Dr. Craig Kuhns, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery Austin, TX Male
NPI: 1922038108
Total Payments
$1.9M
2024 Payments
$533,746
Companies
30
Transactions
583
Medicare Patients
3,368
Medicare Billing
$1.3M

Payment Breakdown by Category

Royalty/License$1.6M (84.4%)
Consulting$187,069 (9.9%)
Travel$50,598 (2.7%)
Research$29,924 (1.6%)
Food & Beverage$20,538 (1.1%)
Other$4,788 (0.3%)
Education$1,265 (0.1%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Royalty or License $1.6M 61 84.4%
Consulting Fee $187,069 33 9.9%
Travel and Lodging $50,598 147 2.7%
Unspecified $29,924 18 1.6%
Food and Beverage $20,538 314 1.1%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $3,000 1 0.2%
Honoraria $1,788 2 0.1%
Education $1,265 7 0.1%

Payments by Type

General
$1.9M
565 transactions
Research
$29,924
2 transactions
Ownership
$0
16 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Alphatec Spine, Inc $1.6M 170 $0 (2024)
Spineology Inc. $80,798 16 $0 (2021)
NuVasive, Inc. $77,575 100 $0 (2023)
Stryker Corporation $45,205 100 $0 (2022)
Globus Medical, Inc. $24,388 15 $0 (2024)
SPINEART USA INC $6,276 17 $0 (2024)
RTI Surgical, Inc. $5,878 1 $0 (2019)
SI-BONE, INC. $3,192 66 $0 (2024)
Cerapedics Inc. $3,019 10 $0 (2024)
Medtronic USA, Inc. $2,030 22 $0 (2020)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $533,746 61 Alphatec Spine, Inc ($508,601)
2023 $437,468 51 Alphatec Spine, Inc ($411,790)
2022 $337,480 104 Alphatec Spine, Inc ($309,161)
2021 $240,644 81 Alphatec Spine, Inc ($219,291)
2020 $174,537 55 Alphatec Spine, Inc ($121,772)
2019 $76,710 70 Alphatec Spine, Inc ($40,334)
2018 $37,925 61 Spineology Inc. ($13,308)
2017 $48,271 100 Stryker Corporation ($31,738)

All Payment Transactions

583 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 24

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/26/2024 Alphatec Spine, Inc Other - Miscellaneous (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $479.92 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
12/19/2024 SI-BONE, INC. — Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $14.73 General
12/12/2024 Cerapedics Inc. I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $107.96 General
Category: PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT
11/28/2024 SI-BONE, INC. — Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $145.60 General
11/20/2024 Alphatec Spine, Inc Invictus OPEN (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $77,864.33 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
11/20/2024 Alphatec Spine, Inc Invictus OPEN (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $43,951.60 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
11/15/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. RELINE (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $2,153.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
11/15/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. RELINE (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $2,062.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
11/15/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. RELINE (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $1,848.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
11/13/2024 SI-BONE, INC. — Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $8.87 General
10/18/2024 Medtronic, Inc. N/A (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $44.61 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
10/14/2024 SI-BONE, INC. — Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $28.39 General
10/09/2024 SI-BONE, INC. — Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $6.49 General
09/19/2024 Medtronic, Inc. N/A (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $42.26 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
09/07/2024 Medtronic, Inc. N/A (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $61.14 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
09/06/2024 SI-BONE, INC. — Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $82.93 General
09/06/2024 SI-BONE, INC. — Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $22.93 General
08/28/2024 Alphatec Spine, Inc Invictus OPEN (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $77,278.11 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
08/28/2024 Alphatec Spine, Inc Invictus OPEN (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $43,439.04 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
08/21/2024 SI-BONE, INC. — Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $7.79 General
08/20/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. RELINE (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $2,414.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
08/20/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. RELINE (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $1,741.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
08/20/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. RELINE (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $1,393.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
08/15/2024 XTANT MEDICAL INC — Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $107.13 General
08/08/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. — Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $250.00 General
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Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
Rampart Duo Clinical Study Spineology Inc. $29,924 2

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 19 812 1,036 $1.2M $282,692
2022 22 914 1,182 $1.3M $297,755
2021 22 873 1,167 $1.6M $385,232
2020 20 769 1,030 $1.3M $304,383
Total Patients
3,368
Total Services
4,415
Medicare Billing
$1.3M
Procedure Codes
83

