Dr. Christopher Smith, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery Houston, TX Male
NPI: 1770585226
Total Payments
$13,420
2024 Payments
$758.05
Companies
17
Transactions
106
Medicare Patients
5,637
Medicare Billing
$859,537

Payment Breakdown by Category

Research$5,321 (39.7%)
Food & Beverage$3,942 (29.4%)
Travel$3,281 (24.5%)
Education$875.79 (6.5%)
Other$0.00 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Unspecified $5,321 2 39.7%
Food and Beverage $3,942 93 29.4%
Travel and Lodging $3,281 7 24.5%
Education $875.79 4 6.5%

Payments by Type

General
$8,099
104 transactions
Research
$5,321
2 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Ipsen Biopharm Limited $7,276 5 $0 (2017)
Stryker Corporation $4,316 71 $0 (2024)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $1,250 5 $0 (2023)
Boston Scientific Corporation $109.81 2 $0 (2022)
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $82.94 5 $0 (2018)
Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. $69.24 3 $0 (2019)
Medtronic, Inc. $68.33 1 $0 (2022)
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $61.42 3 $0 (2017)
Alafair Biosciences, Inc. $36.52 1 $0 (2023)
Lilly USA, LLC $36.39 3 $0 (2018)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $758.05 11 Stryker Corporation ($758.05)
2023 $751.89 13 Stryker Corporation ($532.81)
2022 $264.57 6 Stryker Corporation ($146.24)
2021 $206.37 7 Stryker Corporation ($206.37)
2020 $362.72 10 Stryker Corporation ($239.60)
2019 $855.40 11 Stryker Corporation ($534.79)
2018 $1,217 19 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($675.00)
2017 $9,004 29 Ipsen Biopharm Limited ($7,276)

All Payment Transactions

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

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/20/2024 Stryker Corporation INSIGNIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $47.59 General
Category: JOINT REPLACEMENT HIPS, KNEES
11/08/2024 Stryker Corporation TRIATHLON (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.02 General
Category: KNEES
10/15/2024 Stryker Corporation TRIDENT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $49.42 General
Category: HIPS
10/14/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $48.05 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
10/01/2024 Stryker Corporation TRIATHLON (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.15 General
Category: KNEES
09/21/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $149.99 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
09/21/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $46.00 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
06/27/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $130.79 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
05/16/2024 Stryker Corporation TRIATHLON (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $44.44 General
Category: KNEES
04/18/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $49.64 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
04/17/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $157.96 General
Category: JOINT REPLACEMENT HIPS, KNEES
12/08/2023 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $73.72 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
10/20/2023 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $32.35 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
10/19/2023 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $63.54 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
10/11/2023 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $32.75 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
10/06/2023 Alafair Biosciences, Inc. VersaWrap (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $36.52 General
Category: Surgical Mesh
09/09/2023 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.50 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
08/18/2023 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.58 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
08/10/2023 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $62.49 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
06/20/2023 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. — Education In-kind items and services $82.91 General
06/09/2023 Stryker Corporation RESTORATION (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $127.20 General
Category: HIPS
06/06/2023 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. — Education In-kind items and services $99.65 General
05/31/2023 Stryker Corporation INSIGNIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $61.78 General
Category: JOINT REPLACEMENT HIPS, KNEES
04/28/2023 Stryker Corporation NA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $31.90 General
Category: NEURO SPINE ENT
12/14/2022 Boston Scientific Corporation General - Male SUI (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $50.00 General
Category: General - Male SUI_URO
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Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 11 1,377 2,544 $684,631 $218,751
2022 14 1,562 3,348 $728,059 $237,251
2021 14 1,372 2,666 $685,616 $221,494
2020 16 1,326 2,633 $574,735 $182,041
Total Patients
5,637
Total Services
11,191
Medicare Billing
$859,537
Procedure Codes
55

All Medicare Procedures & Services

55 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
27447 Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee Facility 2023 75 76 $263,492 $79,059 30.0%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 222 257 $60,652 $24,884 41.0%
27130 Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis Facility 2023 20 21 $68,166 $22,141 32.5%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 219 304 $48,336 $20,003 41.4%
J7324 Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose Office 2023 32 176 $79,200 $17,607 22.2%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 153 288 $55,040 $17,036 31.0%
73562 X-ray of knee, 3 views Office 2023 302 550 $42,914 $15,899 37.0%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 123 123 $44,649 $14,240 31.9%
73502 X-ray of hip, 2-3 views Office 2023 108 131 $12,314 $4,374 35.5%
J0702 Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg Office 2023 107 602 $8,428 $3,038 36.0%
73521 X-ray of both hips, 2 views Office 2023 16 16 $1,440 $470.12 32.6%
27447 Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee Facility 2022 48 50 $173,350 $52,469 30.3%
27130 Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis Facility 2022 26 27 $87,642 $28,139 32.1%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 206 273 $64,428 $26,584 41.3%
J7327 Hyaluronan or derivative, monovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose Office 2022 22 39 $86,736 $23,243 26.8%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 171 171 $62,073 $21,309 34.3%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 231 315 $50,085 $20,989 41.9%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2022 181 329 $60,960 $19,624 32.2%
J7324 Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose Office 2022 31 142 $63,900 $15,896 24.9%
73562 X-ray of knee, 3 views Office 2022 309 542 $42,183 $15,804 37.5%
73502 X-ray of hip, 2-3 views Office 2022 137 185 $17,390 $6,245 35.9%
J0702 Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg Office 2022 119 904 $12,656 $4,686 37.0%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2022 11 11 $2,618 $1,011 38.6%
73521 X-ray of both hips, 2 views Office 2022 34 34 $3,060 $970.29 31.7%
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg Office 2022 36 326 $978.00 $280.38 28.7%
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About Dr. Christopher Smith, MD

Dr. Christopher Smith, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Houston, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 08/15/2005. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1770585226.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Christopher Smith, MD has received a total of $13,420 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $758.05 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 106 transactions from 17 companies. The most common payment nature is "" ($5,321).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Smith has provided services to 5,637 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 11,191 services with total Medicare billing of $859,537. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 55 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Location Houston, TX
  • Active Since 08/15/2005
  • Last Updated 03/17/2018
  • Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • Practice Solo Practitioner
  • NPI Number 1770585226

Products in Payments

  • Dysport 300 U-1 (Drug) $7,276
  • MAKO (Device) $991.37
  • Mako (Device) $846.66
  • TRIATHLON (Device) $759.42
  • Persona (Device) $675.00
  • Makoplasty (Device) $447.92
  • ACCOLADE (Device) $370.25
  • Knees Product Portfolio (Device) $268.96
  • TRITANIUM (Device) $159.27
  • RESTORATION (Device) $127.20
  • Taperloc (Device) $123.12
  • Reunion (Device) $121.03
  • INSIGNIA (Device) $109.37
  • SYNVISC-ONE (Device) $82.94
  • TRIDENT (Device) $72.69
  • Zilretta (Drug) $69.24
  • INTERSTIM (Device) $68.33
  • EUFLEXXA (Device) $61.42
  • LITHOVUE (Device) $59.81
  • General - Male SUI (Device) $50.00

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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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