Dr. Mark Smith, MD

NPI: 1750380580
Total Payments
$26,285
2024 Payments
$7,578
Companies
17
Transactions
105
Medicare Patients
2,292
Medicare Billing
$366,058

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$16,700 (63.5%)
Travel$3,908 (14.9%)
Research$3,000 (11.4%)
Food & Beverage$2,546 (9.7%)
Education$130.73 (0.5%)
Other$0.00 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $16,700 16 63.5%
Travel and Lodging $3,908 14 14.9%
Unspecified $3,000 10 11.4%
Food and Beverage $2,546 56 9.7%
Education $130.73 9 0.5%

Payments by Type

General
$23,285
95 transactions
Research
$3,000
10 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Spine Wave, Inc. $17,885 31 $0 (2024)
Intrinsic Therapeutics $3,000 10 $0 (2024)
Globus Medical, Inc. $2,754 15 $0 (2024)
Stryker Corporation $655.72 7 $0 (2024)
Cerapedics Inc. $534.91 2 $0 (2022)
RTI Surgical, Inc. $450.00 1 $0 (2018)
Medtronic, Inc. $264.85 6 $0 (2023)
Medtronic USA, Inc. $220.38 8 $0 (2020)
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $174.13 5 $0 (2024)
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $130.73 9 $0 (2022)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $7,578 24 Spine Wave, Inc. ($4,115)
2023 $4,268 20 Spine Wave, Inc. ($2,707)
2022 $10,727 19 Spine Wave, Inc. ($10,019)
2021 $51.99 2 Cerapedics, Inc. ($34.91)
2020 $79.20 3 Medtronic USA, Inc. ($36.73)
2019 $282.16 19 NuVasive, Inc. ($74.64)
2018 $2,261 13 Globus Medical, Inc. ($1,644)
2017 $1,037 5 Spine Wave, Inc. ($1,010)

All Payment Transactions

105 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 5

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/21/2024 Spine Wave, Inc. SALVO SPINE SYSTEM (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,500.00 General
Category: Spinal Medical Device
11/21/2024 Intrinsic Therapeutics BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) (Device), BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) Cash or cash equivalent $300.00 Research
Study: FREEDOM Lumbar Discectomy Registry • Category: Annular Closure Device
11/21/2024 Intrinsic Therapeutics BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) (Device), BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) Cash or cash equivalent $300.00 Research
Study: FREEDOM Lumbar Discectomy Registry • Category: Annular Closure Device
11/21/2024 Intrinsic Therapeutics BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) (Device), BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) Cash or cash equivalent $300.00 Research
Study: FREEDOM Lumbar Discectomy Registry • Category: Annular Closure Device
11/21/2024 Intrinsic Therapeutics BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) (Device), BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) Cash or cash equivalent $300.00 Research
Study: FREEDOM Lumbar Discectomy Registry • Category: Annular Closure Device
11/21/2024 Intrinsic Therapeutics BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) (Device), BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) Cash or cash equivalent $300.00 Research
Study: FREEDOM Lumbar Discectomy Registry • Category: Annular Closure Device
11/21/2024 Intrinsic Therapeutics BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) (Device), BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) Cash or cash equivalent $300.00 Research
Study: FREEDOM Lumbar Discectomy Registry • Category: Annular Closure Device
11/21/2024 Intrinsic Therapeutics BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) (Device), BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) Cash or cash equivalent $300.00 Research
Study: FREEDOM Lumbar Discectomy Registry • Category: Annular Closure Device
11/21/2024 Intrinsic Therapeutics BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) (Device), BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) Cash or cash equivalent $300.00 Research
Study: FREEDOM Lumbar Discectomy Registry • Category: Annular Closure Device
11/21/2024 Intrinsic Therapeutics BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) (Device), BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) Cash or cash equivalent $300.00 Research
Study: FREEDOM Lumbar Discectomy Registry • Category: Annular Closure Device
11/21/2024 Intrinsic Therapeutics BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) (Device), BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) Cash or cash equivalent $300.00 Research
Study: FREEDOM Lumbar Discectomy Registry • Category: Annular Closure Device
11/21/2024 Spine Wave, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $250.00 General
09/17/2024 Spine Wave, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $500.00 General
09/05/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. MARS 3V/3VL (Device), RISE Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.56 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
08/21/2024 Spine Wave, Inc. SALVO SPINE SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $90.00 General
Category: Spinal Medical Device
06/01/2024 Stryker Corporation ES2 SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $175.00 General
Category: THORACOLUMBAR
06/01/2024 Stryker Corporation CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $157.05 General
Category: SPINE
05/16/2024 Spine Wave, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $500.00 General
05/14/2024 Spine Wave, Inc. SALVO SPINE SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.00 General
Category: Spinal Medical Device
05/04/2024 Stryker Corporation AERO-LL (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $61.77 General
Category: THORACOLUMBAR
04/16/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. MARS 3V/3VL (Device), RISE Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.18 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
02/22/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. Teligen (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $34.22 General
Category: Spine
02/13/2024 Spine Wave, Inc. SALVO SPINE SYSTEM (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,000.00 General
Category: Spinal Medical Device
02/07/2024 Spine Wave, Inc. SALVO SPINE SYSTEM (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $250.00 General
Category: Spinal Medical Device
11/16/2023 Spine Wave, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $500.00 General

Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
FREEDOM Lumbar Discectomy Registry Intrinsic Therapeutics $3,000 10

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 16 558 640 $420,801 $77,381
2022 19 610 697 $598,849 $113,496
2021 18 579 660 $417,818 $76,943
2020 19 545 612 $541,718 $98,238
Total Patients
2,292
Total Services
2,609
Medicare Billing
$366,058
Procedure Codes
72

All Medicare Procedures & Services

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

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
63047 Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment Facility 2023 21 21 $83,895 $17,345 20.7%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 189 248 $34,224 $16,550 48.4%
63045 Partial removal of spine bone with release of upper spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment Facility 2023 11 11 $48,675 $9,339 19.2%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 53 56 $11,928 $5,349 44.8%
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion Facility 2023 17 21 $23,247 $4,010 17.2%
70553 Mri scan of brain before and after contrast Office 2023 24 25 $53,750 $3,533 6.6%
72148 Mri scan of lower spinal canal without contrast Office 2023 38 38 $56,050 $3,526 6.3%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 42 42 $10,248 $3,303 32.2%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 23 23 $8,349 $2,728 32.7%
72110 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views Office 2023 50 65 $8,580 $2,417 28.2%
63052 Partial removal of bone of single segment of spine in lower back with release of spinal cord and/or nerves during fusion of spine in lower back Facility 2023 11 11 $15,928 $2,152 13.5%
61783 Computer-assisted spinal procedure Facility 2023 12 12 $13,104 $2,100 16.0%
63048 Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment Facility 2023 11 11 $9,823 $1,753 17.8%
72141 Mri scan of upper spinal canal without contrast Office 2023 20 20 $29,500 $1,682 5.7%
72131 Ct scan of lower spine without contrast Office 2023 20 20 $11,900 $1,030 8.7%
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes Office 2023 16 16 $1,600 $564.46 35.3%
63047 Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment Facility 2022 25 25 $99,875 $21,538 21.6%
22630 Fusion of lower spine bone and partial removal of spine bone or disc through back, 1 disc Facility 2022 13 13 $75,998 $15,628 20.6%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 139 190 $26,220 $12,005 45.8%
63045 Partial removal of spine bone with release of upper spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment Facility 2022 11 11 $48,675 $10,091 20.7%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 76 76 $27,588 $9,417 34.1%
22842 Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments Facility 2022 13 13 $40,885 $7,746 18.9%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 71 77 $16,401 $6,620 40.4%
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion Facility 2022 18 26 $28,782 $5,181 18.0%
72148 Mri scan of lower spinal canal without contrast Office 2022 46 46 $67,850 $4,272 6.3%

About Dr. Mark Smith, MD

Dr. Mark Smith, MD is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in Charlotte, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/14/2005. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1750380580.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Mark Smith, MD has received a total of $26,285 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $7,578 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 105 transactions from 17 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($16,700).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Smith has provided services to 2,292 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 2,609 services with total Medicare billing of $366,058. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 72 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Neurological Surgery
  • Location Charlotte, NC
  • Active Since 07/14/2005
  • Last Updated 11/11/2024
  • Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1750380580

Products in Payments

  • SALVO SPINE SYSTEM (Device) $12,806
  • BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) (Device) $3,000
  • Excelsius - GPS (Device) $1,625
  • ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) $1,059
  • Spinal Implants (Device) $1,000
  • I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT (Device) $534.91
  • NANOSS ABGS FAMILY (Device) $450.00
  • ES2 SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $175.00
  • AVS ANCHOR-L (Device) $171.71
  • CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM (Device) $157.05
  • Gliadel (Drug) $130.73
  • EXCEED BIPLANAR EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM (Device) $94.14
  • CONDUIT (Device) $89.64
  • SPINAL IMPLANT (Device) $78.66
  • POWEREASE (Device) $77.96
  • AERO-LL (Device) $61.77
  • NEURO FIXATION (Device) $52.89
  • TLIF (Device) $50.74
  • ELEVATE (Device) $48.69
  • MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) $47.17

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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