Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $1,163 | 35 | 100.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $1,112 | 33 | $0 (2024) |
| Radius Health, Inc. | $31.14 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
| Baxter Healthcare | $19.51 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $541.88 | 22 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. ($522.37) |
| 2023 | $398.43 | 10 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. ($398.43) |
| 2022 | $222.33 | 3 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. ($191.19) |
All Payment Transactions
35 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 2
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/26/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | NA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.36 | General |
| Category: Power Tools | ||||||
| 09/25/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | ACF (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.00 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 09/14/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | Sentio (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $36.13 | General |
| 09/11/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | NA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $35.68 | General |
| Category: Power Tools | ||||||
| 09/07/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $93.99 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 08/28/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | EXPEDIUM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.08 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 08/27/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | EXPEDIUM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.08 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 08/19/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | EXPEDIUM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.82 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 08/14/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | EXPEDIUM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $8.28 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 08/12/2024 | Baxter Healthcare | FLOSEAL (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.51 | General |
| Category: Surgical Care | ||||||
| 08/06/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | EXPEDIUM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.25 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 07/11/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | EXPEDIUM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $45.66 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 06/25/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | EXPEDIUM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.23 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 06/17/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | FIBERGRAFT BG MORSELS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.34 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 06/14/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | EXPEDIUM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $41.27 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 06/05/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | FIBERGRAFT BG MORSELS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.00 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 05/13/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | FIBERGRAFT BG MORSELS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.23 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 02/26/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | Expedium VERSE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.92 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 02/05/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | EXPEDIUM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.97 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 02/02/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | VIVIGEN MIS DELIVERY SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $33.48 | General |
| Category: Spine Trauma | ||||||
| 01/24/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | ACF (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.60 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 01/10/2024 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | ACIS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.00 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 11/06/2023 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | ALTALYNE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $45.47 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
| 10/05/2023 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | Sentio (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.50 | General |
| 09/05/2023 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | FIBERGRAFT BG MORSELS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $100.29 | General |
| Category: Spine | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12 | 307 | 407 | $440,175 | $20,460 |
| 2022 | 6 | 116 | 136 | $111,717 | $7,133 |
| 2021 | 8 | 152 | 268 | $289,180 | $13,317 |
| 2020 | 17 | 378 | 786 | $1.3M | $44,707 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
43 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 83 | 109 | $18,360 | $6,137 | 33.4% |
| 22216 | Incision or removal of spine bone segment, each additional segment | Facility | 2023 | 20 | 67 | $98,333 | $2,526 | 2.6% |
| 22633 | Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 12 | $90,376 | $2,189 | 2.4% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 30 | 30 | $6,215 | $2,030 | 32.7% |
| 22214 | Incision or removal of lower spine bone segment | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 19 | $117,516 | $1,524 | 1.3% |
| 72082 | X-ray of entire middle and lower spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 41 | 42 | $8,550 | $1,469 | 17.2% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 14 | 15 | $3,573 | $1,160 | 32.5% |
| 22842 | Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 12 | $36,882 | $950.04 | 2.6% |
| 22853 | Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 34 | $35,335 | $910.31 | 2.6% |
| 72100 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 37 | 42 | $4,826 | $844.34 | 17.5% |
| 22848 | Insertion of instrumentation to pelvic bones | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $18,927 | $486.46 | 2.6% |
| 72040 | X-ray of upper spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 11 | 12 | $1,281 | $233.92 | 18.3% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2022 | 32 | 43 | $6,672 | $2,544 | 38.1% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 17 | 17 | $3,527 | $1,451 | 41.1% |
| 22844 | Placement of stabilizing device to back, 13 or more spine bone segments | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 11 | $37,612 | $1,018 | 2.7% |
| 22214 | Incision or removal of lower spine bone segment | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 11 | $58,143 | $965.93 | 1.7% |
| 72082 | X-ray of entire middle and lower spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2022 | 21 | 26 | $3,401 | $661.49 | 19.4% |
| 72100 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2022 | 24 | 28 | $2,362 | $492.71 | 20.9% |
| 22614 | Fusion of spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach | Facility | 2021 | 17 | 109 | $133,852 | $4,501 | 3.4% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Office | 2021 | 38 | 44 | $9,064 | $2,960 | 32.7% |
| 22612 | Fusion of lower spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach | Facility | 2021 | 12 | 12 | $58,560 | $1,962 | 3.4% |
| 72082 | X-ray of spine, entire middle and lower spine, 2 or 3 views | Office | 2021 | 23 | 30 | $5,730 | $1,223 | 21.3% |
| 63047 | Partial removal of middle spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, lower back (lumbar) area | Facility | 2021 | 14 | 14 | $46,942 | $1,068 | 2.3% |
| 22853 | Insertion of device into intervertebral disc space of spine and fusion of vertebrae | Facility | 2021 | 15 | 21 | $17,346 | $572.88 | 3.3% |
| 72100 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views | Office | 2021 | 20 | 25 | $3,100 | $531.81 | 17.2% |
About Eric Sims, PA-C
Eric Sims, PA-C is a Surgical healthcare provider based in Plano, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 08/05/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1922017474.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Eric Sims, PA-C has received a total of $1,163 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $541.88 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 35 transactions from 3 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($1,163).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Sims has provided services to 953 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,597 services with total Medicare billing of $85,617. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 43 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Surgical
- Location Plano, TX
- Active Since 08/05/2006
- Last Updated 08/02/2022
- Taxonomy Code 363AS0400X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1922017474
Products in Payments
- EXPEDIUM (Device) $342.18
- FIBERGRAFT BG MORSELS (Device) $305.24
- Sentio (Device) $100.08
- Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation (Device) $93.99
- FIBERGRAFT Aeridyan Matrix (Device) $67.99
- NA (Device) $49.04
- ALTALYNE (Device) $45.47
- ACF (Device) $38.60
- VIVIGEN MIS DELIVERY SYSTEM (Device) $33.48
- Tymlos (Biological) $31.14
- ACIS (Device) $24.00
- FLOSEAL (Biological) $19.51
- Expedium VERSE (Device) $11.92
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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