Total Payments
$65,263
2024 Payments
$6,360
Companies
8
Transactions
99
Medicare Patients
1,165
Medicare Billing
$113,019
Payment Breakdown by Category
Other$58,764 (90.0%)
Food & Beverage$2,874 (4.4%)
Consulting$2,400 (3.7%)
Travel$775.42 (1.2%)
Education$450.00 (0.7%)
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 | $58,764 | 26 | 90.0% |
| Food and Beverage | $2,874 | 56 | 4.4% |
| Consulting Fee | $2,400 | 2 | 3.7% |
| Travel and Lodging | $775.42 | 14 | 1.2% |
| Education | $450.00 | 1 | 0.7% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $42,836 | 31 | $0 (2024) |
| Allergan, Inc. | $21,262 | 37 | $0 (2022) |
| Coloplast Corp | $872.86 | 23 | $0 (2022) |
| Medtronic USA, Inc. | $176.80 | 1 | $0 (2017) |
| DENTSPLY IH Inc. | $60.87 | 4 | $0 (2019) |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | $23.23 | 1 | $0 (2021) |
| Avadel Specialty Pharmaceuticals, LLC | $16.22 | 1 | $0 (2018) |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | $15.14 | 1 | $0 (2021) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6,360 | 7 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($6,360) |
| 2022 | $180.93 | 4 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($125.49) |
| 2021 | $15,267 | 14 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($9,500) |
| 2020 | $8,351 | 12 | Allergan, Inc. ($5,150) |
| 2019 | $4,845 | 17 | Allergan Inc. ($2,539) |
| 2018 | $14,297 | 23 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($11,111) |
| 2017 | $15,963 | 22 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($10,837) |
All Payment Transactions
99 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 4
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/13/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | AMS 800 Artificial Urinary Sphincter (Device) | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,000.00 | General |
| Category: AMS 800_URO | ||||||
| 06/13/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | AMS 800 Artificial Urinary Sphincter (Device) | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,000.00 | General |
| Category: AMS 800_URO | ||||||
| 06/13/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | AMS 800 Artificial Urinary Sphincter (Device) | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,000.00 | General |
| Category: AMS 800_URO | ||||||
| 06/13/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | AMS 800 Artificial Urinary Sphincter (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $58.55 | General |
| Category: AMS 800_URO | ||||||
| 06/11/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | AMS 700 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.10 | General |
| Category: AMS 700_URO | ||||||
| 05/20/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.18 | General |
| Category: General - Erectile Dysfunction_URO | ||||||
| 05/18/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $266.12 | General |
| Category: General - Erectile Dysfunction_URO | ||||||
| 08/20/2022 | Boston Scientific Corporation | General - Male SUI (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $125.49 | General |
| Category: General - Male SUI_URO | ||||||
| 08/17/2022 | Coloplast Corp | SpeediCath (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.70 | General |
| Category: Continence Care | ||||||
| 02/02/2022 | Coloplast Corp | SpeediCath (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $28.59 | General |
| Category: Continence Care | ||||||
| 01/31/2022 | Allergan, Inc. | BOTOX (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.15 | General |
| Category: HYPERHYDROSIS | ||||||
| 09/13/2021 | Allergan, Inc. | BOTOX (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.97 | General |
| Category: HYPERHYDROSIS | ||||||
| 08/02/2021 | Allergan, Inc. | BOTOX (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.34 | General |
| Category: UROLOGY | ||||||
| 06/30/2021 | Astellas Pharma US Inc | XTANDI (Drug), MYRBETRIQ | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.23 | General |
| Category: ONCOLOGY | ||||||
| 05/19/2021 | COLOPLAST CORP | Titan (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.16 | General |
| Category: Men's Health | ||||||
| 05/18/2021 | Allergan, Inc. | BOTOX (Biological) | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,250.00 | General |
| Category: UROLOGY | ||||||
| 05/11/2021 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION | ADVANCE (Device) | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $9,500.00 | General |
| Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT | ||||||
| 05/10/2021 | Allergan, Inc. | BOTOX (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $28.63 | General |
| Category: UROLOGY | ||||||
| 05/06/2021 | Allergan, Inc. | BOTOX (Biological) | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,500.00 | General |
| Category: UROLOGY | ||||||
| 05/06/2021 | Allergan, Inc. | BOTOX (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $91.83 | General |
| Category: UROLOGY | ||||||
| 05/06/2021 | Allergan, Inc. | BOTOX (Biological) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $19.60 | General |
| Category: UROLOGY | ||||||
| 05/06/2021 | Allergan, Inc. | BOTOX (Biological) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $16.00 | General |
| Category: UROLOGY | ||||||
| 04/14/2021 | Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | Prolaris (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $15.14 | General |
| Category: Gene Expression Analysis Oncology | ||||||
