Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel and Lodging | $19,660 | 19 | 82.5% |
| Food and Beverage | $4,176 | 47 | 17.5% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMAIO SA | $18,089 | 32 | $0 (2024) |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | $1,900 | 4 | $0 (2023) |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | $1,814 | 14 | $0 (2024) |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | $412.49 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
| SMAIO USA CORPORATION | $376.38 | 2 | $0 (2024) |
| Cerapedics Inc. | $264.80 | 2 | $0 (2023) |
| NuVasive, Inc. | $254.09 | 2 | $0 (2022) |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | $248.25 | 2 | $0 (2024) |
| SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION | $198.84 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $122.54 | 1 | $0 (2021) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,531 | 18 | SMAIO SA ($2,153) |
| 2023 | $17,816 | 33 | SMAIO SA ($15,936) |
| 2022 | $2,195 | 12 | Alphatec Spine, Inc ($1,092) |
| 2021 | $273.95 | 2 | NuVasive, Inc. ($151.41) |
| 2020 | $20.46 | 1 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($20.46) |
All Payment Transactions
66 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 3
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/05/2024 | SMAIO SA | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $288.68 | General |
| 12/05/2024 | SMAIO USA CORPORATION | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $146.11 | General |
| 12/04/2024 | SMAIO SA | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $1,653.46 | General |
| 12/04/2024 | SMAIO USA CORPORATION | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $230.27 | General |
| 12/04/2024 | SMAIO SA | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $77.87 | General |
| 11/12/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | Fitbone (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $189.22 | General |
| Category: Rod, Fixation, Intramedullary And Accessories | ||||||
| 10/15/2024 | Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | MAGNETOS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $118.25 | General |
| Category: SYNTHETIC BONE GRAFT | ||||||
| 10/01/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | RELINE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $97.51 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 09/24/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | RELINE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $38.24 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 09/24/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | RELINE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $7.50 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 09/07/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | RELINE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.58 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 08/09/2024 | SMAIO SA | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $66.97 | General |
| 08/08/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | UNID_PASS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $66.17 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 06/04/2024 | SMAIO SA | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $65.67 | General |
| 05/03/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | ALTERA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $112.56 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 04/11/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | Fortify (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $132.41 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 01/31/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 7D Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $131.93 | General |
| Category: Spine Hardware Systems & Motion Preservation | ||||||
| 01/31/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 7D Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $91.34 | General |
| Category: Spine Hardware Systems & Motion Preservation | ||||||
| 11/11/2023 | SMAIO SA | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $152.38 | General |
| 11/11/2023 | SMAIO SA | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $60.60 | General |
| 11/10/2023 | SMAIO SA | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $561.60 | General |
| 11/10/2023 | SMAIO SA | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $166.49 | General |
| 10/17/2023 | Cerapedics Inc. | I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $128.19 | General |
| Category: PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT | ||||||
| 09/06/2023 | SMAIO SA | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $136.34 | General |
| 07/12/2023 | SMAIO SA | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $555.97 | General |
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 68 | 83 | $28,703 | $8,565 |
| 2022 | 3 | 76 | 157 | $112,535 | $30,968 |
| 2021 | 5 | 70 | 172 | $149,693 | $14,288 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
10 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 45 | 59 | $18,499 | $5,311 | 28.7% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2023 | 23 | 24 | $10,204 | $3,254 | 31.9% |
| 22614 | Fusion of additional segment of spine | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 77 | $85,239 | $22,610 | 26.5% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 48 | 64 | $20,224 | $6,185 | 30.6% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2022 | 15 | 16 | $7,072 | $2,173 | 30.7% |
| 22614 | Fusion of spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach | Facility | 2021 | 21 | 120 | $81,648 | $8,499 | 10.4% |
| 22612 | Fusion of lower spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach | Facility | 2021 | 12 | 12 | $28,944 | $2,034 | 7.0% |
| 63047 | Partial removal of middle spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, lower back (lumbar) area | Facility | 2021 | 14 | 16 | $28,187 | $1,768 | 6.3% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Office | 2021 | 11 | 12 | $3,792 | $1,214 | 32.0% |
| 22848 | Insertion of instrumentation to pelvic bones | Facility | 2021 | 12 | 12 | $7,122 | $773.74 | 10.9% |
About Dr. Jeffrey Hills, MD
Dr. Jeffrey Hills, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine healthcare provider based in San Antonio, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/29/2015. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1154708196.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Jeffrey Hills, MD has received a total of $23,836 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $3,531 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 66 transactions from 13 companies. The most common payment nature is "Travel and Lodging" ($19,660).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Hills has provided services to 214 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 412 services with total Medicare billing of $53,821. Data is available for 3 years (2021–2023), covering 10 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
- Location San Antonio, TX
- Active Since 04/29/2015
- Last Updated 01/12/2026
- Taxonomy Code 207XS0117X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1154708196
Products in Payments
- Other - Miscellaneous (Device) $1,879
- CREO (Device) $313.22
- CREO 5.5 (Device) $313.22
- RELINE (Device) $311.24
- Clavicular Fracture Fixation (Device) $297.00
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT (Device) $264.80
- 7D Surgical System (Device) $223.27
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) $203.50
- Fitbone (Device) $189.22
- Spine (Device) $163.34
- Fortify (Device) $132.41
- EXPert Nail (Device) $122.54
- Excelsius Robotics System (Device) $119.04
- MAGNETOS (Device) $118.25
- ALTERA (Device) $112.56
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc (Device) $102.68
- CellerateRx (Device) $69.10
- UNID_PASS (Device) $66.17
- CD HORIZON (Device) $20.46
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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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