Dr. Donald Brown, MD

Anesthesiology Hickory, NC Male
NPI: 1013997709
Total Payments
$3,033
2024 Payments
$915.57
Companies
28
Transactions
109
Medicare Patients
2,521
Medicare Billing
$261,049

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$2,582 (85.1%)
Travel$428.27 (14.1%)
Education$22.34 (0.7%)
Other$0.00 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $2,582 107 85.1%
Travel and Lodging $428.27 1 14.1%
Education $22.34 1 0.7%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $577.66 5 $0 (2024)
Medtronic, Inc. $396.86 10 $0 (2024)
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. $296.58 20 $0 (2024)
Boston Scientific Corporation $274.02 5 $0 (2024)
PFIZER INC. $232.19 24 $0 (2018)
Amgen Inc. $213.70 2 $0 (2019)
Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. $132.20 3 $0 (2018)
Depomed, Inc. $123.05 4 $0 (2017)
Nevro Corp. $122.61 4 $0 (2024)
Purdue Pharma L.P. $96.89 4 $0 (2017)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $915.57 16 SPR Therapeutics, Inc ($521.09)
2023 $375.18 13 Medtronic, Inc. ($194.45)
2022 $334.23 14 Boston Scientific Corporation ($136.50)
2021 $317.87 13 Medtronic, Inc. ($156.44)
2020 $22.59 2 Medtronic USA, Inc. ($11.37)
2019 $148.22 5 Amgen Inc. ($98.70)
2018 $324.90 22 PFIZER INC. ($129.83)
2017 $594.04 24 Depomed, Inc. ($123.05)

All Payment Transactions

109 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 5

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/12/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $102.96 General
Category: General - Therapies_NMD
12/12/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.94 General
Category: General - Pain Management_NMD
10/19/2024 Curonix LLC PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A (Device) Education In-kind items and services $22.34 General
Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT
10/15/2024 Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. XTAMPZA (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $23.65 General
Category: Opioid Analgesic
09/30/2024 Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. Evoke (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $50.92 General
Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator
09/30/2024 Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. Evoke (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $45.26 General
Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator
08/17/2024 SPR Therapeutics, Inc SPRINT PNS System (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $428.27 General
Category: Pain management
08/17/2024 SPR Therapeutics, Inc SPRINT PNS System (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $77.84 General
Category: Pain management
08/17/2024 SPR Therapeutics, Inc SPRINT PNS System (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $14.98 General
Category: Pain management
07/29/2024 Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. INSPIRE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.45 General
Category: NEUROLOGY
07/10/2024 Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. XTAMPZA (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $22.00 General
Category: Opioid Analgesic
06/12/2024 Medtronic, Inc. INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.37 General
Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation
05/22/2024 Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. XTAMPZA (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $15.04 General
Category: Opioid Analgesic
05/01/2024 Nevro Corp. Senza (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.85 General
Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator
04/09/2024 Medtronic, Inc. VECTRIS SURESCAN (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $32.60 General
Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation
01/10/2024 Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. XTAMPZA (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $14.10 General
Category: Opioid Analgesic
11/06/2023 SPR Therapeutics, Inc SPRINT PNS System (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $19.82 General
Category: Pain management
09/14/2023 Medtronic, Inc. INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $122.82 General
Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation
06/01/2023 AbbVie Inc. BOTOX (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.59 General
Category: BOTOX THERAPEUTIC
05/11/2023 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.04 General
Category: VTE
04/26/2023 Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. XTAMPZA (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $15.52 General
Category: Opioid Analgesic
04/17/2023 Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC Xeomin (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.99 General
Category: Musculoskeletal
04/13/2023 Nevro Corp. Senza (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $42.34 General
Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator
03/23/2023 Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC Xeomin (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.55 General
Category: Musculoskeletal
03/06/2023 Medtronic, Inc. INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.18 General
Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation
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Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 11 523 763 $751,605 $58,958
2022 11 582 1,027 $1.0M $62,144
2021 16 680 1,197 $1.1M $74,482
2020 14 736 1,067 $838,665 $65,465
Total Patients
2,521
Total Services
4,054
Medicare Billing
$261,049
Procedure Codes
60

All Medicare Procedures & Services

60 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
G0482 Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms Office 2023 58 63 $28,287 $12,271 43.4%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 112 191 $59,019 $9,046 15.3%
64483 Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level Office 2023 40 76 $164,140 $7,092 4.3%
80307 Testing for presence of drug, by chemistry analyzers Office 2023 86 111 $39,627 $6,755 17.0%
G0481 Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms Office 2023 44 44 $15,576 $6,752 43.4%
62323 Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance Office 2023 41 84 $224,196 $5,914 2.6%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 50 57 $26,448 $3,784 14.3%
62323 Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance Facility 2023 16 33 $88,077 $2,385 2.7%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 20 20 $15,400 $1,918 12.5%
62321 Injection of substance into middle or upper spine canal using imaging guidance Office 2023 14 21 $61,005 $1,689 2.8%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 18 32 $25,025 $1,069 4.3%
99152 Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes Office 2023 24 31 $4,805 $282.00 5.9%
G0481 Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms Office 2022 69 80 $28,320 $12,389 43.7%
62323 Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance Office 2022 67 166 $443,054 $11,709 2.6%
64483 Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level Office 2022 34 86 $174,275 $7,722 4.4%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 63 99 $45,936 $6,551 14.3%
80307 Testing for presence of drug, by chemistry analyzers Office 2022 87 101 $36,057 $6,186 17.2%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 73 101 $31,209 $4,512 14.5%
62323 Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance Facility 2022 22 60 $160,140 $4,070 2.5%
G0482 Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms Office 2022 13 13 $5,837 $2,556 43.8%
99152 Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes Office 2022 77 185 $28,675 $1,716 6.0%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2022 28 28 $17,276 $1,614 9.3%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2022 18 45 $34,650 $1,433 4.1%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 12 12 $9,240 $1,252 13.6%
99152 Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes Facility 2022 19 51 $7,905 $433.88 5.5%
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About Dr. Donald Brown, MD

Dr. Donald Brown, MD is a Anesthesiology healthcare provider based in Hickory, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 01/19/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1013997709.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Donald Brown, MD has received a total of $3,033 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $915.57 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 109 transactions from 28 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($2,582).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Brown has provided services to 2,521 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 4,054 services with total Medicare billing of $261,049. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 60 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Anesthesiology
  • Other Specialties Pain Medicine
  • Location Hickory, NC
  • Active Since 01/19/2006
  • Last Updated 07/01/2011
  • Taxonomy Code 207L00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1013997709

Products in Payments

  • SPRINT PNS System (Device) $577.66
  • XTAMPZA (Drug) $244.18
  • LYRICA (Drug) $219.35
  • Aimovig (Biological) $213.70
  • INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) $207.82
  • General - Pain Management (Device) $136.50
  • ZOHYDRO ER (Drug) $132.20
  • Nucynta (Drug) $113.14
  • Evoke (Device) $96.18
  • INTELLIS (Device) $89.39
  • Movantik (Drug) $87.31
  • Omnia (Device) $62.42
  • Senza (Device) $60.19
  • RELISTOR (Drug) $43.91
  • DYSPORT (Drug) $42.18
  • Belbuca (Drug) $40.57
  • XEOMIN (Biological) $34.84
  • VECTRIS SURESCAN (Device) $32.60
  • BOTOX (Biological) $29.89
  • Xeomin (Biological) $29.54

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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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