Total Payments
$376,718
2024 Payments
$137,021
Companies
14
Transactions
487
Medicare Patients
2,759
Medicare Billing
$360,004
Payment Breakdown by Category
Consulting$226,982 (60.3%)
Education$90,169 (23.9%)
Travel$45,194 (12.0%)
Food & Beverage$9,373 (2.5%)
Research$5,000 (1.3%)
Other$0.00 (0.0%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $226,982 | 125 | 60.3% |
| Education | $90,169 | 50 | 23.9% |
| Travel and Lodging | $45,194 | 144 | 12.0% |
| Food and Beverage | $9,373 | 155 | 2.5% |
| Unspecified | $5,000 | 13 | 1.3% |
Payments by Type
General
$371,718
474 transactions
Research
$5,000
13 transactions
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $268,785 | 385 | $0 (2024) |
| ORTHALIGN INC | $100,119 | 51 | $0 (2024) |
| Canary Medical USA LLC | $5,000 | 13 | $0 (2024) |
| Stryker Corporation | $1,255 | 15 | $0 (2024) |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $347.78 | 5 | $0 (2023) |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. | $274.29 | 2 | $0 (2022) |
| Engage Uni, LLC | $200.86 | 1 | $0 (2021) |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $186.10 | 3 | $0 (2023) |
| MEDACTA USA, INC. | $164.34 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | $125.00 | 1 | $0 (2023) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $137,021 | 156 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($101,887) |
| 2023 | $179,115 | 227 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($115,767) |
| 2022 | $59,047 | 88 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($50,957) |
| 2021 | $1,362 | 13 | Stryker Corporation ($468.09) |
| 2017 | $173.67 | 3 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($173.67) |
All Payment Transactions
487 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 20
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/13/2024 | ORTHALIGN INC | ORTHALIGN PLUS (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,500.00 | General |
| Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY | ||||||
| 12/13/2024 | ORTHALIGN INC | ORTHALIGN PLUS (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,000.00 | General |
| Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY | ||||||
| 12/13/2024 | ORTHALIGN INC | ORTHALIGN PLUS (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $500.00 | General |
| Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY | ||||||
| 12/13/2024 | ORTHALIGN INC | ORTHALIGN PLUS (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $500.00 | General |
| Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | mymobility Platform (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,000.00 | General |
| Category: Connected Health | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | mymobility Platform (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,750.00 | General |
| Category: Connected Health | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | mymobility Platform (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $500.00 | General |
| Category: Connected Health | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.91 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 12/06/2024 | ORTHALIGN INC | ORTHALIGN PLUS (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $500.00 | General |
| Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY | ||||||
| 11/20/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | mymobility Platform (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,000.00 | General |
| Category: Connected Health | ||||||
| 11/20/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | mymobility Platform (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,250.00 | General |
| Category: Connected Health | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | ROSA (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $5,000.00 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | ROSA (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,000.00 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | ROSA (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $500.00 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | ROSA (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $120.00 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | ROSA (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $94.20 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | ROSA (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $10.40 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | mymobility Platform (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,000.00 | General |
| Category: Connected Health | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | mymobility Platform (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,000.00 | General |
| Category: Connected Health | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | mymobility Platform (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,125.00 | General |
| Category: Connected Health | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | mymobility Platform (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $90.99 | General |
| Category: Connected Health | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | mymobility Platform (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $69.00 | General |
| Category: Connected Health | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | mymobility Platform (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $23.98 | General |
| Category: Connected Health | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | mymobility Platform (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $15.13 | General |
