Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royalty or License | $349,015 | 49 | 93.2% |
| Consulting Fee | $20,838 | 16 | 5.6% |
| Food and Beverage | $2,769 | 63 | 0.7% |
| Travel and Lodging | $1,691 | 4 | 0.5% |
| Education | $20.00 | 1 | 0.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medtronic, Inc. | $229,711 | 53 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic USA, Inc. | $144,244 | 56 | $0 (2020) |
| Stryker Corporation | $186.01 | 15 | $0 (2020) |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $135.49 | 6 | $0 (2020) |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $22.73 | 1 | $0 (2023) |
| CSL Behring | $20.00 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | $13.33 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $69,685 | 20 | Medtronic, Inc. ($69,665) |
| 2023 | $77,869 | 12 | Medtronic, Inc. ($77,846) |
| 2022 | $40,780 | 15 | Medtronic, Inc. ($40,766) |
| 2021 | $41,434 | 9 | Medtronic, Inc. ($41,434) |
| 2020 | $18,694 | 12 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($18,633) |
| 2019 | $36,673 | 24 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($36,545) |
| 2018 | $36,202 | 12 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($36,157) |
| 2017 | $52,997 | 29 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($52,909) |
All Payment Transactions
133 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 6
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/25/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $14,138.00 | General |
| 11/25/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | VERTE-STACK SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $398.00 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 11/08/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $175.00 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 10/23/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | MIDAS REX (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $700.00 | General |
| Category: High Speed Surgical Drills and Tools | ||||||
| 09/30/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $126.90 | General |
| 09/30/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $38.83 | General |
| 09/17/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | MIDAS REX (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.57 | General |
| Category: High Speed Surgical Drills and Tools | ||||||
| 09/17/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | MIDAS REX (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.32 | General |
| Category: High Speed Surgical Drills and Tools | ||||||
| 08/21/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $700.00 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 08/15/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $16,007.00 | General |
| 08/15/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | VERTE-STACK SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $416.00 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 05/17/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $17,096.00 | General |
| 05/17/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | VERTE-STACK SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $504.00 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 04/17/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $875.00 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 04/03/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $525.00 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 03/18/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $525.00 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 02/23/2024 | CSL Behring | Kcentra (Biological) | Education | In-kind items and services | $20.00 | General |
| Category: Trauma (Emergency, Injury, Surgery) | ||||||
| 02/09/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $15,700.00 | General |
| 02/09/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | VERTE-STACK SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $647.00 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 02/02/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,050.00 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 12/22/2023 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Ti Rapidflap Spindown (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.73 | General |
| Category: CMF & Thoracic | ||||||
| 11/09/2023 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $14,436.00 | General |
| 11/09/2023 | Medtronic, Inc. | VERTE-STACK SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $591.00 | General |
| Category: TL | ||||||
| 09/10/2023 | Medtronic, Inc. | STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $28.15 | General |
| Category: Image Guided Surgery Products | ||||||
| 08/21/2023 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $13,145.00 | General |
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20 | 871 | 1,155 | $695,998 | $141,437 |
| 2022 | 20 | 768 | 1,006 | $726,816 | $135,899 |
| 2021 | 21 | 795 | 1,169 | $908,059 | $168,564 |
| 2020 | 22 | 722 | 1,029 | $844,853 | $152,271 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22633 | Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc | Facility | 2023 | 26 | 26 | $130,038 | $32,899 | 25.3% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 254 | 354 | $46,374 | $22,702 | 49.0% |
| 63047 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | Facility | 2023 | 18 | 18 | $109,440 | $14,022 | 12.8% |
| 22853 | Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | Facility | 2023 | 28 | 48 | $85,746 | $8,724 | 10.2% |
| 22842 | Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments | Facility | 2023 | 16 | 16 | $62,388 | $8,291 | 13.3% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 105 | 105 | $17,535 | $7,961 | 45.4% |
| 22840 | Placement of stabilizing device to back of 1 spine bone in neck | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $51,428 | $7,073 | 13.8% |
| 22634 | Fusion of additional segment of spine with partial removal of spine bone and disc | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 19 | $26,334 | $6,589 | 25.0% |
| 63052 | Partial removal of bone of single segment of spine in lower back with release of spinal cord and/or nerves during fusion of spine in lower back | Facility | 2023 | 25 | 25 | $52,350 | $4,628 | 8.8% |
| 61783 | Computer-assisted spinal procedure | Facility | 2023 | 27 | 27 | $30,188 | $4,305 | 14.3% |
| 99284 | Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | Facility | 2023 | 40 | 40 | $13,240 | $3,684 | 27.8% |
| 99212 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes | Office | 2023 | 75 | 88 | $5,896 | $3,332 | 56.5% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 18 | 53 | $6,943 | $3,201 | 46.1% |
| 63053 | Partial removal of bone of additional segment of spine in lower back with release of spinal cord and/or nerves during fusion of spine in lower back | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 19 | $11,248 | $3,120 | 27.7% |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 34 | 77 | $6,314 | $2,899 | 45.9% |
| 72110 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views | Office | 2023 | 65 | 67 | $13,936 | $2,450 | 17.6% |
| 72100 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 37 | 68 | $10,200 | $1,991 | 19.5% |
| 72082 | X-ray of entire middle and lower spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 20 | 32 | $6,016 | $1,632 | 27.1% |
| 72050 | X-ray of upper spine, 4-5 views | Office | 2023 | 30 | 31 | $6,324 | $1,161 | 18.4% |
| 72040 | X-ray of upper spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 18 | 29 | $4,060 | $773.76 | 19.1% |
| 22633 | Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc | Facility | 2022 | 30 | 30 | $142,914 | $37,185 | 26.0% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2022 | 192 | 275 | $36,025 | $16,779 | 46.6% |
| 63047 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | Facility | 2022 | 18 | 18 | $109,440 | $12,401 | 11.3% |
| 22614 | Fusion of additional segment of spine | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 53 | $90,196 | $10,959 | 12.2% |
| 22853 | Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | Facility | 2022 | 32 | 60 | $94,674 | $9,819 | 10.4% |
About Dr. Eric Potts, MD
Dr. Eric Potts, MD is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in Carmel, Indiana. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 08/22/2005. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1265424543.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Eric Potts, MD has received a total of $374,333 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $69,685 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 133 transactions from 7 companies. The most common payment nature is "Royalty or License" ($349,015).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Potts has provided services to 3,156 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 4,359 services with total Medicare billing of $598,171. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 83 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Neurological Surgery
- Location Carmel, IN
- Active Since 08/22/2005
- Last Updated 03/10/2021
- Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1265424543
Products in Payments
- VERTE-STACK (Device) $126,346
- VERTE-STACK SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $9,381
- T2 ALTITUDE (Device) $9,344
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $3,850
- T2 STRATOSPHERE (Device) $1,100
- O-ARM-ST (Device) $825.00
- MIDAS REX (Device) $761.39
- MazorX - Renaissance (Device) $746.69
- StealthStation (Device) $308.76
- MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) $211.56
- S7 (Device) $132.86
- STEALTH AUTOGUIDE SYSTEM (Device) $130.99
- POWEREASE (Device) $109.84
- VERTEX (Device) $105.36
- CD HORIZON (Device) $60.13
- SYNFIX (Device) $47.26
- EVEREST (Device) $38.96
- DIVERGENCE (Device) $34.65
- AVIATOR (Device) $33.12
- O-ARM (Device) $32.86
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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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