Dr. John Hwang, MD

NPI: 1386957728
Total Payments
$15,893
2023 Payments
$1,125
Companies
9
Transactions
47
Medicare Patients
372
Medicare Billing
$53,713

Payment Breakdown by Category

Education$9,000 (56.6%)
Travel$4,345 (27.3%)
Food & Beverage$1,423 (9.0%)
Other$1,125 (7.1%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Education $9,000 3 56.6%
Travel and Lodging $4,345 18 27.3%
Food and Beverage $1,423 25 9.0%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $1,125 1 7.1%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. $10,449 23 $0 (2022)
DAVOL INC. $2,379 9 $0 (2019)
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $1,460 5 $0 (2018)
ABBVIE INC. $1,125 1 $0 (2023)
Covidien LP $253.99 3 $0 (2020)
C. R. BARD, INC. & SUBSIDIARIES $181.61 3 $0 (2019)
Tactile Systems Technology Inc $18.46 1 $0 (2020)
Lilly USA, LLC $14.17 1 $0 (2019)
Becton, Dickinson and Company $12.63 1 $0 (2021)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2023 $1,125 1 ABBVIE INC. ($1,125)
2022 $21.45 1 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($21.45)
2021 $156.87 5 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($144.24)
2020 $763.59 7 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($655.16)
2019 $3,949 11 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($3,000)
2018 $9,365 17 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($6,131)
2017 $511.98 5 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($496.96)

All Payment Transactions

47 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 2

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
02/22/2023 ABBVIE INC. VRAYLAR (Drug) 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 $1,125.00 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
08/09/2022 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.45 General
Category: SURGERY
12/28/2021 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $84.85 General
Category: SURGERY
11/30/2021 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.33 General
Category: SURGERY
05/18/2021 Becton, Dickinson and Company BD Ultra-Fine (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.63 General
Category: Diabetes Care
02/02/2021 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.49 General
Category: SURGERY
02/02/2021 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $5.57 General
Category: SURGERY
09/22/2020 Tactile Systems Technology Inc FLEXITOUCH (Device), ACTITOUCH, ENTRE Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.46 General
Category: PNEUMATIC COMPRESSOR
02/24/2020 Covidien LP Signia (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $89.97 General
Category: Surgical Stapling
02/18/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $79.20 General
Category: SURGERY
02/18/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $61.90 General
Category: SURGERY
02/14/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $234.46 General
Category: SURGERY
02/11/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $252.60 General
Category: SURGERY
02/11/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $27.00 General
Category: SURGERY
11/11/2019 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education In-kind items and services $3,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY
11/03/2019 Covidien LP Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $149.00 General
10/23/2019 Lilly USA, LLC TRULICITY (Drug), JARDIANCE Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.17 General
Category: Diabetes
09/17/2019 DAVOL INC. PHASIX (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $226.56 General
Category: DAVOL
09/16/2019 DAVOL INC. PHASIX (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $127.02 General
Category: DAVOL
09/16/2019 DAVOL INC. PHASIX (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $52.56 General
Category: DAVOL
09/16/2019 DAVOL INC. PHASIX (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $52.56 General
Category: DAVOL
09/13/2019 DAVOL INC. PHASIX (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $145.62 General
Category: DAVOL
09/13/2019 C. R. BARD, INC. & SUBSIDIARIES VENTRALIGHT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.73 General
Category: DAVOL
09/13/2019 C. R. BARD, INC. & SUBSIDIARIES VENTRALIGHT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.18 General
Category: DAVOL
09/12/2019 C. R. BARD, INC. & SUBSIDIARIES VENTRALIGHT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $132.70 General
Category: DAVOL

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2021 10 235 271 $152,227 $36,060
2020 7 137 156 $76,354 $17,653
Total Patients
372
Total Services
427
Medicare Billing
$53,713
Procedure Codes
17

All Medicare Procedures & Services

17 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
47562 Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope Facility 2021 16 16 $45,120 $8,706 19.3%
49650 Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope Facility 2021 18 18 $31,209 $6,187 19.8%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Office 2021 45 45 $21,240 $5,894 27.7%
99222 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day Facility 2021 36 36 $16,200 $3,764 23.2%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 23 28 $8,512 $2,985 35.1%
99213 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes Office 2021 28 37 $7,511 $2,587 34.4%
99232 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day Facility 2021 23 44 $9,900 $2,582 26.1%
99221 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day Facility 2021 17 18 $5,850 $1,497 25.6%
99203 New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes Office 2021 17 17 $5,185 $1,483 28.6%
99231 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day Facility 2021 12 12 $1,500 $375.60 25.0%
47562 Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope Facility 2020 11 11 $31,020 $5,900 19.0%
99222 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day Facility 2020 29 29 $13,050 $2,991 22.9%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes Office 2020 25 25 $7,625 $2,154 28.2%
99232 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day Facility 2020 23 35 $7,875 $2,064 26.2%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes Office 2020 13 13 $6,136 $1,773 28.9%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes Office 2020 18 19 $5,776 $1,528 26.5%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes Office 2020 18 24 $4,872 $1,242 25.5%

About Dr. John Hwang, MD

Dr. John Hwang, MD is a Surgery healthcare provider based in Cartersville, Georgia. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/14/2010. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1386957728.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. John Hwang, MD has received a total of $15,893 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $1,125 received in 2023. These payments were reported across 47 transactions from 9 companies. The most common payment nature is "Education" ($9,000).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Hwang has provided services to 372 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 427 services with total Medicare billing of $53,713. Data is available for 2 years (2020–2021), covering 17 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Surgery
  • Other Specialties Surgery, Surgery
  • Location Cartersville, GA
  • Active Since 07/14/2010
  • Last Updated 01/23/2025
  • Taxonomy Code 208600000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1386957728

Products in Payments

  • Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $10,449
  • VRAYLAR (Drug) $1,125
  • BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement (Device) $680.85
  • SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforcement (Device) $616.76
  • PHASIX (Device) $604.32
  • VENTRALIGHT (Device) $181.61
  • SEAMGUARD Staple Line Reinforcement (Device) $162.05
  • Signia (Device) $89.97
  • FLEXITOUCH (Device) $18.46
  • Battery-Powered Devices (Device) $15.02
  • TRULICITY (Drug) $14.17
  • BD Ultra-Fine (Device) $12.63

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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