Dr. Gerald Schell, M.D

Neurological Surgery Saginaw, MI Male
NPI: 1871584011
Total Payments
$216,188
2024 Payments
$21.34
Companies
12
Transactions
137
Medicare Patients
3,116
Medicare Billing
$792,135

Payment Breakdown by Category

Royalty/License$200,036 (92.5%)
Research$12,698 (5.9%)
Food & Beverage$2,400 (1.1%)
Travel$1,054 (0.5%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Royalty or License $200,036 39 92.5%
Unspecified $12,698 8 5.9%
Food and Beverage $2,400 85 1.1%
Travel and Lodging $1,054 5 0.5%

Payments by Type

General
$203,490
129 transactions
Research
$12,698
8 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Amendia, Inc. $158,010 13 $0 (2019)
Spinal Elements, Inc. $54,724 34 $0 (2023)
Boston Scientific Corporation $2,583 68 $0 (2024)
Innovasis Inc $173.00 2 $0 (2021)
Quandary Medical LLC $146.94 3 $0 (2019)
Nevro Corp. $141.17 2 $0 (2019)
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $139.53 6 $0 (2023)
Spine Wave, Inc. $105.69 1 $0 (2018)
Abbott Laboratories $79.59 4 $0 (2019)
Medtronic USA, Inc. $60.17 1 $0 (2019)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $21.34 1 Boston Scientific Corporation ($21.34)
2023 $12,890 12 Spinal Elements, Inc. ($12,698)
2022 $17,838 20 SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC. ($17,609)
2021 $11,214 18 SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC. ($10,784)
2020 $13,718 11 SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC. ($13,634)
2019 $34,388 25 Amendia, Inc. ($33,849)
2018 $53,756 29 Amendia, Inc. ($52,134)
2017 $72,364 21 Amendia, Inc. ($72,027)

All Payment Transactions

137 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 6

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
04/30/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.34 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
12/23/2023 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.40 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
10/30/2023 Boston Scientific Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $34.71 General
Category: General - Pain Management_NMD
10/27/2023 Spinal Elements, Inc. ZeusO (Device), ZeusO — Cash or cash equivalent $3,968.25 Research
Study: ZeusO • Category: Orthopaedic
10/27/2023 Spinal Elements, Inc. Spartan (Device), Spartan — Cash or cash equivalent $280.00 Research
Study: Spartan • Category: Orthopaedic
07/28/2023 Spinal Elements, Inc. ZeusO (Device), ZeusO — Cash or cash equivalent $1,651.00 Research
Study: ZeusO • Category: Orthopaedic
07/28/2023 Spinal Elements, Inc. Spartan (Device), Spartan — Cash or cash equivalent $200.00 Research
Study: Spartan • Category: Orthopaedic
05/16/2023 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. Teligen (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $45.52 General
Category: Spine
05/05/2023 Spinal Elements, Inc. ZeusO (Device), ZeusO — Cash or cash equivalent $2,897.31 Research
Study: ZeusO • Category: Orthopaedic
05/05/2023 Spinal Elements, Inc. Spartan (Device), Spartan — Cash or cash equivalent $140.00 Research
Study: Spartan • Category: Orthopaedic
03/14/2023 Boston Scientific Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $90.94 General
Category: General - Pain Management_NMD
02/03/2023 Spinal Elements, Inc. ZeusO (Device), ZeusO — Cash or cash equivalent $3,421.00 Research
Study: ZeusO • Category: Orthopaedic
02/03/2023 Spinal Elements, Inc. Spartan (Device), Spartan — Cash or cash equivalent $140.00 Research
Study: Spartan • Category: Orthopaedic
12/01/2022 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.06 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
11/10/2022 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.54 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
10/28/2022 SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC. ZeusO (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $2,339.39 General
Category: Orthopaedic
10/28/2022 SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC. Spartan (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $200.00 General
Category: Orthopaedic
10/25/2022 Boston Scientific Corporation General - Pain Management (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $40.47 General
Category: General - Pain Management_NMD
08/30/2022 Boston Scientific Corporation WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.34 General
Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD
08/05/2022 SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC. ZeusO (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $3,097.35 General
Category: Orthopaedic
08/05/2022 SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC. Spartan (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $60.00 General
Category: Orthopaedic
07/12/2022 Boston Scientific Corporation General - Pain Management (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $67.12 General
Category: General - Pain Management_NMD
05/13/2022 SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC. ZeusO (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $4,211.30 General
Category: Orthopaedic
05/13/2022 SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC. Spartan (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $317.50 General
Category: Orthopaedic
05/13/2022 SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC. Spartan (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $73.80 General
Category: Orthopaedic
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Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
ZeusO Spinal Elements, Inc. $11,938 4
Spartan Spinal Elements, Inc. $760.00 4

