Total Payments
$338,465
2024 Payments
$165.70
Companies
6
Transactions
293
Medicare Patients
535
Medicare Billing
$67,096
Payment Breakdown by Category
Other$247,439 (73.1%)
Travel$75,787 (22.4%)
Consulting$7,812 (2.3%)
Food & Beverage$7,426 (2.2%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program | $239,999 | 69 | 70.9% |
| Travel and Lodging | $75,787 | 78 | 22.4% |
| Consulting Fee | $7,812 | 4 | 2.3% |
| Food and Beverage | $7,426 | 139 | 2.2% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program | $4,500 | 1 | 1.3% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $2,940 | 2 | 0.9% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrow International, Inc. | $209,870 | 168 | $0 (2019) |
| Teleflex LLC | $125,565 | 110 | $0 (2021) |
| Teleflex Medical Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | $2,524 | 5 | $0 (2020) |
| AbbVie Inc. | $203.88 | 3 | $0 (2021) |
| ABIOMED | $165.70 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
| Teleflex Medical Incorporated | $135.33 | 4 | $0 (2019) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $165.70 | 3 | ABIOMED ($165.70) |
| 2021 | $11,881 | 18 | Teleflex LLC ($11,677) |
| 2020 | $46,805 | 43 | Teleflex LLC ($44,943) |
| 2019 | $72,530 | 57 | Teleflex LLC ($68,945) |
| 2018 | $107,204 | 83 | Arrow International, Inc. ($106,448) |
| 2017 | $99,879 | 89 | Arrow International, Inc. ($99,868) |
All Payment Transactions
293 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 12
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/23/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $28.31 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 09/27/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $114.27 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 07/09/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $23.12 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 08/27/2021 | AbbVie Inc. | DALVANCE (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $3.88 | General |
| Category: ANTI-INFECTIVE | ||||||
| 08/12/2021 | AbbVie Inc. | DALVANCE (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $125.00 | General |
| Category: ANTI-INFECTIVE | ||||||
| 05/20/2021 | AbbVie Inc. | TEFLARO (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $75.00 | General |
| Category: ANTI-INFECTIVE | ||||||
| 04/23/2021 | Teleflex LLC | EZ-IO NEEDLES (Device) | Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,500.00 | General |
| Category: VASCULAR | ||||||
| 04/23/2021 | Teleflex LLC | EZ-IO NEEDLES (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $383.60 | General |
| Category: VASCULAR | ||||||
| 04/23/2021 | Teleflex LLC | EZ-IO NEEDLES (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $241.50 | General |
| Category: VASCULAR | ||||||
| 04/23/2021 | Teleflex LLC | EZ-IO NEEDLES (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $144.90 | General |
| Category: VASCULAR | ||||||
| 04/23/2021 | Teleflex LLC | EZ-IO NEEDLES (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $138.47 | General |
| Category: VASCULAR | ||||||
| 04/23/2021 | Teleflex LLC | EZ-IO NEEDLES (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $66.00 | General |
| Category: VASCULAR | ||||||
| 04/23/2021 | Teleflex LLC | EZ-IO NEEDLES (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $5.27 | General |
| Category: VASCULAR | ||||||
| 04/23/2021 | Teleflex LLC | EZ-IO NEEDLES (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $3.42 | General |
| Category: VASCULAR | ||||||
| 04/09/2021 | Teleflex LLC | EZ-IO NEEDLES (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,100.00 | General |
| Category: VASCULAR | ||||||
| 04/09/2021 | Teleflex LLC | EZ-IO NEEDLES (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $700.00 | General |
| Category: VASCULAR | ||||||
| 03/23/2021 | Teleflex LLC | EZ-IO Needles (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $82.88 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 03/23/2021 | Teleflex LLC | EZ-IO Needles (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.45 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 03/22/2021 | Teleflex LLC | EZ-IO Needles (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $73.21 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 03/22/2021 | Teleflex LLC | EZ-IO Needles (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $64.11 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 02/26/2021 | Teleflex LLC | EZ-IO NEEDLES (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,150.00 | General |
