Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $250,000 | 1 | 84.7% |
| Consulting Fee | $35,900 | 7 | 12.2% |
| Travel and Lodging | $6,538 | 22 | 2.2% |
| Food and Beverage | $2,042 | 29 | 0.7% |
| Gift | $530.14 | 1 | 0.2% |
| Unspecified | $0 | 3 | 0.0% |
Payments by Type
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Medical Management Company LLC | $250,000 | 4 | $0 (2023) |
| Stryker Corporation | $39,184 | 25 | $0 (2022) |
| The Institute of Musculoskeletal Science and Education | $3,152 | 6 | $0 (2020) |
| Medtronic USA, Inc. | $1,206 | 13 | $0 (2020) |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | $730.22 | 5 | $0 (2021) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $447.35 | 5 | $0 (2019) |
| Next Science LLC | $115.10 | 1 | $0 (2021) |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $76.32 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
| Bioventus LLC | $52.00 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | $25.91 | 1 | $0 (2021) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $250,000 | 1 | Philadelphia Medical Management Company LLC ($250,000) |
| 2022 | $131.71 | 2 | Stryker Corporation ($131.71) |
| 2021 | $945.84 | 9 | Camber Spine Technologies LLC ($717.43) |
| 2020 | $1,775 | 10 | The Institute of Musculoskeletal Science and Education ($938.93) |
| 2019 | $2,954 | 16 | The Institute of Musculoskeletal Science and Education ($2,213) |
| 2018 | $6,173 | 6 | Stryker Corporation ($6,173) |
| 2017 | $33,031 | 19 | Stryker Corporation ($32,719) |
All Payment Transactions
63 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 3 of 3
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/27/2017 | Stryker Corporation | Aero (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,500.00 | General |
| Category: Thoracolumbar | ||||||
| 07/27/2017 | Stryker Corporation | AccuLIF (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $28.00 | General |
| Category: Bone Substitutes/Biologics | ||||||
| 07/13/2017 | Stryker Corporation | AccuLIF (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $895.03 | General |
| Category: Bone Substitutes/Biologics | ||||||
| 05/22/2017 | Medtronic USA, Inc. | VECTRIS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $45.75 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 04/27/2017 | Stryker Corporation | ES2 (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,000.00 | General |
| Category: thoracolumbar | ||||||
| 04/10/2017 | Abbott Laboratories | SCS leads (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $157.28 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure | ||||||
| 04/10/2017 | Abbott Laboratories | SCS leads (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.94 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure | ||||||
| 03/23/2017 | Stryker Corporation | AccuLIF (Device), Anchor C, Xia | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $6,000.00 | General |
| Category: Bone Substitutes/Biologics | ||||||
| 03/13/2017 | Stryker Corporation | Tritanium (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $52.56 | General |
| Category: HIPS | ||||||
| 03/13/2017 | Stryker Corporation | XIA (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $39.41 | General |
| Category: Thoracolumbar | ||||||
| 03/10/2017 | Stryker Corporation | XIA (Device), Tritanium | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $24.04 | General |
| Category: Thoracolumbar | ||||||
| 03/09/2017 | Stryker Corporation | XIA (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $48.75 | General |
| Category: Thoracolumbar | ||||||
| 02/26/2017 | Stryker Corporation | XIA (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,032.29 | General |
| Category: Thoracolumbar | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 | 487 | 590 | $146,027 | $36,618 |
| 2020 | 11 | 541 | 675 | $130,842 | $33,092 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
21 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Office | 2021 | 140 | 194 | $71,780 | $17,738 | 24.7% |
| 99204 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes | Office | 2021 | 52 | 52 | $24,908 | $6,127 | 24.6% |
| 72100 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views | Office | 2021 | 102 | 132 | $12,972 | $3,189 | 24.6% |
| 22310 | Closed treatment of broken spine bones with casting or bracing | Facility | 2021 | 13 | 13 | $11,076 | $3,078 | 27.8% |
| 99213 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes | Office | 2021 | 26 | 27 | $7,047 | $1,855 | 26.3% |
| 99221 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 22 | 22 | $6,204 | $1,763 | 28.4% |
| 72170 | X-ray of pelvis, 1 or 2 views | Office | 2021 | 67 | 69 | $4,581 | $1,143 | 24.9% |
| 72080 | X-ray of middle and lower spine, 2 views | Office | 2021 | 23 | 34 | $3,088 | $700.44 | 22.7% |
| 72050 | X-ray of upper spine, 4 or 5 views | Office | 2021 | 23 | 24 | $2,568 | $604.00 | 23.5% |
| 72040 | X-ray of spine of neck, 2 or 3 views | Office | 2021 | 19 | 23 | $1,803 | $420.26 | 23.3% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes | Office | 2020 | 129 | 200 | $40,200 | $10,388 | 25.8% |
| 22310 | Closed treatment of broken spine bones with casting or bracing | Facility | 2020 | 27 | 27 | $25,056 | $6,371 | 25.4% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes | Office | 2020 | 51 | 51 | $14,943 | $3,764 | 25.2% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes | Office | 2020 | 40 | 40 | $11,760 | $3,127 | 26.6% |
| 72100 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views | Office | 2020 | 102 | 129 | $12,018 | $3,013 | 25.1% |
| 99221 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day | Facility | 2020 | 36 | 36 | $10,044 | $2,773 | 27.6% |
| 72170 | X-ray of pelvis, 1 or 2 views | Office | 2020 | 68 | 69 | $5,671 | $1,141 | 20.1% |
| 72080 | X-ray of middle and lower spine, 2 views | Office | 2020 | 30 | 50 | $4,004 | $987.18 | 24.7% |
| 72040 | X-ray of spine of neck, 2 or 3 views | Office | 2020 | 25 | 39 | $3,558 | $806.34 | 22.7% |
| 72050 | X-ray of upper spine, 4 or 5 views | Office | 2020 | 19 | 20 | $2,332 | $488.88 | 21.0% |
| 72070 | X-ray of middle spine, 3 views | Office | 2020 | 14 | 14 | $1,256 | $232.17 | 18.5% |
About Dr. Gary Schmidt, MD
Dr. Gary Schmidt, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/14/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1922041128.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Gary Schmidt, MD has received a total of $295,010 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $250,000 received in 2023. These payments were reported across 63 transactions from 11 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($250,000).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Schmidt has provided services to 1,028 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,265 services with total Medicare billing of $69,709. Data is available for 2 years (2020–2021), covering 21 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
- Location Pittsburgh, PA
- Active Since 06/14/2006
- Last Updated 10/02/2020
- Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1922041128
Products in Payments
- AccuLIF (Device) $15,423
- OASYS (Device) $8,389
- AERO (Device) $6,002
- ES2 (Device) $4,000
- Aero (Device) $3,500
- Enza (Device) $1,400
- XIA (Device) $1,166
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System (Device) $696.03
- SERRATO (Device) $280.79
- ILIOS (Device) $209.95
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs (Device) $181.39
- SCS leads (Device) $172.22
- CD HORIZON (Device) $118.27
- SurgX (Device) $115.10
- VECTRIS (Device) $114.51
- ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) $104.89
- SCS IPGs (Device) $93.74
- PlasmaBlade (Device) $80.13
- FIBERGRAFT (Device) $76.32
- EVEREST (Device) $72.63
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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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