| Category: Connected Health | ||||||
| 11/08/2024 | ORTHALIGN INC | ORTHALIGN PLUS (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $154.30 | General |
| Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY | ||||||
Research Studies & Clinical Trials
| Study Name | Company | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| TKA Complication | Canary Medical USA LLC | $2,500 | 8 |
| TKA Complications Study | Canary Medical USA LLC | $2,000 | 4 |
| TKA | Canary Medical USA LLC | $500.00 | 1 |
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 28 | 1,690 | 5,597 | $863,495 | $244,930 |
| 2022 | 19 | 872 | 1,752 | $381,162 | $100,694 |
| 2021 | 8 | 197 | 390 | $53,350 | $14,380 |
Total Patients
2,759
Total Services
7,739
Medicare Billing
$360,004
Procedure Codes
55
All Medicare Procedures & Services
55 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27130 | Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis | Facility | 2023 | 38 | 38 | $173,667 | $41,399 | 23.8% |
| 27447 | Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | Facility | 2023 | 35 | 35 | $166,950 | $38,021 | 22.8% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 226 | 333 | $46,425 | $25,587 | 55.1% |
| J7329 | Hyaluronan or derivative, trivisc, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg | Office | 2023 | 25 | 2,950 | $82,600 | $20,528 | 24.9% |
| 27487 | Revision of thigh and lower leg bone components of total knee joint prosthesis | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 12 | $65,772 | $17,374 | 26.4% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 132 | 161 | $33,446 | $17,201 | 51.4% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 98 | 98 | $31,066 | $13,726 | 44.2% |
| 73564 | X-ray of knee, 4 or more views | Office | 2023 | 214 | 292 | $34,164 | $12,328 | 36.1% |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | Office | 2023 | 108 | 190 | $46,272 | $11,777 | 25.5% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 92 | 92 | $19,136 | $8,434 | 44.1% |
| 73562 | X-ray of knee, 3 views | Office | 2023 | 124 | 191 | $19,291 | $7,077 | 36.7% |
| 99424 | Principal care management services for a single high-risk disease, first 30 minutes provided personally by qualified health care professional, per calendar month. | Office | 2023 | 72 | 74 | $13,690 | $5,038 | 36.8% |
| 73502 | X-ray of hip, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 103 | 117 | $14,391 | $4,675 | 32.5% |
| 20611 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid large joint using ultrasound guidance | Office | 2023 | 15 | 32 | $16,000 | $3,298 | 20.6% |
| 73501 | X-ray of hip, 1 view | Office | 2023 | 68 | 119 | $10,591 | $3,257 | 30.8% |
| 73721 | Mri scan of leg joint without contrast | Office | 2023 | 20 | 22 | $36,740 | $3,034 | 8.3% |
| G0180 | Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and | Office | 2023 | 51 | 51 | $8,007 | $2,336 | 29.2% |
| 99284 | Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | Facility | 2023 | 22 | 22 | $5,324 | $2,183 | 41.0% |
| 0054T | Computer-assisted, fluoroscopic image-guided musculoskeletal surgical navigational orthopedic operation | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 15 | $18,000 | $1,308 | 7.3% |
| 99441 | Telephone medical discussion with physician, 5-10 minutes | Office | 2023 | 25 | 26 | $2,409 | $1,278 | 53.1% |
| 73523 | X-ray of both hips, minimum of 5 views | Office | 2023 | 19 | 22 | $3,696 | $1,207 | 32.7% |
| 99442 | Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | Office | 2023 | 12 | 13 | $1,574 | $1,018 | 64.7% |
| 72190 | X-ray of pelvis, minimum of 3 views | Office | 2023 | 16 | 18 | $2,106 | $641.52 | 30.5% |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | Office | 2023 | 92 | 610 | $6,710 | $513.76 | 7.7% |
| 73030 | X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views | Office | 2023 | 13 | 16 | $1,408 | $485.15 | 34.5% |
About Dr. James Chen, M.D
Dr. James Chen, M.D is a Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Mission Viejo, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/26/2015. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1104210152.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. James Chen, M.D has received a total of $376,718 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $137,021 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 487 transactions from 14 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($226,982).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Chen has provided services to 2,759 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 7,739 services with total Medicare billing of $360,004. Data is available for 3 years (2021–2023), covering 55 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery
- Location Mission Viejo, CA
- Active Since 03/26/2015
- Last Updated 09/13/2022
- Taxonomy Code 207XS0114X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1104210152
Products in Payments
- Persona (Device) $103,224
- ORTHALIGN PLUS (Device) $100,119
- ROSA (Device) $80,002
- mymobility Platform (Device) $54,960
- Avenir (Device) $1,145
- MAKO (Device) $637.21
- ATTUNE (Device) $246.10
- ACTIS (Device) $223.44
- Engage Partial Knee System (Device) $200.86
- AXSOS (Device) $187.06
- JOURNEY II (Device) $170.75
- GMK SPHERE (Device) $164.34
- HOFFMANN (Device) $133.33
- Vemlidy (Drug) $125.00
- AccuFill (Device) $118.97
- PALACOS (Device) $117.56
- VARIAX (Device) $108.75
- PICO (Device) $103.54
- Conformity, U-Motion II, U2 (Device) $96.00
- TRITANIUM (Device) $63.11
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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.