Total Payments
$268,631
2024 Payments
$83,870
Companies
23
Transactions
350
Medicare Patients
383
Medicare Billing
$79,941

Payment Breakdown by Category

Education$107,750 (40.1%)
Consulting$85,477 (31.8%)
Travel$34,551 (12.9%)
Other$26,500 (9.9%)
Food & Beverage$14,202 (5.3%)
Gifts$150.83 (0.1%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Education $107,750 28 40.1%
Consulting Fee $85,477 20 31.8%
Travel and Lodging $34,551 106 12.9%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $26,500 13 9.9%
Food and Beverage $14,202 181 5.3%
Gift $150.83 2 0.1%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $168,701 232 $0 (2024)
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $67,353 44 $0 (2024)
Ethicon Inc. $13,183 12 $0 (2023)
Ethicon US, LLC $6,726 11 $0 (2024)
Boston Scientific Corporation $6,374 15 $0 (2024)
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. $2,475 2 $0 (2024)
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $1,789 5 $0 (2024)
Transenterix, Inc. $471.63 2 $0 (2018)
Apollo Endosurgery US Inc $306.14 3 $0 (2017)
Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. $243.21 6 $0 (2020)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $83,870 63 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($50,969)
2023 $79,439 71 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($53,124)
2022 $64,497 74 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($55,664)
2021 $28,989 44 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($26,550)
2020 $2,156 23 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($1,889)
2019 $5,860 48 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($5,038)
2018 $3,353 20 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($2,694)
2017 $467.65 7 Apollo Endosurgery US Inc ($306.14)

All Payment Transactions

350 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 14

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/27/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $4,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY
12/27/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $150.00 General
Category: SURGERY
11/26/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $4,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY
11/26/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $150.00 General
Category: SURGERY
11/21/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ECHELON ENDOPATH (Device), Echelon Flex Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $10,351.82 General
Category: Endo-Mechanical
11/21/2024 Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. ECHELON ENDOPATH (Device), Echelon Flex Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,800.00 General
Category: Endo-Mechanical
11/21/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ECHELON ENDOPATH (Device), Echelon Flex Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $191.11 General
Category: Endo-Mechanical
11/21/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ECHELON ENDOPATH (Device), Echelon Flex Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $74.32 General
Category: Endo-Mechanical
10/25/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.90 General
10/25/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.41 General
10/25/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.34 General
10/24/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $1,302.52 General
10/24/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $594.91 General
10/24/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $455.57 General
10/24/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $115.19 General
09/30/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ECHELON ENDOPATH (Device), Echelon Flex Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,800.00 General
Category: Endo-Mechanical
09/30/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ECHELON ENDOPATH (Device), Echelon Flex Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,350.00 General
Category: Endo-Mechanical
09/24/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.48 General
Category: SURGERY
09/03/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $36.17 General
Category: SURGERY
08/28/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) 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 $2,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY
08/14/2024 FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation FUJIFILM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $95.24 General
Category: Medical Device
07/30/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ECHELON ENDOPATH (Device), Echelon Flex Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,587.50 General
Category: Endo-Mechanical
07/02/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $91.37 General
Category: SURGERY
07/02/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.64 General
Category: SURGERY
07/01/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ECHELON ENDOPATH (Device), Echelon Flex Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $3,600.00 General
Category: Endo-Mechanical

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 5 126 129 $124,665 $30,310
2022 4 109 109 $94,207 $25,310
2021 3 91 92 $49,456 $15,673
2020 3 57 58 $28,534 $8,647
Total Patients
383
Total Services
388
Medicare Billing
$79,941
Procedure Codes
15

All Medicare Procedures & Services

15 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
32669 Removal of segment of lung tissue using an endoscope Facility 2023 11 12 $62,184 $13,358 21.5%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 62 62 $27,466 $10,165 37.0%
32674 Removal of lymph nodes of chest cavity using an endoscope Facility 2023 24 25 $21,125 $4,412 20.9%
31627 Computer-assisted image-guided navigation of lung airways using an endoscope Facility 2023 17 18 $6,174 $1,365 22.1%
31628 Biopsy of lobe of lung using an endoscope, 1 lobe Facility 2023 12 12 $7,716 $1,012 13.1%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2022 58 58 $25,694 $10,093 39.3%
32666 Initial removal of wedge of lung tissue using an endoscope Facility 2022 12 12 $40,068 $8,371 20.9%
32674 Removal of lymph nodes of chest cavity using an endoscope Facility 2022 28 28 $23,660 $5,109 21.6%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes Facility 2022 11 11 $4,785 $1,737 36.3%
99205 New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes Office 2021 52 52 $23,036 $8,860 38.5%
32674 Removal of lymph nodes of mid-chest cavity using an endoscope Facility 2021 21 22 $18,590 $4,071 21.9%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day Facility 2021 18 18 $7,830 $2,742 35.0%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes Office 2020 32 32 $14,176 $5,222 36.8%
32674 Removal of lymph nodes of mid-chest cavity using an endoscope Facility 2020 14 15 $12,675 $2,807 22.1%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes Office 2020 11 11 $1,683 $618.17 36.7%

About Dr. Mathew Ninan, MD

Dr. Mathew Ninan, MD is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Nashville, Tennessee. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 10/25/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1710061817.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Mathew Ninan, MD has received a total of $268,631 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $83,870 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 350 transactions from 23 companies. The most common payment nature is "Education" ($107,750).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Ninan has provided services to 383 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 388 services with total Medicare billing of $79,941. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 15 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
  • Other Specialties Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery), Surgery
  • Location Nashville, TN
  • Active Since 10/25/2006
  • Last Updated 01/04/2022
  • Taxonomy Code 208G00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1710061817

Products in Payments

  • Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $156,139
  • ECHELON ENDOPATH (Device) $79,714
  • DA VINCI SP (Device) $11,812
  • General - Pulmonary (Device) $5,350
  • Echelon Flex (Device) $2,456
  • TAGRISSO (Drug) $1,533
  • Echelon; Endopath (Device) $1,484
  • GENERAL PULMONARY (Device) $906.92
  • DAVINCI XI (Device) $750.00
  • Senhance Surgical Robotics System (Device) $471.63
  • Monarch Platform (Device) $343.91
  • MONARCH (Device) $341.68
  • OVERSTITCH (Device) $306.14
  • IMFINZI (Biological) $256.44
  • Spin (Device) $243.21
  • ECHELON FLEX Stapler (Device) $146.45
  • UPTRAVI (Drug) $125.00
  • LINX Reflux Management System (Device) $122.57
  • MiniCAT (Device) $121.04
  • Repatha (Biological) $105.54

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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