Dr. Kristen Thomas, MD

NPI: 1235353996
Total Payments
$17,043
2024 Payments
$41.06
Companies
9
Transactions
51
Medicare Patients
1,257
Medicare Billing
$162,585

Payment Breakdown by Category

Education$12,403 (72.8%)
Travel$3,818 (22.4%)
Food & Beverage$822.71 (4.8%)
Other$0.00 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Education $12,403 14 72.8%
Travel and Lodging $3,818 12 22.4%
Food and Beverage $822.71 25 4.8%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
STEELHEAD SURGICAL INC $11,667 19 $0 (2023)
Arthrex, Inc. $3,470 17 $0 (2019)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $963.65 6 $0 (2024)
ACUMED LLC $768.00 2 $0 (2019)
Stryker Corporation $85.25 2 $0 (2023)
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $37.93 2 $0 (2019)
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $20.06 1 $0 (2024)
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $15.75 1 $0 (2017)
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $15.04 1 $0 (2019)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $41.06 2 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($21.00)
2023 $57.51 2 STEELHEAD SURGICAL INC ($30.76)
2022 $3,818 5 STEELHEAD SURGICAL INC ($3,760)
2021 $4,350 6 Steelhead Surgical Inc ($3,600)
2019 $7,328 31 Arthrex, Inc. ($3,470)
2017 $1,449 5 Steelhead Surgical Inc ($1,240)

All Payment Transactions

51 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 3

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
06/18/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Comprehensive Shoulder System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.00 General
Category: Extremities
02/08/2024 Shoulder Innovations, Inc. InSet System (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $20.06 General
Category: Orthopedic Implant
01/31/2023 Stryker Corporation BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.75 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
01/12/2023 STEELHEAD SURGICAL INC Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.76 General
11/10/2022 STEELHEAD SURGICAL INC Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
11/10/2022 STEELHEAD SURGICAL INC Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $159.60 General
09/07/2022 Stryker Corporation AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device), AEQUALIS PERFORM Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $58.50 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
05/13/2022 STEELHEAD SURGICAL INC Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
01/24/2022 STEELHEAD SURGICAL INC Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
09/21/2021 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Comprehensive Reverse (Device) Education In-kind items and services $250.00 General
Category: Extremities
09/21/2021 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Trabecular Metal (TM) Shoulder (Device) Education In-kind items and services $250.00 General
Category: Extremities
08/30/2021 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Hips-None (Device), Comprehensive Shoulder Education In-kind items and services $249.65 General
Category: Hips
07/15/2021 Steelhead Surgical Inc Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
03/05/2021 Steelhead Surgical Inc Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
01/22/2021 Steelhead Surgical Inc Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
12/04/2019 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated EXPAREL (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.57 General
Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT
08/16/2019 ACUMED LLC Polarus 3 Solution (Device), Elbow Plating System, Acu-Loc Wrist Plating System Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $668.00 General
Category: Shoulder
08/16/2019 ACUMED LLC Polarus 3 Solution (Device), Elbow Plating System, Acu-Loc Wrist Plating System Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $100.00 General
Category: Shoulder
06/02/2019 Steelhead Surgical Inc Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $174.32 General
06/02/2019 Steelhead Surgical Inc Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $115.59 General
05/31/2019 Arthrex, Inc. Education In-kind items and services $390.00 General
05/31/2019 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.00 General
05/31/2019 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $8.00 General
05/31/2019 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $3.50 General
05/30/2019 Steelhead Surgical Inc Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $273.28 General

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 8 318 479 $80,316 $22,759
2022 6 246 387 $153,544 $44,002
2021 11 333 511 $169,574 $49,466
2020 11 360 614 $176,556 $46,358
Total Patients
1,257
Total Services
1,991
Medicare Billing
$162,585
Procedure Codes
36

All Medicare Procedures & Services

36 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 37 39 $18,307 $5,584 30.5%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 41 41 $18,371 $5,406 29.4%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 41 45 $15,100 $3,965 26.3%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2023 124 178 $11,169 $3,579 32.0%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 17 17 $9,971 $2,333 23.4%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 17 19 $4,429 $1,226 27.7%
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes Office 2023 14 15 $2,196 $561.43 25.6%
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg Office 2023 27 125 $773.32 $104.78 13.5%
23472 Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder Facility 2022 21 21 $88,158 $23,873 27.1%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2022 52 65 $26,715 $8,921 33.4%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2022 38 38 $22,230 $6,275 28.2%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2022 93 144 $9,588 $2,879 30.0%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 18 20 $6,120 $1,973 32.2%
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg Office 2022 24 99 $732.60 $80.81 11.0%
23472 Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder Facility 2021 14 14 $58,772 $15,969 27.2%
29827 Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope Facility 2021 11 11 $34,001 $9,725 28.6%
99205 New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes Office 2021 37 37 $21,645 $6,565 30.3%
99215 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 40-54 minutes Office 2021 41 46 $18,906 $6,430 34.0%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 28 31 $9,486 $3,010 31.7%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2021 108 151 $9,969 $2,911 29.2%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Office 2021 17 17 $7,871 $2,362 30.0%
99213 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes Office 2021 18 22 $4,642 $1,398 30.1%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule Office 2021 11 12 $2,213 $642.86 29.1%
72040 X-ray of spine of neck, 2 or 3 views Office 2021 12 12 $900.00 $297.12 33.0%
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg Office 2021 36 158 $1,169 $155.03 13.3%

About Dr. Kristen Thomas, MD

Dr. Kristen Thomas, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Portland, Oregon. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/12/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1235353996.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Kristen Thomas, MD has received a total of $17,043 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $41.06 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 51 transactions from 9 companies. The most common payment nature is "Education" ($12,403).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Thomas has provided services to 1,257 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,991 services with total Medicare billing of $162,585. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 36 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Other Specialties Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Location Portland, OR
  • Active Since 04/12/2007
  • Last Updated 01/31/2014
  • Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1235353996

Products in Payments

  • Polarus 3 Solution (Device) $768.00
  • Comprehensive Reverse (Device) $250.00
  • Trabecular Metal (TM) Shoulder (Device) $250.00
  • Hips-None (Device) $249.65
  • Persona (Device) $125.00
  • Nexel Elbow (Device) $68.00
  • AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device) $58.50
  • EXPAREL (Drug) $37.93
  • BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device) $26.75
  • Comprehensive Shoulder System (Device) $21.00
  • InSet System (Device) $20.06
  • INVOKANA (Drug) $15.75

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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