Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $2,073 | 86 | 100.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amgen Inc. | $195.84 | 5 | $0 (2024) |
| PFIZER INC. | $190.74 | 7 | $0 (2019) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $189.89 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | $179.71 | 10 | $0 (2019) |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $130.64 | 9 | $0 (2020) |
| Purdue Pharma L.P. | $123.65 | 8 | $0 (2018) |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $117.46 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | $94.10 | 5 | $0 (2024) |
| KYOCERA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | $93.74 | 2 | $0 (2024) |
| SI-BONE, INC. | $88.81 | 4 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $386.09 | 7 | Amgen Inc. ($161.58) |
| 2023 | $149.90 | 8 | Amgen Inc. ($34.26) |
| 2022 | $131.78 | 5 | IBSA Pharma Inc. ($55.47) |
| 2021 | $22.20 | 1 | Medtronic, Inc. ($22.20) |
| 2020 | $14.71 | 1 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP ($14.71) |
| 2019 | $415.75 | 14 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($117.46) |
| 2018 | $331.54 | 21 | Daiichi Sankyo Inc. ($109.43) |
| 2017 | $620.83 | 29 | PFIZER INC. ($163.85) |
All Payment Transactions
86 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 4
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/19/2024 | SI-BONE, INC. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $22.62 | General |
| 11/12/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $144.34 | General |
| Category: General - Pain Management_NMD | ||||||
| 11/05/2024 | KYOCERA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $39.15 | General |
| 10/15/2024 | Amgen Inc. | EVENITY (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $124.22 | General |
| Category: Bone Health | ||||||
| 08/20/2024 | Amgen Inc. | EVENITY (Biological), Prolia | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.71 | General |
| Category: Bone Health | ||||||
| 05/21/2024 | Amgen Inc. | EVENITY (Biological), Prolia | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.65 | General |
| Category: Bone Health | ||||||
| 02/20/2024 | IBSA Pharma Inc. | Tirosint (Drug), Licart | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $18.40 | General |
| Category: Endocrinology | ||||||
| 12/12/2023 | Amgen Inc. | EVENITY (Biological), Prolia | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.60 | General |
| Category: Bone Health | ||||||
| 11/28/2023 | IBSA Pharma Inc. | LICART (Drug), TIROSINT, TIROSINT | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $20.23 | General |
| Category: non-opioid analgesic | ||||||
| 11/14/2023 | ZIMVIE INC. | Biomet EBI Bone Healing System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.37 | General |
| Category: Bone Healing | ||||||
| 11/14/2023 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | EBI OsteoGen Implantable Bone Growth Stimulator (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.37 | General |
| Category: Bone Healing | ||||||
| 11/07/2023 | Averitas Pharma Inc. | QUTENZA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.50 | General |
| Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT | ||||||
| 11/06/2023 | Amgen Inc. | EVENITY (Biological), Prolia | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.66 | General |
| Category: Bone Health | ||||||
| 10/04/2023 | Boston Scientific Corporation | Superion Indirect Decompression System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.44 | General |
| Category: Vertiflex Superion_NMD | ||||||
| 02/14/2023 | SI-BONE, INC. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $20.73 | General |
| 10/25/2022 | IBSA Pharma Inc. | Tirosint (Drug), Licart, Flector | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $16.31 | General |
| Category: Endocrinology | ||||||
| 10/04/2022 | Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $54.59 | General |
| 08/23/2022 | IBSA Pharma Inc. | Tirosint (Drug), Licart, Flector | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $18.22 | General |
| Category: Endocrinology | ||||||
| 06/07/2022 | Ethicon US, LLC | STRATAFIX (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.72 | General |
| Category: Wound Closure | ||||||
| 05/10/2022 | IBSA Pharma Inc. | Tirosint (Drug), Licart, Flector | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $20.94 | General |
| Category: Endocrinology | ||||||
| 06/29/2021 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTERSTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.20 | General |
| Category: Sacral Nerve Stimulation | ||||||
| 02/04/2020 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | MOVANTIK (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.71 | General |
| Category: Neuroscience | ||||||
| 09/20/2019 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | MOVANTIK (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.09 | General |
| Category: Neuroscience | ||||||
| 08/29/2019 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | Stravix (Biological), Grafix PL PRIME | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $87.81 | General |