All Medicare Procedures & Services

83 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 4

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
22612 Fusion of spine in lower back Facility 2023 36 36 $175,680 $43,532 24.8%
22614 Fusion of additional segment of spine Facility 2023 34 133 $163,324 $39,985 24.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 218 278 $57,268 $26,665 46.6%
22558 Fusion of lower spine bone through abdomen with partial removal of disc Facility 2023 37 37 $174,270 $23,285 13.4%
22551 Fusion of upper spine bone with removal of disc and release of spinal cord or nerve, 1 disc Facility 2023 16 16 $85,280 $21,342 25.0%
63047 Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment Facility 2023 28 28 $93,884 $19,645 20.9%
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion Facility 2023 53 85 $70,210 $16,648 23.7%
22842 Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments Facility 2023 26 26 $62,270 $15,262 24.5%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 107 107 $34,240 $13,758 40.2%
22840 Placement of stabilizing device to back of 1 spine bone in neck Facility 2023 22 22 $52,624 $12,833 24.4%
22600 Fusion of spine in neck by posterior approach Facility 2023 16 16 $62,336 $10,892 17.5%
22845 Placement of stabilizing device to front, 2-3 spine bone segments Facility 2023 20 20 $46,220 $10,333 22.4%
63045 Partial removal of spine bone with release of upper spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment Facility 2023 12 12 $46,656 $7,691 16.5%
63048 Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment Facility 2023 21 36 $23,976 $5,827 24.3%
72082 X-ray of entire middle and lower spine, 2-3 views Office 2023 95 104 $19,764 $5,782 29.3%
22585 Fusion of spine bones through front of body with partial removal of disc, each additional disc Facility 2023 15 23 $24,265 $5,573 23.0%
61783 Computer-assisted spinal procedure Facility 2023 11 11 $8,217 $1,952 23.8%
72050 X-ray of upper spine, 4-5 views Office 2023 21 21 $3,360 $888.40 26.4%
72100 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views Office 2023 24 25 $3,100 $798.00 25.7%
22614 Fusion of additional segment of spine Facility 2022 38 142 $174,376 $42,661 24.5%
22612 Fusion of spine in lower back Facility 2022 29 29 $141,520 $35,642 25.2%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 232 306 $63,036 $30,264 48.0%
63047 Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment Facility 2022 31 31 $103,943 $23,520 22.6%
22558 Fusion of lower spine bone through abdomen with partial removal of disc Facility 2022 35 36 $169,560 $22,248 13.1%
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion Facility 2022 48 93 $76,818 $17,569 22.9%
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About Dr. Craig Kuhns, MD

Dr. Craig Kuhns, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Austin, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/04/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1922038108.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Craig Kuhns, MD has received a total of $1.9M in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $533,746 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 583 transactions from 30 companies. The most common payment nature is "Royalty or License" ($1.6M).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Kuhns has provided services to 3,368 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 4,415 services with total Medicare billing of $1.3M. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 83 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Other Specialties Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
  • Location Austin, TX
  • Active Since 07/04/2006
  • Last Updated 01/20/2022
  • Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1922038108

Products in Payments

  • Invictus OPEN (Device) $1.5M
  • Other - Miscellaneous (Device) $84,654
  • Rampart Duo Interbody Fusion System (Device) $79,570
  • RELINE (Device) $71,081
  • KODIAK (Device) $29,758
  • INVICTUS OPEN (Device) $27,385
  • AccuLIF (Device) $19,250
  • Invictus MIS (Device) $18,934
  • ES2 (Device) $11,706
  • TLIF (Device) $10,750
  • Xia (Device) $9,154
  • CLARITY RETRACTOR SYSTEM-LATERAL (Device) $5,878
  • SCARLET AL-T (Device) $5,322
  • Arsenal Deformity (Device) $3,750
  • I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT (Device) $3,019
  • Multiple Products (Device) $1,828
  • Arsenal (Device) $1,599
  • XIA (Device) $1,480
  • XLIF (Device) $1,404
  • Rampart Duo Interbody Fusion system (Device) $1,228

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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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