Dr. Eric Skipper, MD

Surgery Charlotte, NC Male
NPI: 1972616175
Total Payments
$131,495
2024 Payments
$14,258
Companies
21
Transactions
420
Medicare Patients
1,226
Medicare Billing
$399,638

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$81,356 (61.9%)
Travel$26,184 (19.9%)
Food & Beverage$17,440 (13.3%)
Other$6,500 (4.9%)
Education$13.87 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $81,356 36 61.9%
Travel and Lodging $26,184 91 19.9%
Food and Beverage $17,440 288 13.3%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $6,500 3 4.9%
Education $13.87 2 0.0%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Abbott Laboratories $67,034 132 $0 (2024)
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $32,661 160 $0 (2024)
Boston Scientific Corporation $15,139 21 $0 (2024)
TransMedics, Inc. $5,091 4 $0 (2024)
Teleflex LLC $3,800 2 $0 (2024)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $2,617 36 $0 (2020)
ABIOMED $1,845 18 $0 (2024)
DAVOL INC. $815.59 14 $0 (2019)
Peerless Surgical Inc. $589.04 4 $0 (2024)
Arthrex, Inc. $405.71 4 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $14,258 63 TransMedics, Inc. ($3,466)
2023 $15,031 37 Abbott Laboratories ($9,023)
2022 $16,626 46 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($13,397)
2021 $10,396 35 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($6,248)
2020 $25,221 44 Abbott Laboratories ($13,048)
2019 $37,198 65 Abbott Laboratories ($34,469)
2018 $7,942 72 Abbott Laboratories ($4,513)
2017 $4,822 58 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($1,993)

All Payment Transactions

420 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 17

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/31/2024 Abbott Laboratories 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $124.02 General
Category: Heart Failure
12/31/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.04 General
Category: Heart Failure
12/27/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation — Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $937.50 General
Category: General - Structural Heart_IC
12/19/2024 LSI SOLUTIONS INC COR-KNOT (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $19.27 General
Category: CARDIOTHORACIC
12/18/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.64 General
12/18/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $7.02 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves
11/25/2024 Artivion, Inc. CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE (Device), BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE, ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.80 General
Category: Cardiovascular surgery
11/20/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $127.57 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
11/20/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $80.15 General
Category: Heart Failure
11/19/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation EVOQUE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $140.75 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair
11/12/2024 TransMedics, Inc. Organ Care System (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $2,538.68 General
Category: Device
11/08/2024 Teleflex LLC PLEUR-EVAC (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,900.00 General
Category: SURGICAL
11/06/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.23 General
Category: Heart Failure
11/06/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $8.35 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves
10/29/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $129.34 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
10/29/2024 Abbott Laboratories MITRACLIP (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.81 General
Category: Vascular
10/22/2024 TransMedics, Inc. Organ Care System (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $926.94 General
Category: Device
10/09/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $125.46 General
Category: Heart Failure
10/09/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $38.28 General
Category: Heart Failure
09/26/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $667.95 General
Category: Heart Failure
09/26/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $9.02 General
Category: Heart Failure
09/23/2024 Medtronic, Inc. AVALUS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $142.95 General
Category: Heart Valves
09/13/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $171.53 General
Category: Heart Failure
09/12/2024 Peerless Surgical Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.21 General
09/10/2024 Arthrex, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $103.06 General
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Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 8 277 457 $613,907 $76,142
2022 8 304 649 $840,333 $105,071
2021 8 331 675 $825,455 $118,840
2020 10 314 476 $843,039 $99,586
Total Patients
1,226
Total Services
2,257
Medicare Billing
$399,638
Procedure Codes
35

All Medicare Procedures & Services

35 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
33361 Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Facility 2023 32 32 $271,706 $17,894 6.6%
33405 Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine Facility 2023 12 12 $170,580 $17,035 10.0%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 89 89 $62,389 $14,580 23.4%
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes Facility 2023 49 141 $48,786 $13,052 26.8%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 30 36 $16,260 $4,844 29.8%
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes Facility 2023 27 56 $13,496 $3,446 25.5%
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes Facility 2023 24 24 $15,816 $3,239 20.5%
93750 Evaluation of lower heart chamber assist device Facility 2023 14 67 $14,874 $2,052 13.8%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Facility 2022 51 51 $421,209 $30,031 7.1%
33430 Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine Facility 2022 12 12 $206,160 $23,999 11.6%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2022 109 109 $68,200 $18,245 26.8%
99233 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes Facility 2022 33 199 $67,461 $15,904 23.6%
93750 Evaluation of lower heart chamber assist device Facility 2022 16 145 $28,515 $4,560 16.0%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2022 27 35 $15,757 $4,519 28.7%
99232 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes Facility 2022 35 74 $17,464 $4,099 23.5%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes Facility 2022 21 24 $15,567 $3,714 23.9%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin Facility 2021 58 58 $417,600 $34,830 8.3%
33405 Replacement of aortic valve using artificial valve on heart-lung machine, open procedure Facility 2021 18 18 $221,701 $28,661 12.9%
99205 New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes Office 2021 99 99 $60,850 $17,210 28.3%
99233 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day Facility 2021 19 189 $44,415 $15,870 35.7%
99215 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 40-54 minutes Office 2021 53 55 $20,862 $7,409 35.5%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Office 2021 55 55 $21,039 $6,675 31.7%
93750 Evaluation of lower heart chamber assist device with physician analysis Facility 2021 14 186 $30,318 $5,813 19.2%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day Facility 2021 15 15 $8,670 $2,373 27.4%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin Facility 2020 73 73 $585,814 $44,133 7.5%
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About Dr. Eric Skipper, MD

Dr. Eric Skipper, MD is a Surgery healthcare provider based in Charlotte, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 08/15/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1972616175.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Eric Skipper, MD has received a total of $131,495 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $14,258 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 420 transactions from 21 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($81,356).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Skipper has provided services to 1,226 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 2,257 services with total Medicare billing of $399,638. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 35 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Surgery
  • Other Specialties Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
  • Location Charlotte, NC
  • Active Since 08/15/2006
  • Last Updated 07/23/2024
  • Taxonomy Code 208600000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1972616175

Products in Payments

  • HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev (Device) $49,861
  • EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) $21,144
  • THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) $12,340
  • Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $6,874
  • Organ Care System (Device) $3,905
  • GENERAL - THERAPIES (Device) $3,519
  • GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART (Device) $3,000
  • PLEUR-EVAC (Device) $1,900
  • QuikClot (Device) $1,900
  • Impella (Device) $1,845
  • Circulatory Support (Device) $1,824
  • HeartWare HVAD (Device) $1,754
  • ORGAN CARE SYSTEM (Device) $1,187
  • INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve (Device) $1,096
  • General - EP (Device) $982.18
  • AMPLATZER Occluders (Device) $772.75
  • HeartMate (Device) $705.91
  • General - Kidney Stone Disease (Device) $603.92
  • GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART (Device) $535.23
  • LOTUS Edge (Device) $372.70

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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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