Dr. Gary Schwartz, M.D

NPI: 1336464593
Total Payments
$611,027
2024 Payments
$124,198
Companies
32
Transactions
885
Medicare Patients
3,644
Medicare Billing
$659,548

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$430,206 (70.4%)
Other$106,455 (17.4%)
Travel$60,209 (9.9%)
Food & Beverage$14,157 (2.3%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $430,206 112 70.4%
Honoraria $86,015 23 14.1%
Travel and Lodging $60,209 355 9.9%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $20,440 5 3.3%
Food and Beverage $14,157 390 2.3%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $605,074 797 $0 (2024)
Abbott Laboratories $2,206 9 $0 (2020)
Vertos Medical, Inc. $957.36 7 $0 (2021)
Becton, Dickinson and Company $450.00 1 $0 (2024)
Nevro Corp. $336.48 10 $0 (2022)
Medtronic USA, Inc. $312.07 5 $0 (2020)
Boston Scientific Corporation $238.48 5 $0 (2022)
NuVasive, Inc. $176.06 1 $0 (2019)
Fidia Pharma USA Inc. $170.30 1 $0 (2023)
ASSERTIO THERAPEUTICS, Inc. $139.00 10 $0 (2019)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $124,198 157 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated ($123,509)
2023 $177,175 237 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated ($176,853)
2022 $120,728 177 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated ($120,430)
2021 $125,253 183 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated ($125,007)
2020 $57,619 75 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated ($55,262)
2019 $5,726 43 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated ($4,014)
2018 $245.34 9 Abbott Laboratories ($162.13)
2017 $83.60 4 Depomed, Inc. ($43.82)

All Payment Transactions

885 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 4 of 36

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
06/06/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Exparel (Drug) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $107.80 General
Category: Pain Management
06/06/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Exparel (Drug) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $36.77 General
Category: Pain Management
06/06/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Exparel (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $19.55 General
Category: Pain Management
05/21/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $6,240.00 General
Category: Pain Management
05/21/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Exparel (Drug) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,600.00 General
Category: Pain Management
05/21/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Exparel (Drug) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,600.00 General
Category: Pain Management
05/21/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Exparel (Drug) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,600.00 General
Category: Pain Management
05/21/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Exparel (Drug) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,560.00 General
Category: Pain Management
05/21/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Exparel (Drug), Iovera, Zilretta Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,040.00 General
Category: Pain Management
05/21/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Exparel (Drug) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $520.00 General
Category: Pain Management
05/21/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $416.20 General
Category: Pain Management
05/21/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $148.50 General
Category: Pain Management
05/21/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $74.91 General
Category: Pain Management
05/21/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $28.69 General
Category: Pain Management
05/21/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $15.97 General
Category: Pain Management
05/21/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $7.93 General
Category: Pain Management
05/21/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $7.35 General
Category: Pain Management
05/21/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $3.40 General
Category: Pain Management
05/14/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Honoraria Cash or cash equivalent $4,420.00 General
Category: Pain Management
05/13/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Exparel (Drug) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $4,680.00 General
Category: Pain Management
05/13/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $188.05 General
Category: Pain Management
05/13/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $113.94 General
Category: Pain Management
05/13/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Exparel (Drug) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $86.43 General
Category: Pain Management
05/13/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $85.89 General
Category: Pain Management
05/13/2024 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $73.61 General
Category: Pain Management

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 18 895 1,815 $1.3M $167,440
2022 20 914 1,946 $1.3M $182,229
2021 15 1,004 1,883 $1.3M $190,711
2020 18 831 1,540 $1.1M $119,168
Total Patients
3,644
Total Services
7,184
Medicare Billing
$659,548
Procedure Codes
83

All Medicare Procedures & Services

83 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 4 of 4

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
20552 Injections of trigger points in 1 or 2 muscles Office 2020 22 26 $19,578 $1,441 7.4%
64494 Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance Facility 2020 18 22 $30,120 $1,281 4.3%
64484 Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance Office 2020 11 12 $15,060 $1,223 8.1%
64450 Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into other peripheral nerve or branch Office 2020 11 14 $22,994 $1,212 5.3%
64484 Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance Facility 2020 19 22 $27,610 $1,109 4.0%
J1030 Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg Office 2020 104 196 $4,704 $924.92 19.7%
64636 Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves with imaging guidance Facility 2020 11 15 $22,605 $872.24 3.9%
99231 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day Facility 2020 12 12 $6,024 $446.10 7.4%

About Dr. Gary Schwartz, M.D

Dr. Gary Schwartz, M.D is a Pain Medicine healthcare provider based in Brooklyn, New York. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/31/2010. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1336464593.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Gary Schwartz, M.D has received a total of $611,027 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $124,198 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 885 transactions from 32 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($430,206).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Schwartz has provided services to 3,644 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 7,184 services with total Medicare billing of $659,548. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 83 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Pain Medicine
  • Other Specialties Anesthesiology
  • Location Brooklyn, NY
  • Active Since 03/31/2010
  • Last Updated 02/24/2012
  • Taxonomy Code 207LP2900X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • Practice Solo Practitioner
  • NPI Number 1336464593

Products in Payments

  • Exparel (Drug) $350,737
  • Iovera (Device) $192,164
  • EXPAREL (Drug) $57,432
  • Iovera System (Device) $2,888
  • CentriMag (Device) $1,900
  • IOVERA SYSTEM (Device) $1,845
  • mild Device Kit (Device) $957.36
  • HemoSphere (Device) $450.00
  • Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System (Device) $228.14
  • Octrode SCS Leads (Device) $197.02
  • Bendini (Device) $176.06
  • HYMOVIS (Device) $170.30
  • General - Pain Management (Device) $159.27
  • MazorX - Renaissance (Device) $125.21
  • Omnia (Device) $108.34
  • DIVERGENCE-L (Device) $101.67
  • Intracept (Device) $81.71
  • Penta SCS Leads (Device) $78.14
  • Gralise (Drug) $71.23
  • Zipsor (Drug) $67.77

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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