • Mahurkar (Device) $14.72
  • Blue Rhino (Device) $11.79

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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