Total Payments
$101,966
2024 Payments
$1,365
Companies
26
Transactions
336
Medicare Patients
7,495
Medicare Billing
$1.7M

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$74,625 (73.2%)
Travel$13,316 (13.1%)
Food & Beverage$10,345 (10.1%)
Other$3,681 (3.6%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $74,625 32 73.2%
Travel and Lodging $13,316 70 13.1%
Food and Beverage $10,345 233 10.1%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $3,681 1 3.6%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
NuVasive, Inc. $76,609 163 $0 (2023)
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $8,554 13 $0 (2019)
Stryker Corporation $4,851 47 $0 (2024)
Medtronic USA, Inc. $4,289 12 $0 (2020)
K2M, Inc. $1,773 8 $0 (2017)
Globus Medical, Inc. $1,502 13 $0 (2024)
SI-BONE, Inc. $1,128 28 $0 (2022)
Alphatec Spine, Inc $925.10 4 $0 (2024)
Ethicon Inc. $675.00 1 $0 (2020)
ZIMVIE INC. $445.24 13 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $1,365 16 Globus Medical, Inc. ($502.61)
2023 $3,406 24 NuVasive, Inc. ($3,071)
2022 $7,228 21 NuVasive, Inc. ($6,874)
2021 $24,082 35 NuVasive, Inc. ($23,893)
2020 $19,621 22 NuVasive, Inc. ($18,215)
2019 $31,754 99 NuVasive, Inc. ($22,207)
2018 $4,764 51 Stryker Corporation ($3,529)
2017 $9,746 68 Medtronic USA, Inc. ($3,816)

All Payment Transactions

336 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 14

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/30/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. Brigade (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.52 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
12/23/2024 Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $102.99 General
12/06/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. ALIF (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $375.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
12/05/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. ALIF (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $11.10 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
12/03/2024 Alphatec Spine, Inc Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $284.41 General
12/03/2024 Alphatec Spine, Inc Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $35.44 General
11/23/2024 Cerapedics Inc. I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.74 General
Category: PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT
10/03/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. AttraX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $7.43 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
09/26/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. ALIF (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.61 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
08/01/2024 Stryker Corporation SPINEJACK (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $145.48 General
Category: SPINE
03/21/2024 ZIMVIE INC. Mobi-C (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $89.87 General
Category: Spine
03/21/2024 ZIMVIE INC. Mobi-C (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $34.17 General
Category: Spine
02/21/2024 ZIMVIE INC. Mobi-C (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $135.69 General
Category: Spine
02/12/2024 ZIMVIE INC. Mobi-C (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $5.92 General
Category: Spine
02/01/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. Excelsius3D Imaging System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $79.95 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
01/04/2024 ZIMVIE INC. C-TEK MAXAN (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $8.61 General
Category: Spine
12/21/2023 ZIMVIE INC. Mobi-C (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $7.84 General
Category: Spine
12/14/2023 NuVasive, Inc. ALIF (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,000.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
11/30/2023 ZIMVIE INC. Mobi-C (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $112.37 General
Category: Spine
11/30/2023 Teleflex LLC ARROW (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.94 General
Category: Vascular
11/05/2023 NuVasive, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $38.97 General
11/02/2023 NuVasive, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $37.17 General
10/10/2023 NuVasive, Inc. ALIF (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $500.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
10/06/2023 Orthofix Medical, Inc. Spinal-Stim (Device), Physio-Stim Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.55 General
Category: Stimulator, Bone Growth, Non-Invasive
09/22/2023 ZIMVIE INC. Mobi-C (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $7.74 General
Category: Spine

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 32 2,310 2,847 $6.7M $539,850
2022 29 2,164 2,688 $5.7M $488,382
2021 30 1,872 2,271 $5.2M $470,630
2020 21 1,149 1,359 $2.2M $225,275
Total Patients
7,495
Total Services
9,165
Medicare Billing
$1.7M
Procedure Codes
112