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 14 637 1,342 $1.3M $144,464
2022 15 693 1,384 $2.1M $192,899
2021 19 838 1,683 $2.6M $220,038
2020 21 948 1,860 $2.1M $234,735
Total Patients
3,116
Total Services
6,269
Medicare Billing
$792,135
Procedure Codes
72

All Medicare Procedures & Services

72 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
22612 Fusion of spine in lower back Facility 2023 37 38 $395,872 $45,543 11.5%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 152 351 $199,031 $22,331 11.2%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 147 231 $185,730 $21,230 11.4%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 88 88 $92,246 $10,836 11.7%
22614 Fusion of additional segment of spine Facility 2023 18 31 $82,164 $9,700 11.8%
62323 Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance Office 2023 27 50 $83,096 $9,592 11.5%
63047 Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment Facility 2023 21 21 $155,679 $9,055 5.8%
27096 Injection of anesthetic or steroid into joint between lower spine and hip bone using imaging guidance Office 2023 23 40 $43,590 $4,610 10.6%
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion Facility 2023 14 22 $38,557 $4,400 11.4%
64490 Injection of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level Office 2023 11 22 $26,839 $3,122 11.6%
64491 Injection of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance, second level Office 2023 11 22 $13,661 $1,648 12.1%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 16 16 $12,870 $1,394 10.8%
J0702 Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg Office 2023 36 258 $1,290 $953.80 73.9%
Q9966 Low osmolar contrast material, 200-299 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml Office 2023 36 152 $760.00 $49.74 6.5%
22612 Fusion of spine in lower back Facility 2022 34 37 $377,830 $44,524 11.8%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 186 382 $307,262 $35,321 11.5%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 129 288 $163,308 $18,301 11.2%
27279 Fusion of pelvic joint using imaging guidance Facility 2022 22 25 $142,940 $16,111 11.3%
22614 Fusion of additional segment of spine Facility 2022 19 47 $124,571 $14,639 11.8%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 110 110 $115,308 $13,390 11.6%
63655 Removal of spine bone for insertion of neurostimulator electrode plate in spine Facility 2022 18 20 $104,453 $12,174 11.7%
63047 Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment Facility 2022 20 22 $152,714 $9,326 6.1%
63650 Insertion of spinal neurostimulator electrode array through skin Facility 2022 17 32 $447,304 $8,048 1.8%
62323 Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance Office 2022 19 34 $56,505 $6,817 12.1%
63048 Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment Facility 2022 17 33 $46,249 $5,389 11.7%
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About Dr. Gerald Schell, M.D

Dr. Gerald Schell, M.D is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in Saginaw, Michigan. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 11/04/2005. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1871584011.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Gerald Schell, M.D has received a total of $216,188 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $21.34 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 137 transactions from 12 companies. The most common payment nature is "Royalty or License" ($200,036).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Schell has provided services to 3,116 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 6,269 services with total Medicare billing of $792,135. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 72 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Neurological Surgery
  • Location Saginaw, MI
  • Active Since 11/04/2005
  • Last Updated 03/20/2023
  • Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1871584011

Products in Payments

  • SAVANNAH-T (Device) $72,027
  • Savannah T (Device) $38,708
  • ZeusO (Device) $37,290
  • OLIF (Device) $16,503
  • ZEUSO (Device) $10,781
  • savtlown (Device) $10,157
  • ZEUS (Device) $6,665
  • Spartan (Device) $2,624
  • SAVTLOWN (Device) $1,565
  • SPECTRA WAVEWRITER (Device) $1,538
  • SPARTAN (Device) $1,288
  • Savannah - T (Device) $948.56
  • spartan (Device) $525.00
  • Savannah-T (Device) $227.90
  • SPECTRA SYSTEM (Device) $170.43
  • Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System (Device) $141.17
  • GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) $140.14
  • WAVEWRITER ALPHA (Device) $126.12
  • WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) $117.87
  • General - Pain Management (Device) $107.59

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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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