Total Payments
$118,199
2024 Payments
$9,672
Companies
35
Transactions
340
Medicare Patients
705
Medicare Billing
$115,164
Payment Breakdown by Category
Other$94,542 (80.0%)
Food & Beverage$13,812 (11.7%)
Travel$8,615 (7.3%)
Consulting$1,200 (1.0%)
Education$30.45 (0.0%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $94,542 | 19 | 80.0% |
| Food and Beverage | $13,812 | 288 | 11.7% |
| Travel and Lodging | $8,615 | 31 | 7.3% |
| Consulting Fee | $1,200 | 1 | 1.0% |
| Education | $30.45 | 1 | 0.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medtronic, Inc. | $95,946 | 151 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic USA, Inc. | $9,599 | 8 | $0 (2020) |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | $2,545 | 16 | $0 (2024) |
| NuVasive, Inc. | $1,834 | 20 | $0 (2021) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $1,588 | 32 | $0 (2024) |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | $1,241 | 4 | $0 (2024) |
| Stryker Corporation | $909.04 | 7 | $0 (2019) |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $652.79 | 18 | $0 (2024) |
| DJO, LLC | $559.30 | 13 | $0 (2024) |
| SI-BONE, INC. | $494.11 | 5 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9,672 | 49 | Medtronic, Inc. ($6,256) |
| 2023 | $44,383 | 82 | Medtronic, Inc. ($43,901) |
| 2022 | $13,479 | 51 | Medtronic, Inc. ($12,797) |
| 2021 | $33,963 | 68 | Medtronic, Inc. ($32,992) |
| 2020 | $7,264 | 14 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($6,954) |
| 2019 | $6,852 | 49 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($2,646) |
| 2018 | $674.00 | 18 | Abbott Laboratories ($278.17) |
| 2017 | $1,912 | 9 | Globus Medical, Inc. ($1,775) |
All Payment Transactions
340 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 14
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/16/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.38 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 12/16/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $5.50 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 12/13/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $78.15 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 12/06/2024 | DJO, LLC | CMF (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $44.15 | General |
| Category: Osteogenesis Stimulators | ||||||
| 12/04/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | VIPER (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $37.33 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 11/19/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | Teligen (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $125.00 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | COALITION AGX / AGX RP (Device), Modulus | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.51 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 11/05/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | CONDUIT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.13 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 10/25/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | SKYLINE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.24 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 10/24/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $164.10 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 10/23/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $106.15 | General |
| Category: Image Guided Surgery Products | ||||||
| 10/22/2024 | Highridge Medical LLC | Biomet SpinalPak Non-invasive Spine Fusion Stimulator System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $39.60 | General |
| Category: Bone Healing | ||||||
| 10/21/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $33.19 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 10/21/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $10.25 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 10/16/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.65 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 10/02/2024 | DJO, LLC | CMF (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $115.24 | General |
| Category: Osteogenesis Stimulators | ||||||
| 10/02/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | VIPER (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $48.47 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 09/24/2024 | DJO, LLC | CMF (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.02 | General |
| Category: Osteogenesis Stimulators | ||||||
| 09/10/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | 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 | $1,800.00 | General |
| 09/10/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $33.23 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 08/23/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | PRESTIGE LP CERVICAL DISC SYSTEM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,200.00 | General |
| Category: Cervical | ||||||
| 08/23/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | Teligen (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.35 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 08/20/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $37.34 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 06/25/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $176.43 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 06/07/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.69 | General |
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 125 | 169 | $26,942 | $19,599 |
| 2022 | 6 | 227 | 281 | $68,295 | $45,108 |
| 2021 | 5 | 157 | 188 | $34,072 | $27,178 |
| 2020 | 5 | 196 | 256 | $94,432 | $23,278 |
Total Patients
705
Total Services
894
Medicare Billing
$115,164
Procedure Codes
19
All Medicare Procedures & Services
19 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 80 | 123 | $18,749 | $13,806 | 73.6% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 32 | 32 | $6,520 | $4,798 | 73.6% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 13 | 14 | $1,672 | $995.62 | 59.5% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 89 | 141 | $21,764 | $16,133 | 74.1% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2022 | 81 | 81 | $16,513 | $12,666 | 76.7% |
| 63047 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 13 | $20,713 | $9,048 | 43.7% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Office | 2022 | 18 | 18 | $4,851 | $3,835 | 79.0% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2022 | 12 | 13 | $2,752 | $2,180 | 79.2% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2022 | 14 | 15 | $1,703 | $1,246 | 73.2% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Office | 2021 | 52 | 79 | $12,329 | $9,873 | 80.1% |
| 99204 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes | Office | 2021 | 59 | 59 | $12,015 | $9,708 | 80.8% |
| 99205 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes | Office | 2021 | 15 | 15 | $4,044 | $3,094 | 76.5% |
| 99215 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 40-54 minutes | Office | 2021 | 16 | 17 | $3,685 | $2,977 | 80.8% |
| 99213 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes | Office | 2021 | 15 | 18 | $1,999 | $1,527 | 76.4% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes | Office | 2020 | 69 | 113 | $36,629 | $10,907 | 29.8% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes | Office | 2020 | 55 | 55 | $33,221 | $7,462 | 22.5% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes | Office | 2020 | 41 | 50 | $12,490 | $3,145 | 25.2% |
| 72082 | X-ray of spine, 2 or 3 views | Office | 2020 | 15 | 17 | $5,813 | $1,130 | 19.4% |
| 72100 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views | Office | 2020 | 16 | 21 | $6,278 | $634.43 | 10.1% |
About Dr. Daniel Choi, M.D
Dr. Daniel Choi, M.D is a Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine healthcare provider based in Ronkonkoma, New York. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/25/2011. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1225337595.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Daniel Choi, M.D has received a total of $118,199 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $9,672 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 340 transactions from 35 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($94,542).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Choi has provided services to 705 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 894 services with total Medicare billing of $115,164. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 19 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
- Location Ronkonkoma, NY
- Active Since 03/25/2011
- Last Updated 12/15/2022
- Taxonomy Code 207XS0117X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1225337595
Products in Payments
- CD HORIZON (Device) $35,806
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $3,576
- O-ARM (Device) $2,200
- PRESTIGE LP CERVICAL DISC SYSTEM (Device) $1,340
- RISE (Device) $1,231
- PRODISC L (Device) $1,203
- TLIF (Device) $874.34
- Excelsius - GPS (Device) $630.55
- MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) $567.79
- XLIF (Device) $548.73
- SPACE-D SYSTEM 5.5/6.0 VOYAGER INSTRUMENT SET (Device) $536.88
- SERRATO (Device) $460.03
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM (Device) $446.98
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs (Device) $437.42
- Proclaim IPG (Device) $389.32
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX (Device) $368.21
- CMF (Device) $354.43
- TRANSCONTINENTAL (Device) $344.71
- TRITANIUM (Device) $330.82
- PROCLAIM (Device) $326.80
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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.