All Medicare Procedures & Services

112 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 5

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
22612 Fusion of spine in lower back Facility 2023 87 87 $1.5M $124,160 8.1%
63047 Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment Facility 2023 99 101 $1.2M $68,857 5.9%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 400 571 $122,765 $42,040 34.2%
22840 Placement of stabilizing device to back of 1 spine bone in neck Facility 2023 56 56 $396,760 $37,205 9.4%
22558 Fusion of lower spine bone through abdomen with partial removal of disc Facility 2023 43 43 $723,461 $26,585 3.7%
72148 Mri scan of lower spinal canal without contrast Office 2023 153 162 $368,064 $25,990 7.1%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 254 254 $81,280 $23,469 28.9%
64483 Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level Office 2023 61 79 $100,460 $18,396 18.3%
22845 Placement of stabilizing device to front, 2-3 spine bone segments Facility 2023 27 27 $198,207 $16,935 8.5%
63030 Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord or nerves and/or removal of disc Facility 2023 26 26 $294,840 $16,855 5.7%
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion Facility 2023 60 73 $243,519 $16,504 6.8%
63081 Removal of upper spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, anterior approach, single segment Facility 2023 11 11 $138,733 $16,053 11.6%
22214 Incision or removal of lower spine bone segment Facility 2023 23 23 $393,662 $14,887 3.8%
72100 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views Office 2023 218 392 $67,065 $12,711 19.0%
22842 Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments Facility 2023 16 16 $134,032 $10,960 8.2%
72110 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views Office 2023 237 238 $54,628 $10,011 18.3%
22614 Fusion of additional segment of spine Facility 2023 23 29 $104,332 $9,504 9.1%
63048 Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment Facility 2023 37 50 $169,750 $9,253 5.5%
72141 Mri scan of upper spinal canal without contrast Office 2023 41 41 $91,881 $6,067 6.6%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 40 40 $19,600 $5,404 27.6%
22830 Exploration of spine fusion Facility 2023 14 14 $148,176 $5,047 3.4%
27096 Injection of anesthetic or steroid into joint between lower spine and hip bone using imaging guidance Office 2023 24 30 $29,946 $4,705 15.7%
72084 X-ray of entire middle and lower spine, minimum of 6 views Office 2023 35 36 $15,408 $2,948 19.1%
22585 Fusion of spine bones through front of body with partial removal of disc, each additional disc Facility 2023 11 11 $39,421 $2,947 7.5%
72040 X-ray of upper spine, 2-3 views Office 2023 49 89 $15,308 $2,928 19.1%

About Dr. Gregory Lopez, MD

Dr. Gregory Lopez, MD is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in Chicago, Illinois. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/01/2010. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1366754699.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Gregory Lopez, MD has received a total of $101,966 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $1,365 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 336 transactions from 26 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($74,625).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Lopez has provided services to 7,495 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 9,165 services with total Medicare billing of $1.7M. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 112 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • XLIF (Device) $44,527
  • Modulus (Device) $11,168
  • EXPEDIUM (Device) $8,089
  • MaXcess (Device) $6,000
  • ALIF (Device) $5,601
  • AQUAMANTYS (Device) $3,804
  • RELINE (Device) $3,021
  • TLIF (Device) $2,589
  • NAV - CRANIALMAP NUERO SOFTWARE AND INSTRUMENTATION (Device) $1,500
  • VLIFT (Device) $953.34
  • EVEREST Spinal System (Device) $908.75
  • iFuse Implant (Device) $900.90
  • Nav - Nav3I Navigation Platform (Device) $699.57
  • VIPER (Device) $623.35
  • Other - Miscellaneous (Device) $605.25
  • YUKON OCT Spinal System (Device) $562.40
  • Mobi-C (Device) $539.83
  • ES2 (Device) $411.75
  • MARS 3VL Retractor (Device) $375.00
  • NAV - NAV3 NAVIGATION PLATFORM (Device) $327.77

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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