Dr. Christopher Shaffrey, MD

NPI: 1235208877
Total Payments
$6.6M
2024 Payments
$556,519
Companies
22
Transactions
927
Medicare Patients
768
Medicare Billing
$354,276

Payment Breakdown by Category

Royalty/License$6.2M (92.8%)
Consulting$224,620 (3.4%)
Travel$119,679 (1.8%)
Other$102,391 (1.5%)
Food & Beverage$33,863 (0.5%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Royalty or License $6.2M 178 92.8%
Consulting Fee $224,620 52 3.4%
Travel and Lodging $119,679 301 1.8%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $100,336 15 1.5%
Food and Beverage $33,863 377 0.5%
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program $2,000 1 0.0%
Entertainment $54.85 1 0.0%
Unspecified $0 2 0.0%

Payments by Type

General
$6.6M
925 transactions
Ownership
$0
2 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
NuVasive, Inc. $3.3M 379 $0 (2023)
Medtronic USA, Inc. $1.4M 124 $0 (2020)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $1.0M 26 $0 (2022)
SI-BONE, INC. $509,926 83 $0 (2024)
Medtronic, Inc. $231,756 176 $0 (2024)
Globus Medical, Inc. $171,307 43 $0 (2024)
ZIMVIE INC. $38,951 11 $0 (2023)
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. $19,290 19 $0 (2019)
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $10,262 10 $0 (2019)
Synthes GmbH $5,283 4 $0 (2017)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $556,519 130 SI-BONE, INC. ($262,811)
2023 $466,150 131 NuVasive, Inc. ($259,560)
2022 $368,905 109 NuVasive, Inc. ($249,861)
2021 $397,185 101 NuVasive, Inc. ($333,576)
2020 $656,605 82 NuVasive, Inc. ($450,688)
2019 $892,735 169 NuVasive, Inc. ($355,277)
2018 $1.6M 123 NuVasive, Inc. ($874,399)
2017 $1.7M 82 NUVASIVE, INC. ($748,207)

All Payment Transactions

927 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 38

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/05/2024 Medtronic, Inc. UNID_PASS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $145.18 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
12/05/2024 Medtronic, Inc. UNID_PASS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $134.85 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
12/05/2024 Medtronic, Inc. UNID_PASS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $91.66 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
12/05/2024 Medtronic, Inc. UNID_PASS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $86.72 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
12/05/2024 Medtronic, Inc. UNID_PASS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $56.13 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
12/05/2024 Medtronic, Inc. UNID_PASS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $53.80 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
12/05/2024 Medtronic, Inc. UNID_PASS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $35.57 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
12/05/2024 Medtronic, Inc. UNID_PASS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.80 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
12/03/2024 Medtronic, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $675.37 General
11/25/2024 Medtronic, Inc. VERTE-STACK SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $398.00 General
Category: TL
11/25/2024 Medtronic, Inc. CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $106.00 General
Category: TL
11/15/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. TLX (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $26,016.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
11/15/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. TLX (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $1,804.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
11/15/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. Archon (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $1,784.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
11/15/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. VersaTie (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $1,271.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
11/15/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. BASE (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $733.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
11/15/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. ALIF (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $632.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
11/15/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. CoRoent (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $288.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
11/15/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. CoRoent (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $80.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
11/13/2024 Medtronic, Inc. UNID_PASS (Device) 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 $30,090.00 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
11/08/2024 Medtronic, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $152.26 General
11/08/2024 Medtronic, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $55.57 General
11/08/2024 Medtronic, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $53.35 General
11/08/2024 Medtronic, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.68 General
11/07/2024 Medtronic, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $66,666.67 General

