Total Payments
$56,631
2024 Payments
$2,605
Companies
14
Transactions
113
Medicare Patients
458
Medicare Billing
$72,623

Payment Breakdown by Category

Education$29,009 (51.2%)
Other$20,000 (35.3%)
Travel$4,523 (8.0%)
Food & Beverage$3,100 (5.5%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Education $29,009 16 51.2%
Grant $20,000 1 35.3%
Travel and Lodging $4,523 29 8.0%
Food and Beverage $3,100 67 5.5%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Arthrex, Inc. $23,419 4 $0 (2020)
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $14,298 5 $0 (2024)
Southtech Orthopedics $11,340 11 $0 (2021)
Stryker Corporation $3,961 48 $0 (2024)
Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC $2,155 13 $0 (2024)
Desert Mountain Medical $482.90 9 $0 (2018)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $316.81 8 $0 (2023)
Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. $209.17 1 $0 (2024)
ImpactOrtho, Inc. $176.16 7 $0 (2024)
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $124.29 2 $0 (2022)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $2,605 31 Stryker Corporation ($1,153)
2023 $1,649 17 Stryker Corporation ($928.46)
2022 $952.07 14 GEMINI MOUNTAIN MEDICAL, LLC ($531.77)
2021 $16,040 27 Southtech Orthopedics ($7,200)
2020 $31,265 7 Arthrex, Inc. ($20,000)
2018 $3,976 13 Arthrex, Inc. ($3,419)
2017 $144.45 4 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($130.97)

All Payment Transactions

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

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/15/2024 Stryker Corporation SALVATION (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $172.47 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
12/14/2024 Stryker Corporation AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $174.78 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
12/13/2024 Stryker Corporation ALPHAVENT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.56 General
Category: SPORTS MEDICINE
12/13/2024 Stryker Corporation ALPHAVENT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.75 General
Category: SPORTS MEDICINE
11/11/2024 Vericel Corporation MACI (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.04 General
Category: Orthopedics
11/05/2024 Stryker Corporation PROCINCH (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $295.62 General
Category: SPORTS MEDICINE
11/03/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. CONQUEST FN (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.45 General
Category: Trauma Plates, Screws, and Nails
08/28/2024 Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $209.17 General
08/10/2024 ImpactOrtho, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $32.18 General
08/10/2024 ImpactOrtho, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.43 General
08/10/2024 ImpactOrtho, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.07 General
08/09/2024 ImpactOrtho, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $47.38 General
08/09/2024 ImpactOrtho, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $34.17 General
08/09/2024 ImpactOrtho, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.16 General
08/09/2024 ImpactOrtho, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.77 General
08/08/2024 Stryker Corporation ICONIX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.10 General
Category: SPORTS MEDICINE
07/24/2024 Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $320.51 General
07/24/2024 Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $217.71 General
07/23/2024 Stryker Corporation NA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $116.79 General
Category: ARTHROSCOPY
07/23/2024 Stryker Corporation CINCHLOCK (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.80 General
Category: SPORTS MEDICINE
07/11/2024 Stryker Corporation KNOTILUS ANCHOR, 3.5MM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.52 General
Category: SPORTS MEDICINE
04/30/2024 Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $66.60 General
04/27/2024 Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $106.00 General
04/27/2024 Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $54.81 General
03/27/2024 Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $264.55 General

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 6 221 250 $173,423 $40,654
2022 6 213 242 $109,092 $30,068
2021 2 24 29 $5,949 $1,901
Total Patients
458
Total Services
521
Medicare Billing
$72,623
Procedure Codes
21

All Medicare Procedures & Services

21 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
23472 Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder Facility 2023 16 17 $81,236 $20,462 25.2%
23430 Anchoring of biceps tendon Facility 2023 16 18 $40,860 $6,110 15.0%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Facility 2023 31 31 $11,904 $3,157 26.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 33 42 $10,060 $2,962 29.4%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Facility 2023 35 46 $7,502 $2,288 30.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Facility 2023 29 29 $6,962 $1,996 28.7%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 15 15 $5,760 $1,376 23.9%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 22 25 $4,135 $1,174 28.4%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Facility 2023 13 15 $2,919 $645.21 22.1%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 11 12 $2,085 $483.93 23.2%
23472 Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder Facility 2022 12 13 $54,186 $15,006 27.7%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 31 38 $9,592 $2,854 29.8%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Facility 2022 25 25 $8,896 $2,538 28.5%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 25 25 $8,960 $2,449 27.3%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Facility 2022 34 43 $7,394 $2,135 28.9%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Facility 2022 22 28 $7,040 $1,854 26.3%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Facility 2022 23 23 $5,038 $1,451 28.8%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Facility 2022 21 24 $4,120 $902.71 21.9%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2022 20 23 $3,866 $877.46 22.7%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 13 14 $3,444 $1,101 32.0%
99213 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes Facility 2021 11 15 $2,505 $799.50 31.9%

About Dr. Christopher Shultz, M.D

Dr. Christopher Shultz, M.D is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/21/2015. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1316334089.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Christopher Shultz, M.D has received a total of $56,631 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $2,605 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 113 transactions from 14 companies. The most common payment nature is "Education" ($29,009).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Shultz has provided services to 458 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 521 services with total Medicare billing of $72,623. Data is available for 3 years (2021–2023), covering 21 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • NA (Device) $1,410
  • ICONIX (Device) $659.98
  • PROCINCH (Device) $400.15
  • SALVATION (Device) $347.77
  • AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device) $272.38
  • Comprehensive Shoulder System (Device) $185.84
  • INSPACE (Device) $172.47
  • OMEGA (Device) $151.28
  • CINCHLOCK (Device) $116.96
  • CROSSFIRE (Device) $111.19
  • NANOTACK FLEX (Device) $110.95
  • TOMOFIX (Device) $97.85
  • Quatro Link (Device) $80.30
  • LIFENET VIVIGEN (Device) $74.46
  • BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device) $65.38
  • ALPHAVENT (Device) $51.31
  • DVR Anatomic Plates/Screws/Pegs (Device) $50.67
  • MACI (Biological) $42.24
  • COBRA (Device) $37.25
  • T2 ALPHA (Device) $33.26

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 Albuquerque