Total Payments
$14,971
2024 Payments
$1,371
Companies
15
Transactions
95
Medicare Patients
1,360
Medicare Billing
$148,636
Payment Breakdown by Category
Education$6,425 (42.9%)
Food & Beverage$5,864 (39.2%)
Travel$2,682 (17.9%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | $6,425 | 5 | 42.9% |
| Food and Beverage | $5,864 | 79 | 39.2% |
| Travel and Lodging | $2,682 | 11 | 17.9% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pylant Medical | $6,587 | 7 | $0 (2021) |
| Stryker Corporation | $2,997 | 37 | $0 (2024) |
| ORTHO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | $2,191 | 16 | $0 (2024) |
| Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | $1,684 | 11 | $0 (2024) |
| Corentec America,Inc. | $426.65 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $308.29 | 3 | $0 (2021) |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. | $280.44 | 7 | $0 (2024) |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $129.56 | 2 | $0 (2019) |
| LinkBio Corp | $115.98 | 1 | $0 (2023) |
| NextStep Arthropedix, LLC | $112.53 | 1 | $0 (2020) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,371 | 16 | Corentec America,Inc. ($426.65) |
| 2023 | $431.56 | 7 | ORTHO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ($126.14) |
| 2022 | $2,760 | 28 | Stryker Corporation ($2,194) |
| 2021 | $1,603 | 14 | ORTHO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ($1,148) |
| 2020 | $2,717 | 13 | Pylant Medical ($1,260) |
| 2019 | $3,174 | 11 | Pylant Medical ($2,538) |
| 2018 | $1,509 | 5 | Pylant Medical ($1,341) |
| 2017 | $1,405 | 1 | Pylant Medical ($1,405) |
All Payment Transactions
95 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 4
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/23/2024 | Corentec America,Inc. | Corentec (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $182.34 | General |
| Category: Orthopedic Implants | ||||||
| 12/20/2024 | Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $39.72 | General |
| 12/06/2024 | Innovation Technologies Inc | IRRISEPT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.88 | General |
| Category: JET LAVAGE DEVICE WITH CHG | ||||||
| 11/09/2024 | ORTHO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $145.99 | General |
| 10/02/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | EVOS (Device), TRIGEN INTERTAN | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $135.62 | General |
| Category: Trauma Plates, Screws, and Nails | ||||||
| 10/02/2024 | Corentec America,Inc. | Corentec (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $125.20 | General |
| Category: Orthopedic Implants | ||||||
| 10/01/2024 | Corentec America,Inc. | Corentec (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $119.11 | General |
| Category: Orthopedic Implants | ||||||
| 09/25/2024 | Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $104.03 | General |
| 09/20/2024 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.38 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 07/16/2024 | ORTHO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $126.30 | General |
| 07/12/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | EVOS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $45.30 | General |
| Category: Trauma Plates, Screws, and Nails | ||||||
| 05/14/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | EVOS (Device), Peri-Loc, MAVERICK | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.50 | General |
| Category: Trauma Plates, Screws, and Nails | ||||||
| 05/08/2024 | Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $223.91 | General |
| 03/01/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | EVOS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $29.03 | General |
| Category: Trauma Plates, Screws, and Nails | ||||||
| 02/23/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | CAPTURE (Device), TRIGEN INTERTAN, MAVERICK | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.29 | General |
| Category: Extremity, Lower Plates, Screws, and Nails | ||||||
| 02/14/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | TRIGEN INTERTAN (Device), MAVERICK | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.79 | General |
| Category: Trauma Plates, Screws, and Nails | ||||||
| 11/16/2023 | ORTHO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | Balanced Knee System (Device), Balanced Knee Revision System | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $126.14 | General |
| Category: ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE | ||||||
| 10/30/2023 | Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | Exparel (Drug), Iovera, Zilretta | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.66 | General |
| Category: Pain Management | ||||||
| 09/27/2023 | LinkBio Corp | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $115.98 | General |
| 08/16/2023 | Innovation Technologies Inc | IRRISEPT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.85 | General |
| Category: JET LAVAGE DEVICE WITH CHG | ||||||