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 7 172 312 $637,931 $83,156
2022 6 214 418 $584,222 $87,444
2021 4 77 151 $319,525 $48,256
2020 12 305 489 $1.0M $135,420
Total Patients
768
Total Services
1,370
Medicare Billing
$354,276
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
22614 Fusion of additional segment of spine Facility 2023 20 144 $309,600 $41,654 13.5%
22633 Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc Facility 2023 12 12 $125,700 $14,830 11.8%
22843 Placement of stabilizing device to back, 7-12 spine bone segments Facility 2023 16 17 $121,057 $10,276 8.5%
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion Facility 2023 17 31 $31,775 $5,920 18.6%
22848 Insertion of instrumentation to pelvic bones Facility 2023 14 14 $26,908 $3,732 13.9%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 39 40 $10,200 $3,212 31.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Facility 2023 41 41 $10,455 $2,931 28.0%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Facility 2023 13 13 $2,236 $600.72 26.9%
22614 Fusion of additional segment of spine Facility 2022 15 141 $303,150 $42,337 14.0%
22216 Incision or removal of spine bone segment, each additional segment Facility 2022 11 51 $108,630 $14,291 13.2%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 88 97 $24,870 $9,177 36.9%
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion Facility 2022 18 40 $41,000 $7,927 19.3%
22843 Placement of stabilizing device to back, 7-12 spine bone segments Facility 2022 11 12 $85,452 $7,543 8.8%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Facility 2022 60 66 $16,830 $4,766 28.3%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 11 11 $4,290 $1,402 32.7%
22614 Fusion of spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach Facility 2021 16 78 $167,700 $23,798 14.2%
22633 Fusion of lower spine bones with removal of disc, posterior or posterolateral approach, single interspace and segment Facility 2021 11 11 $115,225 $15,905 13.8%
22853 Insertion of device into intervertebral disc space of spine and fusion of vertebrae Facility 2021 16 27 $27,675 $5,444 19.7%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 19 19 $4,845 $1,860 38.4%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Facility 2021 15 16 $4,080 $1,249 30.6%
22614 Fusion of spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach Facility 2020 31 171 $367,650 $51,402 14.0%
22633 Fusion of lower spine bones with removal of disc, posterior or posterolateral approach Facility 2020 17 17 $178,075 $22,766 12.8%
22843 Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation for spinal stabilization, 7 to 12 vertebral segments Facility 2020 22 23 $163,783 $14,942 9.1%
22216 Incision of spine bone to correct spinal deformity of spinal column Facility 2020 15 36 $76,680 $10,408 13.6%
22610 Fusion of middle spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach Facility 2020 14 14 $77,000 $9,190 11.9%

About Dr. Christopher Shaffrey, MD

Dr. Christopher Shaffrey, MD is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in Durham, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 11/07/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1235208877.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Christopher Shaffrey, MD has received a total of $6.6M in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $556,519 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 927 transactions from 22 companies. The most common payment nature is "Royalty or License" ($6.2M).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Shaffrey has provided services to 768 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,370 services with total Medicare billing of $354,276. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 32 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Neurological Surgery
  • Location Durham, NC
  • Active Since 11/07/2006
  • Last Updated 08/14/2023
  • Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1235208877

Products in Payments

  • CD HORIZON (Device) $1.2M
  • RELINE (Device) $942,285
  • CoRoent (Device) $618,807
  • Cypher Mis Screw System (Device) $492,089
  • Archon (Device) $489,848
  • BASE (Device) $451,128
  • IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM (Device) $428,719
  • TLX (Device) $400,500
  • Brigade (Device) $352,198
  • Lineum Posterior Cervical (Device) $176,196
  • Polaris Posterior Spinal System (Device) $160,943
  • Gallery Laminoplasty (Device) $149,350
  • VERTE-STACK (Device) $125,136
  • VersaTie (Device) $108,307
  • CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $65,261
  • IFUSE IMPLANT (Device) $51,810
  • Spine System (Device) $38,658
  • UNID_PASS (Device) $32,333
  • iFuse Implant (Device) $25,393
  • XLIF (Device) $22,614

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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