| Category: Other Advanced Wound Management | ||||||
| 08/13/2019 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | MOVANTIK (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.46 | General |
| Category: Neuroscience | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 13 | 1,488 | 3,270 | $701,675 | $145,355 |
| 2022 | 11 | 1,393 | 3,190 | $571,017 | $125,801 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,881 | 4,611 | $1.0M | $215,074 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,844 | 3,772 | $1.1M | $204,864 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
70 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 498 | 980 | $137,200 | $55,326 | 40.3% |
| 22612 | Fusion of spine in lower back | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 15 | $69,450 | $17,244 | 24.8% |
| 20552 | Injection of trigger points, 1-2 muscles | Office | 2023 | 290 | 497 | $97,608 | $16,804 | 17.2% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 113 | 153 | $26,775 | $13,407 | 50.1% |
| J1040 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg | Office | 2023 | 290 | 1,314 | $116,946 | $10,939 | 9.4% |
| 63047 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | Facility | 2023 | 16 | 17 | $93,500 | $7,632 | 8.2% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 50 | 50 | $20,150 | $5,809 | 28.8% |
| 95886 | Needle measurement of electrical activity in arm or leg muscles, complete study | Office | 2023 | 47 | 68 | $47,056 | $4,433 | 9.4% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 55 | 56 | $9,800 | $3,869 | 39.5% |
| 95911 | Nerve conduction, 9-10 studies | Office | 2023 | 27 | 27 | $32,940 | $3,855 | 11.7% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 31 | 31 | $12,493 | $2,150 | 17.2% |
| 95910 | Nerve conduction, 7-8 studies | Office | 2023 | 17 | 17 | $19,040 | $2,080 | 10.9% |
| 95885 | Needle measurement of electrical activity in arm or leg muscles, limited study | Office | 2023 | 26 | 26 | $15,392 | $1,056 | 6.9% |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | Office | 2023 | 14 | 19 | $3,325 | $750.29 | 22.6% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2022 | 552 | 1,178 | $164,920 | $63,678 | 38.6% |
| 20552 | Injection of trigger points, 1-2 muscles | Office | 2022 | 317 | 509 | $99,764 | $16,273 | 16.3% |
| 22612 | Fusion of spine in lower back | Facility | 2022 | 14 | 14 | $64,820 | $16,237 | 25.0% |
| J1040 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg | Office | 2022 | 323 | 1,292 | $115,255 | $9,114 | 7.9% |
| 63047 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 13 | $71,500 | $5,171 | 7.2% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2022 | 42 | 42 | $16,926 | $4,598 | 27.2% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 40 | 41 | $7,175 | $2,913 | 40.6% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 23 | 23 | $4,025 | $1,989 | 49.4% |
| 95911 | Nerve conduction, 9-10 studies | Office | 2022 | 11 | 11 | $7,700 | $1,712 | 22.2% |
| 95886 | Needle measurement of electrical activity in arm or leg muscles, complete study | Office | 2022 | 19 | 23 | $6,900 | $1,645 | 23.8% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2022 | 19 | 19 | $7,657 | $1,360 | 17.8% |
About Dr. George Stefanis, M.D
Dr. George Stefanis, M.D is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in Macon, Georgia. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 09/06/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1578666780.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. George Stefanis, M.D has received a total of $2,073 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $386.09 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 86 transactions from 27 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($2,073).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Stefanis has provided services to 6,606 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 14,843 services with total Medicare billing of $691,093. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 70 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Neurological Surgery
- Location Macon, GA
- Active Since 09/06/2006
- Last Updated 09/03/2025
- Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- Practice Solo Practitioner
- NPI Number 1578666780
Products in Payments
- EVENITY (Biological) $195.84
- LYRICA (Drug) $175.92
- MOVANTIK (Drug) $130.64
- ClearSight System (Device) $117.46
- Morphabond ER (Drug) $113.17
- Stravix (Biological) $87.81
- Tirosint (Drug) $73.87
- Nucynta (Drug) $67.19
- Movantik (Drug) $66.54
- Mobi-C (Device) $63.89
- TITAN ENDOSKELETON (Device) $59.99
- SYMPROIC (Drug) $57.00
- FORTEO (Drug) $54.50
- HYSINGLA ER (Drug) $48.59
- Symproic (Drug) $45.90
- iFuse Implant (Device) $45.46
- CAVUX Cervical Cage (Device) $33.75
- Amitiza (Drug) $31.77
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System (Device) $30.88
- GENERAL - PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) $25.11
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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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