Dr. Deborah Merrill, MD

NPI: 1740324235
Total Payments
$43,911
2024 Payments
$800.00
Companies
5
Transactions
37
Medicare Patients
321
Medicare Billing
$35,578

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$35,225 (80.2%)
Other$5,388 (12.3%)
Travel$2,480 (5.6%)
Food & Beverage$817.28 (1.9%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $35,225 10 80.2%
Honoraria $4,388 1 10.0%
Travel and Lodging $2,480 8 5.6%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $1,000 1 2.3%
Food and Beverage $817.28 17 1.9%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Avanos Medical $40,506 30 $0 (2022)
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $2,175 3 $0 (2017)
FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc. $800.00 1 $0 (2024)
Halyard Health, Inc. $229.61 2 $0 (2017)
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $200.00 1 $0 (2019)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $800.00 1 FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc. ($800.00)
2022 $4,770 4 Avanos Medical ($4,770)
2019 $30,894 23 Avanos Medical ($30,694)
2018 $5,041 4 Avanos Medical ($5,041)
2017 $2,404 5 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated ($2,175)

All Payment Transactions

37 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 2

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/11/2024 FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc. SONOSITE PX ULTRASOUND SYSTEM (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $800.00 General
Category: Medical Device
03/24/2022 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Consulting Fee In-kind items and services $4,739.96 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
03/12/2022 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.48 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
03/12/2022 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $1.07 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
03/08/2022 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.89 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
11/21/2019 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Consulting Fee In-kind items and services $7,104.91 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
11/15/2019 Avanos Medical PNB AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $79.10 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
11/08/2019 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $88.46 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
11/05/2019 Avanos Medical PNB AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $86.11 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
10/30/2019 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Consulting Fee In-kind items and services $5,360.18 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
10/12/2019 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.23 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
10/12/2019 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $3.74 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
10/12/2019 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $1.11 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
10/10/2019 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $506.00 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
08/30/2019 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Consulting Fee In-kind items and services $5,900.23 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
08/08/2019 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $180.00 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
07/26/2019 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $395.42 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
07/26/2019 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $386.00 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
07/15/2019 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Consulting Fee In-kind items and services $2,483.27 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
06/30/2019 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.13 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
03/20/2019 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Consulting Fee In-kind items and services $4,195.73 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
03/13/2019 BAXTER HEALTHCARE Fluid Systems - Drug Delivery Systems (Biological) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $200.00 General
Category: Fluid Systems
03/12/2019 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $104.43 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
02/02/2019 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.12 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN
02/02/2019 Avanos Medical ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $9.85 General
Category: SURGICAL PAIN

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2022 5 120 143 $118,068 $14,727
2021 4 102 125 $87,224 $9,325
2020 5 99 113 $97,286 $11,526
Total Patients
321
Total Services
381
Medicare Billing
$35,578
Procedure Codes
14

All Medicare Procedures & Services

14 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
00104 Anesthesia for electroshock therapy Facility 2022 31 54 $39,431 $4,629 11.7%
00811 Anesthesia for other procedure on large bowel using an endoscope Facility 2022 36 36 $30,785 $4,437 14.4%
01214 Anesthesia for total hip replacement Facility 2022 14 14 $25,545 $2,821 11.0%
00813 Anesthesia for procedure on small and large bowel using an endoscope Facility 2022 11 11 $14,803 $2,099 14.2%
76942 Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement Facility 2022 28 28 $7,504 $740.66 9.9%
00104 Anesthesia for electric shock treatment Facility 2021 32 54 $36,643 $4,855 13.2%
00811 Anesthesia for procedure on large bowel using an endoscope Facility 2021 27 28 $23,657 $2,960 12.5%
76942 Ultrasonic guidance imaging supervision and interpretation for insertion of needle Facility 2021 29 29 $7,772 $779.57 10.0%
64448 Injection by continuous infusion of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into femoral nerve of thigh Facility 2021 14 14 $19,152 $730.66 3.8%
01214 Anesthesia for open total hip joint replacement Facility 2020 17 17 $30,537 $4,512 14.8%
00104 Anesthesia for electric shock treatment Facility 2020 34 48 $31,005 $4,189 13.5%
00811 Anesthesia for procedure on large bowel using an endoscope Facility 2020 14 14 $11,232 $1,593 14.2%
64448 Injection by continuous infusion of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into femoral nerve of thigh Facility 2020 14 14 $19,152 $701.18 3.7%
76942 Ultrasonic guidance imaging supervision and interpretation for insertion of needle Facility 2020 20 20 $5,360 $529.54 9.9%

About Dr. Deborah Merrill, MD

Dr. Deborah Merrill, MD is a Anesthesiology healthcare provider based in Seattle, Washington. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 02/16/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1740324235.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Deborah Merrill, MD has received a total of $43,911 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $800.00 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 37 transactions from 5 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($35,225).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Merrill has provided services to 321 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 381 services with total Medicare billing of $35,578. Data is available for 3 years (2020–2022), covering 14 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Anesthesiology
  • Other Specialties Anesthesiology
  • Location Seattle, WA
  • Active Since 02/16/2007
  • Last Updated 05/11/2023
  • Taxonomy Code 207L00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1740324235

Products in Payments

  • ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) $35,300
  • ON-Q PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) $5,148
  • EXPAREL (Drug) $2,175
  • SONOSITE PX ULTRASOUND SYSTEM (Device) $800.00
  • Fluid Systems - Drug Delivery Systems (Biological) $200.00
  • PNB AND ACCESSORIES (Device) $165.21
  • SURGICAL PAIN REGIONAL ANESTHESIA (Device) $122.92

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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