Total Payments
$42,986
2024 Payments
$6,312
Companies
16
Transactions
162
Medicare Patients
4,170
Medicare Billing
$757,855

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$13,858 (32.2%)
Other$11,185 (26.0%)
Travel$8,564 (19.9%)
Food & Beverage$8,075 (18.8%)
Education$1,305 (3.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $13,858 4 32.2%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $11,185 7 26.0%
Travel and Lodging $8,564 25 19.9%
Food and Beverage $8,075 125 18.8%
Education $1,305 1 3.0%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $35,293 70 $0 (2024)
Stryker Corporation $3,931 61 $0 (2024)
ORTHALIGN INC $1,410 14 $0 (2024)
Pylant Medical $1,305 1 $0 (2018)
Limacorporate S.p.A. $192.32 1 $0 (2019)
Medtronic USA, Inc. $177.68 1 $0 (2019)
EXACTECH, INC. $169.53 1 $0 (2019)
Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC $124.42 2 $0 (2021)
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $117.18 1 $0 (2018)
Davol Inc. $98.93 4 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $6,312 31 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($5,575)
2023 $19,911 46 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($19,361)
2022 $6,932 43 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($5,065)
2021 $7,106 29 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($4,993)
2020 $430.97 4 Stryker Corporation ($230.18)
2019 $871.34 7 Limacorporate S.p.A. ($192.32)
2018 $1,422 2 Pylant Medical ($1,305)

All Payment Transactions

162 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 7

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/06/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $71.43 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
11/26/2024 Davol Inc. ARISTA AH FlexiTip (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $34.96 General
Category: Surgery
11/08/2024 ORTHALIGN INC ORTHALIGN PLUS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $170.97 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
11/06/2024 Davol Inc. ARISTA AH FlexiTip (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.97 General
Category: Surgery
10/19/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.85 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
10/11/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $33.86 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
09/24/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ANTHOLOGY (Device), REAL INTELLIGENCE 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 $3,680.00 General
Category: Recon Hips
09/24/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ANTHOLOGY (Device), REAL INTELLIGENCE 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 $230.00 General
Category: Recon Hips
09/24/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ANTHOLOGY (Device), REAL INTELLIGENCE Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $15.41 General
Category: Recon Hips
09/14/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ANTHOLOGY (Device), REAL INTELLIGENCE, JOURNEY II Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $32.59 General
Category: Recon Hips
09/14/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ANTHOLOGY (Device), REAL INTELLIGENCE, JOURNEY II Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.76 General
Category: Recon Hips
09/13/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. POLARSTEM (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $172.04 General
Category: Recon Hips
09/13/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. REAL INTELLIGENCE (Device), JOURNEY II, TANDEM Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $135.30 General
Category: Recon Robotics
09/13/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $31.36 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
09/12/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. POLARSTEM (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $494.05 General
Category: Recon Hips
09/12/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. POLARSTEM (Device), R3 ACETABULAR Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $367.35 General
Category: Recon Hips
09/12/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. POLARSTEM (Device), R3 ACETABULAR Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $193.03 General
Category: Recon Hips
09/12/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. POLARSTEM (Device), R3 ACETABULAR Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $58.95 General
Category: Recon Hips
09/12/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. POLARSTEM (Device), R3 ACETABULAR Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $38.16 General
Category: Recon Hips
08/31/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $61.40 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
08/31/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. R3 ACETABULAR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.46 General
Category: Recon Hips
08/30/2024 ORTHALIGN INC ORTHALIGN PLUS (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $91.65 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
07/11/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. REAL INTELLIGENCE (Device), JOURNEY II Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $115.74 General
Category: Recon Robotics
06/05/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $33.72 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
05/29/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. PICO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.30 General
Category: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 15 1,217 1,407 $996,277 $247,013
2022 13 1,277 1,741 $960,466 $242,720
2021 13 1,114 1,539 $689,706 $182,494
2020 11 562 811 $317,189 $85,629
Total Patients
4,170
Total Services
5,498
Medicare Billing
$757,855
Procedure Codes
52

All Medicare Procedures & Services

52 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
27447 Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee Facility 2023 100 108 $506,952 $109,900 21.7%
27130 Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis Facility 2023 58 63 $276,696 $63,378 22.9%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 154 170 $35,020 $16,086 45.9%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 116 116 $37,120 $13,634 36.7%
73564 X-ray of knee, 4 or more views Office 2023 172 226 $23,680 $8,143 34.4%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 120 128 $17,792 $8,085 45.4%
73562 X-ray of knee, 3 views Office 2023 161 211 $22,960 $6,698 29.2%
73502 X-ray of hip, 2-3 views Office 2023 132 155 $19,685 $5,716 29.0%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 65 65 $13,520 $5,391 39.9%
0055T Musculoskeletal surgical navigational orthopedic operation using imaging guidance Facility 2023 24 24 $19,632 $4,259 21.7%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 36 49 $11,368 $2,576 22.7%
20985 Computer-assisted surgery for muscle and bone procedure Facility 2023 16 16 $7,280 $1,807 24.8%
72170 X-ray of pelvis, 1-2 views Office 2023 23 25 $2,075 $557.04 26.8%
77073 X-ray for bone length assessment Office 2023 13 13 $1,547 $447.96 29.0%
J1040 Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg Office 2023 27 38 $950.00 $334.66 35.2%
27447 Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee Facility 2022 108 113 $530,422 $115,124 21.7%
27130 Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis Facility 2022 47 48 $210,816 $48,844 23.2%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 197 243 $50,058 $22,793 45.5%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 129 129 $41,280 $15,603 37.8%
73564 X-ray of knee, 4 or more views Office 2022 176 258 $25,216 $8,490 33.7%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 115 127 $17,653 $7,909 44.8%
73562 X-ray of knee, 3 views Office 2022 169 256 $26,208 $7,803 29.8%
73502 X-ray of hip, 2-3 views Office 2022 131 185 $23,495 $6,482 27.6%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2022 65 88 $20,416 $4,695 23.0%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2022 46 46 $9,568 $3,650 38.1%

About Dr. Jose Romero, M.D

Dr. Jose Romero, M.D is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in Austin, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/20/2013. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1346686128.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Jose Romero, M.D has received a total of $42,986 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $6,312 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 162 transactions from 16 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($13,858).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Romero has provided services to 4,170 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 5,498 services with total Medicare billing of $757,855. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 52 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • REAL INTELLIGENCE (Device) $19,443
  • ANTHOLOGY (Device) $4,008
  • MAKO (Device) $3,271
  • WEREWOLF (Device) $3,220
  • OR3O Dual Mobility (Device) $2,012
  • POLARSTEM (Device) $1,324
  • ORTHALIGN PLUS (Device) $1,321
  • Product Portfolio (Device) $192.32
  • AQUAMANTYS (Device) $177.68
  • OPTETRAK (Device) $169.53
  • Navio Surgical System (Device) $160.00
  • JOURNEY II (Device) $146.21
  • SYNVISC-ONE (Device) $117.18
  • JOURNEY II BCS (Device) $112.22
  • DALL-MILES (Device) $108.73
  • ARISTA AH FlexiTip (Device) $98.93
  • AS COLUMBUS CR (Device) $90.33
  • OrthAlign Plus System (Device) $88.57
  • MOBILE BEARING HIP SYSTEM (Device) $79.85
  • SPRINT PNS System (Device) $60.03

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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