Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $4.2M | 1,118 | 90.8% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $354,217 | 104 | 7.7% |
| Royalty or License | $31,750 | 12 | 0.7% |
| Unspecified | $12,775 | 2 | 0.3% |
| Education | $9,000 | 2 | 0.2% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program | $8,159 | 11 | 0.2% |
| Travel and Lodging | $6,247 | 17 | 0.1% |
| Food and Beverage | $436.10 | 9 | 0.0% |
Payments by Type
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. | $522,458 | 66 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic USA, Inc. | $486,000 | 83 | $0 (2020) |
| Aziyo Biologics, Inc. | $469,650 | 58 | $0 (2023) |
| Integra LifeSciences Corporation | $443,000 | 67 | $0 (2024) |
| Allergan, Inc. | $333,555 | 145 | $0 (2023) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $306,280 | 46 | $0 (2024) |
| Cook Biotech Incorporated | $271,500 | 58 | $0 (2023) |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | $194,250 | 26 | $0 (2019) |
| Human Regenerative Technologies | $165,000 | 4 | $0 (2022) |
| Sequence LifeScience, Inc | $164,500 | 41 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $752,966 | 251 | Sequence LifeScience, Inc ($164,500) |
| 2023 | $552,157 | 168 | Aziyo Biologics, Inc. ($106,000) |
| 2022 | $666,243 | 166 | Aziyo Biologics, Inc. ($114,000) |
| 2021 | $681,780 | 188 | Allergan, Inc. ($97,720) |
| 2020 | $618,411 | 128 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($190,000) |
| 2019 | $573,127 | 142 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($125,000) |
| 2018 | $434,154 | 136 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($129,000) |
| 2017 | $326,552 | 96 | Osiris Therapeutics Inc. ($86,750) |
All Payment Transactions
1,275 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 51
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $169.23 | General |
| 12/30/2024 | Infinity BiologiX LLC | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $23,040.00 | General |
| 12/27/2024 | BioWound Solutions, Inc. | bio-ConneKt (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,549.00 | General |
| Category: Collagen wound matrix dressing | ||||||
| 12/27/2024 | Nvision Biomedical Technologies, Inc. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,500.00 | General |
| 12/27/2024 | Sequence LifeScience, Inc | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $666.66 | General |
| 12/20/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | GRAFIX (Medical Supply) | 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 | $7,750.00 | General |
| Category: Other Advanced Wound Management | ||||||
| 12/19/2024 | Sequence LifeScience, Inc | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $28,916.67 | General |
| 12/19/2024 | Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,000.00 | General |
| 12/19/2024 | Envista Holdings Corporation | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $750.00 | General |
| 12/19/2024 | Envista Holdings Corporation | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $175.00 | General |
| 12/16/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,184.61 | General |
| 12/15/2024 | Henry Schein, Inc. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $760.00 | General |
| 12/13/2024 | Sequence LifeScience, Inc | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $28,916.67 | General |
| 12/13/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | MAGNIFUSE BONE GRAFT (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $6,240.00 | General |
| Category: Bone Matrix/Graft | ||||||
| 12/13/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | MAGNIFUSE BONE GRAFT (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $6,240.00 | General |
| Category: Bone Matrix/Graft | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | ACUMED LLC | OsteoMed (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $750.00 | General |
| Category: Craniomaxillofacial | ||||||
| 12/09/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,198.45 | General |
| 12/04/2024 | Sequence LifeScience, Inc | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $10,000.00 | General |
| 12/04/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | OsteoBallast (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,000.00 | General |
| Category: OrthoBiologics | ||||||
| 12/01/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,184.61 | General |
| 11/27/2024 | Sequence LifeScience, Inc | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $10,000.00 | General |
| 11/26/2024 | Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | — | 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 | $13,000.00 | General |
| 11/26/2024 | Stryker Corporation | AUGMENT INJECTABLE (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,500.00 | General |
| Category: BONE SUBSTITUTES | ||||||
| 11/26/2024 | Stryker Corporation | AUGMENT INJECTABLE (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,500.00 | General |
| Category: BONE SUBSTITUTES | ||||||
| 11/24/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,929.22 | General |
Research Studies & Clinical Trials
| Study Name | Company | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generic pathology | Allotech, LLC | $9,000 | 1 |
| Generic pathology | Osteogenics Biomedical Inc. | $3,775 | 1 |
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 698 | 1,314 | $125,304 | $54,831 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,039 | 3,978 | $453,319 | $211,478 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
8 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80506 | Pathology clinical consultation, additional 30 minutes | Office | 2023 | 333 | 886 | $60,248 | $27,670 | 45.9% |
| 80505 | Pathology clinical consultation for complex clinical problem, 41-60 minutes | Office | 2023 | 365 | 428 | $65,056 | $27,161 | 41.7% |
| 80505 | Pathology clinical consultation for complex clinical problem, 41-60 minutes | Office | 2022 | 1,335 | 1,709 | $259,768 | $132,664 | 51.1% |
| 80506 | Pathology clinical consultation, additional 30 minutes | Office | 2022 | 1,025 | 1,525 | $103,700 | $52,990 | 51.1% |
| G0452 | Molecular pathology procedure; physician interpretation and report | Office | 2022 | 299 | 329 | $44,415 | $11,427 | 25.7% |
| 99451 | Telephone or internet assessment with written report by consulting physician, 5 minutes or more | Office | 2022 | 288 | 318 | $30,210 | $8,675 | 28.7% |
| 80504 | Pathology clinical consultation for moderately complex clinical problem, 21-40 minutes | Office | 2022 | 78 | 83 | $10,956 | $3,424 | 31.3% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2022 | 14 | 14 | $4,270 | $2,298 | 53.8% |
About Michael Bauer
Michael Bauer is a Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine healthcare provider based in Castle Rock, Colorado. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/12/2008. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1346417086.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Michael Bauer has received a total of $4.6M in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $752,966 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 1,275 transactions from 42 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($4.2M).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Bauer has provided services to 3,737 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 5,292 services with total Medicare billing of $266,309. Data is available for 2 years (2022–2023), covering 8 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine
- Other Specialties Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine, Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine
- Location Castle Rock, CO
- Active Since 05/12/2008
- Last Updated 03/22/2023
- Taxonomy Code 207ZB0001X
- Entity Type Individual
- Practice Solo Practitioner
- NPI Number 1346417086
Products in Payments
- GRAFIX (Medical Supply) $383,750
- BIODFACTOR (Device) $344,000
- ECM Patch,Pouch (Device) $210,500
- ViBone (Biological) $157,250
- Allografts (Device) $95,500
- GRAFIX PL (Biological) $94,500
- ALLODERM (Device) $79,789
- ALLOGRAFT (Device) $61,871
- BIODRESTORE (Device) $60,000
- INFINITY (Device) $47,500
- GRAFTONAND GRAFTON PLUSDEMINERALIZED BONE MATRIX (DBM) (Device) $45,360
- GrafixPL (Biological) $44,208
- ALLOMATRIX (Device) $36,500
- NOVOCART 3D (Device) $31,500
- EDUCATION (Device) $29,150
- Foot and Ankle (Device) $27,500
- CMF-Other (Device) $27,000
- OsteoBallast (Device) $27,000
- Cytal (Device) $26,000
- Stravix (Biological) $26,000
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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.