Dr. Michael Axe, MD

NPI: 1578534558
Total Payments
$123,626
2024 Payments
$14,080
Companies
16
Transactions
199
Medicare Patients
728
Medicare Billing
$122,548

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$88,531 (71.6%)
Consulting$24,791 (20.1%)
Food & Beverage$5,175 (4.2%)
Travel$2,761 (2.2%)
Education$2,368 (1.9%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Honoraria $88,531 45 71.6%
Consulting Fee $24,791 5 20.1%
Food and Beverage $5,175 130 4.2%
Travel and Lodging $2,761 17 2.2%
Education $2,368 2 1.9%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. $59,294 44 $0 (2021)
Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. $34,402 55 $0 (2020)
ConvaTec Inc. $19,792 14 $0 (2024)
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $6,196 9 $0 (2022)
Arthrex, Inc. $2,640 7 $0 (2023)
Liberty Surgical, Inc $353.30 3 $0 (2020)
Horizon Therapeutics plc $220.79 22 $0 (2020)
Horizon Pharma plc $182.24 23 $0 (2018)
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $168.84 7 $0 (2023)
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $144.03 4 $0 (2021)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $14,080 3 ConvaTec Inc. ($14,080)
2023 $5,866 13 ConvaTec Inc. ($5,712)
2022 $6,293 12 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated ($6,196)
2021 $59,321 45 Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. ($59,294)
2020 $24,627 32 Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. ($24,454)
2019 $10,142 49 Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. ($9,843)
2018 $211.93 10 Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. ($106.00)
2017 $3,085 35 Arthrex, Inc. ($2,431)

All Payment Transactions

199 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 8

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
03/15/2024 ConvaTec Inc. INNOVAMATRIX AC (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $13,416.00 General
Category: ADVANCED WOUND CARE
03/15/2024 ConvaTec Inc. INNOVAMATRIX AC (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $535.80 General
Category: ADVANCED WOUND CARE
03/15/2024 ConvaTec Inc. INNOVAMATRIX AC (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $128.00 General
Category: ADVANCED WOUND CARE
12/09/2023 ConvaTec Inc. INNOVAMATRIX AC (Device), AQUACEL AG+ Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $95.67 General
Category: ADVANCED WOUND CARE
12/08/2023 ConvaTec Inc. INNOVAMATRIX AC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $135.61 General
Category: ADVANCED WOUND CARE
11/15/2023 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. MONOVISC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.82 General
Category: Sports Early Intervention
11/07/2023 ConvaTec Inc. INNOVAMATRIX AC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $71.75 General
Category: ADVANCED WOUND CARE
10/20/2023 ConvaTec Inc. INNOVAMATRIX AC (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,900.00 General
Category: ADVANCED WOUND CARE
10/20/2023 ConvaTec Inc. INNOVAMATRIX AC (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,175.00 General
Category: ADVANCED WOUND CARE
10/20/2023 ConvaTec Inc. INNOVAMATRIX AC (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $144.70 General
Category: ADVANCED WOUND CARE
10/20/2023 ConvaTec Inc. INNOVAMATRIX AC (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $67.10 General
Category: ADVANCED WOUND CARE
09/19/2023 ConvaTec Inc. INNOVAMATRIX AC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.99 General
Category: ADVANCED WOUND CARE
06/12/2023 ConvaTec Inc. INNOVAMATRIX AC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.82 General
Category: ADVANCED WOUND CARE
04/03/2023 Arthrex, Inc. Arthrex (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $137.71 General
Category: Arthroplasty - Implants - Revers Total Shoulder - Revers
03/15/2023 ConvaTec Inc. INNOVAMATRIX AC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $41.03 General
Category: ADVANCED WOUND CARE
02/08/2023 ConvaTec Inc. AQUACEL AG+ (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $44.25 General
Category: ADVANCED WOUND CARE
11/21/2022 TRIAD LIFE SCIENCES INC. INNOVAMATRIX AC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.42 General
Category: ADVANCED WOUND CARE
05/20/2022 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Zilretta (Drug) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $4,900.00 General
Category: Pain Management
04/02/2022 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $293.97 General
Category: Pain Management
04/02/2022 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.97 General
Category: Pain Management
04/02/2022 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.91 General
Category: Pain Management
04/02/2022 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $20.45 General
Category: Pain Management
04/01/2022 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $715.21 General
Category: Pain Management
04/01/2022 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $132.06 General
Category: Pain Management
03/23/2022 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device), Zilretta Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $79.66 General
Category: Pain Management

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2021 7 252 2,492 $160,779 $42,983
2020 8 476 4,282 $290,446 $79,565
Total Patients
728
Total Services
6,774
Medicare Billing
$122,548
Procedure Codes
15

All Medicare Procedures & Services

15 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
J3304 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, preservative-free, extended-release, microsphere formulation, 1 mg Office 2021 40 2,208 $103,511 $30,703 29.7%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule Office 2021 75 118 $36,252 $6,519 18.0%
99213 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes Office 2021 34 40 $5,440 $2,489 45.8%
99203 New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes Office 2021 23 23 $4,232 $1,761 41.6%
73562 X-ray of knee, 3 views Office 2021 27 36 $6,685 $1,130 16.9%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2021 17 17 $2,958 $336.70 11.4%
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg Office 2021 36 50 $1,701 $43.65 2.6%
J3304 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, preservative-free, extended-release, microsphere formulation, 1 mg Office 2020 51 3,650 $171,112 $53,397 31.2%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule Office 2020 111 218 $68,172 $12,112 17.8%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes Office 2020 79 107 $14,552 $5,957 40.9%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes Office 2020 36 36 $6,624 $2,520 38.0%
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes Office 2020 45 68 $6,528 $2,346 35.9%
73562 X-ray of knee, 3 views Office 2020 62 74 $13,943 $2,248 16.1%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2020 31 35 $6,090 $880.30 14.5%
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg Office 2020 61 94 $3,425 $105.05 3.1%

About Dr. Michael Axe, MD

Dr. Michael Axe, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Newark, Delaware. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 01/30/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1578534558.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Michael Axe, MD has received a total of $123,626 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $14,080 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 199 transactions from 16 companies. The most common payment nature is "Honoraria" ($88,531).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Axe has provided services to 728 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 6,774 services with total Medicare billing of $122,548. Data is available for 2 years (2020–2021), covering 15 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Other Specialties Sports Medicine
  • Location Newark, DE
  • Active Since 01/30/2006
  • Last Updated 10/05/2018
  • Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1578534558

Products in Payments

  • Zilretta (Drug) $98,597
  • INNOVAMATRIX AC (Device) $19,774
  • Iovera (Device) $1,296
  • DUEXIS (Drug) $152.62
  • Arthrex (Device) $137.71
  • NO_PRODUCT (Drug) $110.00
  • MONOVISC (Device) $93.50
  • EUFLEXXA (Device) $79.34
  • ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS ANATOMIC TOTAL SHOULDER ECLIPSE (Device) $71.17
  • Regeneten (Device) $61.42
  • GLOBAL (Device) $60.25
  • gamma (Device) $58.67
  • SYNVISC-ONE (Device) $44.60
  • AQUACEL AG+ (Device) $44.25
  • HEALICOIL PK Shoulder (Device) $36.24
  • 660 HDE Image Management System (Device) $26.37
  • Fast-Fix 360 (Device) $20.00
  • ORTHOVISC (Device) $15.09
  • ORTHOLOC (Device) $12.76
  • GenVisc 850 (Device) $10.99

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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