Total Payments
$195,622
2024 Payments
$15,891
Companies
14
Transactions
391
Medicare Patients
77
Medicare Billing
$7,072
Payment Breakdown by Category
Other$59,140 (30.2%)
Consulting$56,428 (28.8%)
Travel$49,535 (25.3%)
Education$19,853 (10.1%)
Food & Beverage$10,667 (5.5%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $56,428 | 21 | 28.8% |
| Travel and Lodging | $49,535 | 170 | 25.3% |
| Honoraria | $25,050 | 8 | 12.8% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $21,850 | 11 | 11.2% |
| Education | $19,853 | 9 | 10.1% |
| Food and Beverage | $10,667 | 168 | 5.5% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program | $6,240 | 2 | 3.2% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program | $6,000 | 2 | 3.1% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | $71,444 | 227 | $0 (2024) |
| Cook Biotech Incorporated | $61,894 | 41 | $0 (2023) |
| Davol Inc. | $44,625 | 76 | $0 (2024) |
| BAXTER HEALTHCARE | $7,649 | 13 | $0 (2019) |
| Cook Incorporated | $7,630 | 14 | $0 (2017) |
| Cook Medical LLC | $1,316 | 7 | $0 (2021) |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | $375.00 | 1 | $0 (2023) |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | $290.67 | 3 | $0 (2022) |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $167.43 | 3 | $0 (2022) |
| CONMED Corporation | $85.05 | 2 | $0 (2022) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15,891 | 12 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. ($9,800) |
| 2023 | $33,566 | 20 | Cook Biotech Incorporated ($27,920) |
| 2022 | $8,107 | 26 | Cook Biotech Incorporated ($5,963) |
| 2021 | $21,362 | 16 | Cook Biotech Incorporated ($13,411) |
| 2020 | $1,383 | 10 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($1,078) |
| 2019 | $6,339 | 21 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($3,961) |
| 2018 | $35,647 | 98 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($30,426) |
| 2017 | $73,327 | 188 | Davol Inc. ($28,653) |
All Payment Transactions
391 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 16
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/09/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,000.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 10/09/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $150.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 08/23/2024 | Davol Inc. | — | Honoraria | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,600.00 | General |
| 08/08/2024 | Davol Inc. | — | Honoraria | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,250.00 | General |
| 07/24/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (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 | $500.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 07/10/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (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 | $500.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 06/25/2024 | Davol Inc. | Phasix Mesh (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $87.42 | General |
| Category: Surgery | ||||||
| 06/25/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | PROGRIP (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.15 | General |
| Category: Hernia Repair | ||||||
| 06/14/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (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 | $500.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 04/17/2024 | Davol Inc. | ARISTA AH FlexiTip (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $136.64 | General |
| Category: Surgery | ||||||
| 03/08/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,000.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 03/08/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $150.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 12/01/2023 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,000.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 12/01/2023 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $150.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 11/16/2023 | Cook Biotech Incorporated | — | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,800.00 | General |
| 11/01/2023 | Davol Inc. | Phasix Mesh (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.96 | General |
| Category: Surgery | ||||||
| 10/20/2023 | Cook Biotech Incorporated | BIODESIGN (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $276.94 | General |
| Category: Tissue Therapies | ||||||
| 10/20/2023 | Cook Biotech Incorporated | OASIS (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $173.69 | General |
| Category: Tissue Therapies | ||||||
| 10/19/2023 | Cook Biotech Incorporated | — | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $6,730.91 | General |
| 10/19/2023 | Cook Biotech Incorporated | — | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,545.00 | General |
| 10/09/2023 | Cook Biotech Incorporated | OASIS (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $37.81 | General |
| Category: Tissue Therapies | ||||||
| 08/21/2023 | Davol Inc. | Phasix Mesh (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $160.38 | General |
| Category: Surgery | ||||||
| 06/07/2023 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $900.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 05/08/2023 | Cook Biotech Incorporated | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $6,802.59 | General |
| 04/24/2023 | Applied Medical Resources Corporation | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $375.00 | General |
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 35 | 38 | $8,586 | $2,808 |
| 2022 | 1 | 11 | 12 | $2,844 | $938.71 |
| 2021 | 1 | 11 | 11 | $2,607 | $1,121 |
| 2020 | 1 | 20 | 23 | $5,451 | $2,205 |
Total Patients
77
Total Services
84
Medicare Billing
$7,072
Procedure Codes
6
All Medicare Procedures & Services
6 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $3,618 | $1,111 | 30.7% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 14 | $2,348 | $860.30 | 36.6% |
| 99221 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $2,620 | $836.55 | 31.9% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 11 | 12 | $2,844 | $938.71 | 33.0% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Office | 2021 | 11 | 11 | $2,607 | $1,121 | 43.0% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes | Office | 2020 | 20 | 23 | $5,451 | $2,205 | 40.4% |
About Dr. James Bittner, MD
Dr. James Bittner, MD is a Surgery healthcare provider based in Suffolk, Virginia. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/02/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1215058870.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. James Bittner, MD has received a total of $195,622 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $15,891 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 391 transactions from 14 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($56,428).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Bittner has provided services to 77 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 84 services with total Medicare billing of $7,072. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 6 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Surgery
- Location Suffolk, VA
- Active Since 04/02/2007
- Last Updated 01/05/2024
- Taxonomy Code 208600000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1215058870
Products in Payments
- Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $71,444
- DAV-Phasix (Device) $18,791
- DAV-BARD 3DMax (Device) $8,946
- Surgical Care - Tisseel (Biological) $7,625
- Cook Medical Zenapro (Device) $4,018
- Cook Medical Biodesign (Device) $3,926
- Phasix Mesh (Device) $1,755
- BIODESIGN (Device) $1,468
- Oasis (Device) $1,076
- Cook Medical SIS (Device) $803.88
- CAPSURE (Device) $609.44
- OASIS (Device) $518.47
- Phasix (Device) $305.14
- ESOPHYX (Device) $290.67
- PHASIX (Device) $276.18
- GATTEX (Drug) $167.43
- ARISTA AH FlexiTip (Device) $136.64
- Cook Medical General Surgery (Device) $93.12
- AIRSEAL (Device) $85.05
- Saxenda (Drug) $82.60
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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