| 05/16/2023 | Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $73.90 | General |
| 05/06/2023 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $58.56 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 04/07/2023 | ERMI LLC | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $16.47 | General |
| 12/05/2022 | Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $157.17 | General |
| 11/04/2022 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.00 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15 | 1,095 | 1,392 | $531,927 | $114,091 |
| 2022 | 11 | 230 | 248 | $276,751 | $30,524 |
| 2021 | 2 | 35 | 37 | $136,530 | $4,020 |
Total Patients
1,360
Total Services
1,677
Medicare Billing
$148,636
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27130 | Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis | Facility | 2023 | 45 | 45 | $180,000 | $40,112 | 22.3% |
| 27447 | Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | Facility | 2023 | 30 | 32 | $128,000 | $30,171 | 23.6% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 171 | 238 | $75,446 | $11,379 | 15.1% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 68 | 68 | $32,028 | $6,454 | 20.2% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 75 | 82 | $30,504 | $5,862 | 19.2% |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | Facility | 2023 | 85 | 114 | $12,900 | $3,749 | 29.1% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 34 | 36 | $15,660 | $3,748 | 23.9% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 62 | 62 | $22,754 | $3,416 | 15.0% |
| 73564 | X-ray of knee, 4 or more views | Facility | 2023 | 124 | 207 | $4,554 | $1,632 | 35.8% |
| 73502 | X-ray of hip, 2-3 views | Facility | 2023 | 115 | 203 | $4,872 | $1,590 | 32.6% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 14 | 14 | $6,594 | $1,531 | 23.2% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 19 | 23 | $7,291 | $1,381 | 18.9% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 13 | 14 | $5,208 | $1,237 | 23.8% |
| 71046 | X-ray of chest, 2 views | Facility | 2023 | 103 | 107 | $2,354 | $841.64 | 35.8% |
| 93010 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | Facility | 2023 | 82 | 86 | $1,462 | $521.05 | 35.6% |
| 73030 | X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views | Facility | 2023 | 26 | 32 | $608.00 | $206.39 | 33.9% |
| 77073 | X-ray for bone length assessment | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 17 | $1,428 | $168.64 | 11.8% |
| 72100 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 12 | $264.00 | $89.87 | 34.0% |
| 27130 | Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis | Facility | 2022 | 25 | 25 | $84,032 | $15,037 | 17.9% |
| 27447 | Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 14 | $44,500 | $4,465 | 10.0% |
| 15738 | Creation of muscle graft to leg | Facility | 2022 | 30 | 32 | $109,761 | $2,862 | 2.6% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 29 | 29 | $10,643 | $1,698 | 16.0% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 17 | 17 | $3,315 | $1,576 | 47.5% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 21 | 21 | $7,812 | $1,559 | 20.0% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 22 | 26 | $8,242 | $1,314 | 15.9% |
About Dr. Christopher Tkach, MD
Dr. Christopher Tkach, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/07/2016. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1679929707.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Christopher Tkach, MD has received a total of $14,971 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $1,371 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 95 transactions from 15 companies. The most common payment nature is "Education" ($6,425).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Tkach has provided services to 1,360 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,677 services with total Medicare billing of $148,636. Data is available for 3 years (2021–2023), covering 32 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
- Location Oklahoma City, OK
- Active Since 05/07/2016
- Last Updated 07/08/2020
- Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1679929707
Products in Payments
- MAKO (Device) $2,354
- Corentec (Device) $426.65
- BKS TriMax (Device) $389.53
- ROSA-Knee (Device) $308.29
- ACCOLADE (Device) $244.68
- Balance Knee Revision System (Device) $236.35
- EVOS (Device) $225.45
- REUNION (Device) $178.31
- Ovation Tribute (Device) $137.49
- SECUR-FIT (Device) $136.09
- Balanced Knee System (Device) $126.14
- ATTUNE (Device) $122.53
- BKS Revision (Device) $117.23
- iNSitu Hip System (Device) $112.53
- TRIATHLON (Device) $52.52
- IRRISEPT (Device) $49.73
- GMRS (Device) $31.59
- Kerecis Omega3 Wound (Device) $28.30
- TRIGEN INTERTAN (Device) $19.79
- REAL INTELLIGENCE (Device) $18.91
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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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