| 04/08/2021 | Allergan, Inc. | BOTOX (Biological) | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $750.00 | General |
| Category: UROLOGY | ||||||
| 02/17/2021 | COLOPLAST CORP | Virtue (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.31 | General |
| Category: Men's Health | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 45 | 45 | $19,274 | $3,721 |
| 2021 | 19 | 518 | 561 | $439,719 | $56,487 |
| 2020 | 16 | 602 | 703 | $440,488 | $52,811 |
Total Patients
1,165
Total Services
1,309
Medicare Billing
$113,019
Procedure Codes
40
All Medicare Procedures & Services
40 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 22 | 22 | $11,638 | $1,933 | 16.6% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 23 | 23 | $7,636 | $1,788 | 23.4% |
| 99215 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 40-54 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 83 | 92 | $48,068 | $11,565 | 24.1% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 101 | 106 | $34,597 | $7,803 | 22.6% |
| 53445 | Insertion of inflatable bladder canal (urethra) or bladder neck sphincter | Facility | 2021 | 12 | 12 | $66,947 | $7,705 | 11.5% |
| 99204 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 59 | 59 | $31,319 | $5,875 | 18.8% |
| 99205 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 29 | 29 | $21,119 | $4,542 | 21.5% |
| 52332 | Insertion of stent in urinary duct (ureter) using an endoscope | Facility | 2021 | 15 | 25 | $32,704 | $3,463 | 10.6% |
| 52310 | Removal of foreign body, stone, or stent from bladder canal (urethra) or bladder using an endoscope | Facility | 2021 | 25 | 25 | $72,691 | $3,186 | 4.4% |
| 52287 | Examination with injections of chemical for destruction of bladder using an endoscope | Facility | 2021 | 14 | 20 | $24,016 | $3,027 | 12.6% |
| 52000 | Diagnostic examination of the bladder and bladder canal (urethra) using an endoscope | Facility | 2021 | 35 | 36 | $47,974 | $2,150 | 4.5% |
| 99443 | Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion | Facility | 2021 | 15 | 15 | $4,629 | $1,171 | 25.3% |
| 51728 | Complex measurement of pressure of urine flow in bladder (cystometrogram) with voiding pressure studies | Facility | 2021 | 14 | 14 | $12,842 | $1,122 | 8.7% |
| 51102 | Aspiration of bladder with insertion of bladder tube to skin surface | Facility | 2021 | 11 | 11 | $11,368 | $1,028 | 9.0% |
| 99213 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 20 | 21 | $4,658 | $958.96 | 20.6% |
| 99202 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 15-29 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 21 | 21 | $5,989 | $891.00 | 14.9% |
| 99442 | Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion | Facility | 2021 | 13 | 13 | $2,781 | $634.89 | 22.8% |
| 99212 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 10-19 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 13 | 17 | $2,973 | $469.20 | 15.8% |
| 74420 | Imaging of urinary tract | Facility | 2021 | 13 | 20 | $2,355 | $425.60 | 18.1% |
| 51797 | Insertion of device into the abdomen with measurement of pressure and urine flow rate | Facility | 2021 | 12 | 12 | $6,251 | $412.44 | 6.6% |
| 51741 | Electronic assessment of bladder emptying | Facility | 2021 | 13 | 13 | $6,438 | $57.86 | 0.9% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 141 | 159 | $49,941 | $9,733 | 19.5% |
| 53445 | Insertion of inflatable bladder canal (urethra) or bladder neck sphincter | Facility | 2020 | 14 | 14 | $75,517 | $9,009 | 11.9% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 70 | 70 | $36,010 | $7,040 | 19.6% |
| 52332 | Insertion of stent in urinary duct (ureter) using an endoscope | Facility | 2020 | 19 | 27 | $33,537 | $4,112 | 12.3% |
About Gregory Bales
Gregory Bales is a Urology healthcare provider based in Chicago, Illinois. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 12/22/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1184789919.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Gregory Bales has received a total of $65,263 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $6,360 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 99 transactions from 8 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" ($58,764).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Bales has provided services to 1,165 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,309 services with total Medicare billing of $113,019. Data is available for 3 years (2020–2022), covering 40 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Urology
- Other Specialties Urology
- Location Chicago, IL
- Active Since 12/22/2006
- Last Updated 01/11/2024
- Taxonomy Code 208800000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1184789919
Products in Payments
- AMS (Device) $22,752
- BOTOX (Biological) $16,288
- ADVANCE (Device) $10,963
- AMS 800 Artificial Urinary Sphincter (Device) $6,059
- BOTOX (Drug) $2,539
- BOTOX OAB (Drug) $2,436
- AMBICOR (Device) $1,575
- TITAN (Device) $527.83
- THERAPIES (Device) $466.73
- GENERAL - ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION (Device) $323.21
- SPEEDICATH (Device) $231.18
- AMS 700 (Device) $191.21
- INTERSTIM (Device) $176.80
- General - Male SUI (Device) $125.49
- GENERAL ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION (Device) $76.16
- LoFric (Device) $60.87
- CONTINENCE CARE (Device) $43.09
- SpeediCath (Device) $42.29
- GENERAL PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE (Device) $27.04
- XTANDI (Drug) $23.23
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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