Dr. George Pappas, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery Boston, MA Male
NPI: 1487775813
Total Payments
$70,061
2024 Payments
$60.64
Companies
23
Transactions
82
Medicare Patients
1,484
Medicare Billing
$149,827

Payment Breakdown by Category

Research$65,639 (93.7%)
Food & Beverage$2,231 (3.2%)
Travel$2,191 (3.1%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Unspecified $65,639 12 93.7%
Food and Beverage $2,231 63 3.2%
Travel and Lodging $2,191 7 3.1%

Payments by Type

Research
$65,639
12 transactions
General
$4,422
70 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $65,689 13 $0 (2023)
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $3,713 35 $0 (2023)
Horizon Pharma plc $80.06 5 $0 (2018)
Novo Nordisk Inc $55.25 4 $0 (2021)
Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. $53.08 1 $0 (2019)
Abbott Laboratories $50.45 3 $0 (2022)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $44.50 1 $0 (2021)
Boston Scientific Corporation $41.04 2 $0 (2023)
Lilly USA, LLC $36.53 3 $0 (2018)
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $33.50 1 $0 (2022)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $60.64 3 TREACE MEDICAL CONCEPTS, INC. ($27.00)
2023 $14,817 7 Orthofix Medical, Inc. ($14,691)
2022 $7,904 5 Orthofix Medical, Inc. ($7,815)
2021 $43,233 15 Orthofix Medical, Inc. ($43,133)
2020 $1,728 13 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($1,712)
2019 $464.90 10 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($343.40)
2018 $1,655 22 Smith & Nephew, Inc. ($1,488)
2017 $198.71 7 Smith & Nephew, Inc. ($155.12)

All Payment Transactions

82 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 4

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
08/26/2024 SI-BONE, INC. — Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $19.49 General
03/21/2024 Curonix LLC PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.15 General
Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT
02/21/2024 TREACE MEDICAL CONCEPTS, INC. LAPIPLASTY SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.00 General
Category: FOOT AND ANKLE
11/14/2023 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.62 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
08/29/2023 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.42 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
08/16/2023 Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.81 General
07/31/2023 Smith+Nephew, Inc. STRAVIX (Medical Supply) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.30 General
Category: Extremities & Limb Restoration
05/05/2023 Orthofix Medical, Inc. Spinal-Stim (Device) — Cash or cash equivalent $14,691.00 Research
Study: CP-1604 PSRC - Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Therapy as an Adjunctive Treatment to Surgical Repair of Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears • Category: Stimulator, Bone Growth, Non-Invasive
03/21/2023 Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. EUFLEXXA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.45 General
Category: ORTHOPEDICS
02/17/2023 Nevro Corp. Senza (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $32.50 General
Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator
12/19/2022 Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc — Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $16.35 General
05/25/2022 Abbott Laboratories PROCLAIM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.29 General
Category: Neuromodulation
05/13/2022 Fidia Pharma USA Inc. HYM/HYN (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.73 General
Category: OSTEOARTHRITIS
03/14/2022 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. Sentio (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $33.50 General
01/06/2022 Orthofix Medical, Inc. Physio-Stim (Device) — Cash or cash equivalent $7,815.00 Research
Study: CP-1604 PSRC - Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Therapy as an Adjunctive Treatment to Surgical • Category: Stimulator, Bone Growth, Non-Invasive
12/02/2021 Orthofix Medical, Inc. — — Cash or cash equivalent $2,188.00 Research
Study: PEMF as Adjunctive Treatment Following Surgical Repair of Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears
11/09/2021 Orthofix Medical, Inc. — — Cash or cash equivalent $10,314.00 Research
Study: PEMF as Adjunctive Treatment Following Surgical Repair of Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears
10/12/2021 Orthofix Medical, Inc. — — Cash or cash equivalent $3,126.00 Research
Study: PEMF as Adjunctive Treatment Following Surgical Repair of Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears
10/05/2021 Novo Nordisk Inc RYBELSUS (Drug), Ozempic Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.79 General
Category: Diabetes
08/03/2021 Novo Nordisk Inc Ozempic (Drug), RYBELSUS Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.33 General
Category: Diabetes
07/22/2021 Orthofix Medical, Inc. — — Cash or cash equivalent $1,563.00 Research
Study: PEMF as Adjunctive Treatment Following Surgical Repair of Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears
06/29/2021 Novo Nordisk Inc Ozempic (Drug), RYBELSUS Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.89 General
Category: Diabetes
06/24/2021 Orthofix Medical, Inc. — — Cash or cash equivalent $5,939.00 Research
Study: PEMF as Adjunctive Treatment Following Surgical Repair of Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears
06/03/2021 Orthofix Medical, Inc. — — Cash or cash equivalent $5,314.00 Research
Study: PEMF as Adjunctive Treatment Following Surgical Repair of Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears
04/24/2021 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Quatro X (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $44.50 General
Category: Sports Medicine
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Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
PEMF as Adjunctive Treatment Following Surgical Repair of Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears Orthofix Medical, Inc. $43,133 10
CP-1604 PSRC - Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Therapy as an Adjunctive Treatment to Surgical Repair of Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears Orthofix Medical, Inc. $14,691 1
CP-1604 PSRC - Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Therapy as an Adjunctive Treatment to Surgical Orthofix Medical, Inc. $7,815 1

