Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royalty or License | $1.4M | 61 | 71.5% |
| Consulting Fee | $363,139 | 165 | 18.7% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program | $100,650 | 38 | 5.2% |
| Travel and Lodging | $55,033 | 166 | 2.8% |
| Food and Beverage | $22,242 | 405 | 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 | $5,610 | 3 | 0.3% |
| Unspecified | $5,525 | 6 | 0.3% |
| Current or prospective ownership or investment interest | $2,150 | 1 | 0.1% |
Payments by Type
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| NuVasive, Inc. | $1.1M | 368 | $0 (2023) |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | $271,776 | 20 | $0 (2024) |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | $220,718 | 95 | $0 (2024) |
| SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION | $207,619 | 158 | $0 (2022) |
| Stryker Corporation | $55,413 | 44 | $0 (2022) |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | $25,999 | 28 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic USA, Inc. | $22,743 | 33 | $0 (2020) |
| Viseon, Inc. | $6,771 | 10 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $4,524 | 9 | $0 (2021) |
| K2M, Inc. | $3,293 | 23 | $0 (2018) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $403,570 | 65 | Globus Medical, Inc. ($269,625) |
| 2023 | $495,173 | 91 | NuVasive, Inc. ($381,765) |
| 2022 | $332,831 | 112 | NuVasive, Inc. ($249,089) |
| 2021 | $139,134 | 103 | NuVasive, Inc. ($68,526) |
| 2020 | $113,056 | 85 | NuVasive, Inc. ($48,223) |
| 2019 | $125,740 | 146 | NuVasive, Inc. ($64,367) |
| 2018 | $174,189 | 103 | NuVasive, Inc. ($149,243) |
| 2017 | $162,699 | 140 | NUVASIVE, INC. ($159,076) |
All Payment Transactions
845 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 34
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/11/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,875.00 | General |
| 12/05/2024 | Carlsmed, Inc. | aprevo (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $38.75 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 11/26/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | Mariner MIS (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $20,460.50 | General |
| Category: Spine Hardware Systems | ||||||
| 11/26/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | WaveForm L (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $7,397.14 | General |
| Category: Intervertebral Fusion Device With Integrated Fixation, Lumbar | ||||||
| 11/21/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $49.00 | General |
| 11/21/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $13.75 | General |
| 11/21/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $13.75 | General |
| 11/16/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $75.07 | General |
| 11/16/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $56.31 | General |
| 11/16/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $45.99 | General |
| 11/16/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.21 | General |
| 11/15/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | Modulus (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $63,048.00 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 11/15/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | CoRoent (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,180.00 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 11/15/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | Monolith (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $842.00 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 11/15/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $399.00 | General |
| 11/15/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $168.38 | General |
| 10/30/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $250.00 | General |
| 10/22/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $477.08 | General |
| 10/04/2024 | Carlsmed, Inc. | aprevo (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $900.00 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 10/02/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.13 | General |
| 09/24/2024 | Carlsmed, Inc. | aprevo (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $10,800.00 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 09/16/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 7D Surgical System (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $500.00 | General |
| Category: Spine Hardware Systems & Motion Preservation | ||||||
| 09/16/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 7D Surgical System (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $500.00 | General |
| Category: Spine Hardware Systems & Motion Preservation | ||||||
| 09/09/2024 | Curiteva, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $430.08 | General |
| 09/07/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.79 | General |
Research Studies & Clinical Trials
| Study Name | Company | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| NUVA.IGA1503 A Prospective Multicenter Study Evaluating the Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes of Thoracolumbar Spine Surgery When Comprehensive Sagittal Alignment Surgical Planning is Used | NuVasive, Inc. | $4,575 | 3 |
| NUVA.CACR1601 A Retrospective Review of Cervical Anterior Column Realignment (ACR) Procedures and Outcomes for Cervical Pathologies | NuVasive, Inc. | $750.00 | 1 |
| NUVA.MON1701 A Retrospective Review of a PEEK Corpectomy Device for Cervical Vertebral Body Replacement VBR | NuVasive, Inc. | $200.00 | 1 |
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 15 | 18 | $74,628 | $13,366 |
| 2022 | 3 | 47 | 49 | $56,073 | $12,369 |
| 2021 | 3 | 49 | 53 | $20,518 | $6,044 |
| 2020 | 3 | 42 | 45 | $10,511 | $2,702 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
10 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15734 | Creation of muscle graft to trunk | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 18 | $74,628 | $13,366 | 17.9% |
| 15734 | Creation of muscle graft to trunk | Facility | 2022 | 12 | 12 | $46,158 | $8,868 | 19.2% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 24 | 24 | $6,454 | $2,246 | 34.8% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 13 | $3,461 | $1,255 | 36.3% |
| 99204 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes | Office | 2021 | 21 | 21 | $10,997 | $3,061 | 27.8% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Office | 2021 | 13 | 17 | $5,993 | $2,048 | 34.2% |
| 99213 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes | Office | 2021 | 15 | 15 | $3,528 | $935.29 | 26.5% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes | Office | 2020 | 15 | 15 | $6,564 | $1,574 | 24.0% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes | Office | 2020 | 14 | 15 | $2,529 | $701.00 | 27.7% |
| 99212 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes | Office | 2020 | 13 | 15 | $1,418 | $427.18 | 30.1% |
About Dr. Donald Blaskiewicz, M.D
Dr. Donald Blaskiewicz, M.D is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in Boise, Idaho. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 02/05/2009. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1215176839.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Donald Blaskiewicz, M.D has received a total of $1.9M in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $403,570 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 845 transactions from 30 companies. The most common payment nature is "Royalty or License" ($1.4M).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Blaskiewicz has provided services to 153 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 165 services with total Medicare billing of $34,481. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 10 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Neurological Surgery
- Other Specialties Neurological Surgery
- Location Boise, ID
- Active Since 02/05/2009
- Last Updated 01/11/2022
- Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1215176839
Products in Payments
- Modulus (Device) $420,318
- LessRay (Device) $299,935
- CoRoent (Device) $147,202
- Mariner (Device) $137,798
- Monolith (Device) $136,923
- Mariner MIS (Device) $132,224
- XLIF (Device) $126,457
- Pulse (Device) $115,334
- iGA (Device) $77,115
- aprevo (Device) $25,999
- ALIF (Device) $19,094
- NewPort (Device) $17,755
- WaveForm L (Device) $17,466
- GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION (Device) $14,188
- BACS (Device) $11,688
- AERO (Device) $11,394
- EVEREST XT (Device) $11,072
- CD HORIZON (Device) $11,050
- TLIF (Device) $10,215
- PLIF (Device) $10,058
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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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