| Category: VASCULAR | ||||||
| 12/11/2020 | Teleflex LLC | EPIDURALS - ARROW & RUSCH BRANDS (Device) | Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,400.00 | General |
| Category: Anesthesia | ||||||
| 11/25/2020 | Teleflex Medical Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | EZ-IO - ARROW (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,861.99 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 11/20/2020 | Teleflex LLC | EPIDURALS - ARROW & RUSCH BRANDS (Device) | Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,500.00 | General |
| Category: Anesthesia | ||||||
| 11/20/2020 | Teleflex LLC | EPIDURALS - ARROW & RUSCH BRANDS (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $642.34 | General |
| Category: Anesthesia | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 52 | 52 | $16,654 | $6,504 |
| 2022 | 2 | 68 | 69 | $22,971 | $9,152 |
| 2021 | 3 | 201 | 207 | $95,715 | $26,498 |
| 2020 | 4 | 214 | 218 | $64,080 | $24,941 |
Total Patients
535
Total Services
546
Medicare Billing
$67,096
Procedure Codes
11
All Medicare Procedures & Services
11 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99285 | Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | Facility | 2023 | 30 | 30 | $10,345 | $4,445 | 43.0% |
| 99284 | Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | Facility | 2023 | 22 | 22 | $6,309 | $2,059 | 32.6% |
| 99285 | Emergency department visit for life threatening or functioning severity | Facility | 2022 | 39 | 40 | $14,839 | $6,584 | 44.4% |
| 99284 | Emergency department visit for problem of high severity | Facility | 2022 | 29 | 29 | $8,132 | $2,568 | 31.6% |
| 99285 | Emergency department visit, problem with significant threat to life or function | Facility | 2021 | 111 | 116 | $69,667 | $19,219 | 27.6% |
| 99284 | Emergency department visit, problem of high severity | Facility | 2021 | 71 | 72 | $22,586 | $6,422 | 28.4% |
| 99283 | Emergency department visit, moderately severe problem | Facility | 2021 | 19 | 19 | $3,463 | $856.68 | 24.7% |
| 99285 | Emergency department visit, problem with significant threat to life or function | Facility | 2020 | 92 | 94 | $30,603 | $13,184 | 43.1% |
| 99284 | Emergency department visit, problem of high severity | Facility | 2020 | 94 | 96 | $23,610 | $8,328 | 35.3% |
| 99291 | Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 15 | 15 | $7,609 | $2,788 | 36.6% |
| 99283 | Emergency department visit, moderately severe problem | Facility | 2020 | 13 | 13 | $2,259 | $640.92 | 28.4% |
About Dr. Christopher Ross, MD
Dr. Christopher Ross, MD is a Emergency Medicine healthcare provider based in Chicago, Illinois. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 08/20/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1346355575.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Christopher Ross, MD has received a total of $338,465 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $165.70 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 293 transactions from 6 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program" ($239,999).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Ross has provided services to 535 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 546 services with total Medicare billing of $67,096. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 11 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Emergency Medicine
- Location Chicago, IL
- Active Since 08/20/2006
- Last Updated 07/08/2007
- Taxonomy Code 207P00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- Practice Solo Practitioner
- NPI Number 1346355575
Products in Payments
- EZ-IO - ARROW (Device) $188,895
- EPIDURALS - ARROW & RUSCH BRANDS (Device) $98,101
- AIRWAY MANAGEMENT - LMA, RUSCH & TELEFLEX BRANDS (Device) $28,781
- EZ-IO NEEDLES (Device) $11,433
- EZ-IO - Arrow (Device) $5,848
- ONCONTROL (Device) $3,556
- CVC - ARROW (Device) $1,225
- EZ-IO Needles (Device) $243.65
- Impella (Device) $165.70
- DALVANCE (Drug) $128.88
- TEFLARO (Drug) $75.00
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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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