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 10 354 469 $82,903 $24,755
2022 10 393 1,336 $120,401 $47,491
2021 10 408 1,594 $130,654 $57,005
2020 9 329 439 $58,415 $20,575
Total Patients
1,484
Total Services
3,838
Medicare Billing
$149,827
Procedure Codes
39

All Medicare Procedures & Services

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

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 78 110 $24,020 $9,635 40.1%
20611 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid large joint using ultrasound guidance Office 2023 28 41 $15,750 $3,082 19.6%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 36 44 $7,170 $2,766 38.6%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 34 34 $6,938 $2,134 30.8%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 15 15 $4,607 $1,870 40.6%
73523 X-ray of both hips, minimum of 5 views Office 2023 33 34 $6,800 $1,411 20.8%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 19 24 $9,286 $1,225 13.2%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2023 41 49 $4,242 $1,127 26.6%
73562 X-ray of knee, 3 views Office 2023 32 35 $3,260 $1,014 31.1%
J1030 Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg Office 2023 38 83 $830.00 $492.33 59.3%
J7322 Hyaluronan or derivative, hymovis, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg Office 2022 12 792 $35,640 $18,363 51.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 87 112 $16,365 $9,684 59.2%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 62 112 $10,576 $6,893 65.2%
20611 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid large joint using ultrasound guidance Office 2022 23 45 $21,350 $3,831 17.9%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2022 36 36 $5,076 $2,292 45.1%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2022 26 39 $14,946 $1,974 13.2%
73523 X-ray of both hips, minimum of 5 views Office 2022 39 42 $8,400 $1,867 22.2%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2022 43 47 $3,713 $1,136 30.6%
73562 X-ray of knee, 3 views Office 2022 32 43 $3,655 $1,132 31.0%
J1030 Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg Office 2022 33 68 $680.00 $319.66 47.0%
J7322 Hyaluronan or derivative, hymovis, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg Office 2021 13 1,008 $45,360 $25,512 56.2%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 85 131 $15,851 $11,458 72.3%
99213 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes Office 2021 54 95 $7,980 $6,018 75.4%
20611 Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance Office 2021 41 73 $29,750 $5,671 19.1%
99203 New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes Office 2021 39 39 $5,499 $2,839 51.6%
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About Dr. George Pappas, MD

Dr. George Pappas, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Boston, Massachusetts. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/03/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1487775813.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. George Pappas, MD has received a total of $70,061 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $60.64 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 82 transactions from 23 companies. The most common payment nature is "" ($65,639).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Pappas has provided services to 1,484 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 3,838 services with total Medicare billing of $149,827. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 39 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Location Boston, MA
  • Active Since 04/03/2007
  • Last Updated 09/13/2012
  • Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1487775813

Products in Payments

  • Spinal-Stim (Device) $14,691
  • Physio-Stim (Device) $7,815
  • Q-FIX Hip (Device) $1,485
  • Elite Hip Instruments (Device) $811.55
  • Hipstruments (Device) $423.48
  • Regeneten (Device) $257.59
  • REGENETEN (Device) $119.04
  • Q-Fix (Device) $119.00
  • LENS Surgical Imaging System (Device) $117.93
  • ACCUPASS DIRECT Crescent XL (Device) $100.37
  • NO_PRODUCT (Drug) $80.06
  • SPEEDLOCK HIP (Device) $73.42
  • MICRORAPTOR Knotless Hip (Device) $69.37
  • Physio-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator (Device) $49.95
  • Quatro X (Device) $44.50
  • WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) $41.04
  • Ozempic (Drug) $38.46
  • FORTEO (Drug) $36.53
  • Sentio (Device) $33.50
  • Senza (Device) $32.50

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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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