Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $7,000 | 2 | 73.7% |
| Food and Beverage | $1,462 | 32 | 15.4% |
| Travel and Lodging | $899.84 | 5 | 9.5% |
| Gift | $135.13 | 2 | 1.4% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation | $8,117 | 9 | $0 (2017) |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | $149.36 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
| Covidien LP | $134.72 | 1 | $0 (2018) |
| Activ Surgical, Inc. | $133.90 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $131.17 | 4 | $0 (2023) |
| Allergan Inc. | $128.11 | 2 | $0 (2017) |
| Cook Medical LLC | $106.67 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
| CONMED Corporation | $95.43 | 2 | $0 (2021) |
| Mallinckrodt LLC | $94.41 | 1 | $0 (2018) |
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | $79.68 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $255.64 | 6 | Activ Surgical, Inc. ($133.90) |
| 2023 | $78.99 | 3 | Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. ($29.05) |
| 2022 | $142.53 | 4 | Medtronic, Inc. ($75.14) |
| 2021 | $115.67 | 4 | CONMED Corporation ($38.29) |
| 2019 | $367.91 | 7 | Cook Medical LLC ($106.67) |
| 2018 | $291.53 | 6 | Covidien LP ($134.72) |
| 2017 | $8,245 | 11 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation ($8,117) |
All Payment Transactions
41 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 2
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/22/2024 | Activ Surgical, Inc. | ActivSight (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $11.68 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 10/16/2024 | Activ Surgical, Inc. | ActivSight (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $100.01 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 10/16/2024 | Activ Surgical, Inc. | ActivSight (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $22.21 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 10/11/2024 | Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | SUFLAVE (Drug) | Gift | Cash or cash equivalent | $81.81 | General |
| Category: GI COLON PREP | ||||||
| 07/18/2024 | Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | Exparel (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.26 | General |
| Category: Pain Management | ||||||
| 03/26/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | PROCLAIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.67 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 08/03/2023 | Axonics, Inc. | Axonics (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.18 | General |
| Category: Urology | ||||||
| 07/27/2023 | Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | MYRISK (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $29.05 | General |
| Category: ONCOLOGY | ||||||
| 04/06/2023 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTERSTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.76 | General |
| Category: Sacral Nerve Stimulation | ||||||
| 06/02/2022 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTERSTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $49.56 | General |
| Category: Sacral Nerve Stimulation | ||||||
| 05/17/2022 | Palette Life Sciences, Inc. | SOLESTA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $55.33 | General |
| Category: GI | ||||||
| 05/12/2022 | Axonics, Inc. | Axonics (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.06 | General |
| Category: Urology | ||||||
| 04/14/2022 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTERSTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.58 | General |
| Category: Sacral Nerve Stimulation | ||||||
| 11/19/2021 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTERSTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $33.27 | General |
| Category: Sacral Nerve Stimulation | ||||||
| 07/01/2021 | Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | Exparel (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.76 | General |
| Category: Pain Management | ||||||
| 05/19/2021 | Axonics, Inc. | Axonics r-SNM System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.35 | General |
| Category: Urology | ||||||
| 05/14/2021 | CONMED Corporation | CONMED GENERATORS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $38.29 | General |
| Category: GENERAL SURGERY | ||||||
| 08/20/2019 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $79.68 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 08/02/2019 | CONMED Corporation | AIRSEAL (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $57.14 | General |
| Category: GENERAL SURGERY | ||||||
| 07/25/2019 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | PICO 7 Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.49 | General |
| Category: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy | ||||||
| 06/21/2019 | Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | SUPREP BOWEL PREP (Drug) | Gift | In-kind items and services | $53.32 | General |
| Category: GI COLON PREP | ||||||
| 06/20/2019 | Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | MOTOFEN (Drug), SUPREP BOWEL PREP | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.23 | General |
| Category: GASTROENTEROLOGY - DIARRHEA | ||||||
| 05/01/2019 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | PICO Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $36.38 | General |
| Category: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy | ||||||
| 04/15/2019 | Cook Medical LLC | Cook Medical Surgery (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $106.67 | General |
| Category: Surgery | ||||||
| 08/29/2018 | Covidien LP | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $134.72 | General |
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 111 | 152 | $63,447 | $13,637 |
| 2022 | 5 | 110 | 155 | $69,600 | $13,486 |
| 2021 | 7 | 163 | 225 | $116,268 | $27,751 |
| 2020 | 6 | 120 | 177 | $68,686 | $21,720 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
24 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46600 | Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope | Office | 2023 | 31 | 46 | $15,180 | $4,296 | 28.3% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 28 | 49 | $14,900 | $3,301 | 22.2% |
| 45384 | Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using a flexible endoscope with electrical cautery | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $13,267 | $1,729 | 13.0% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 14 | 19 | $6,650 | $1,660 | 25.0% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $5,500 | $1,422 | 25.9% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 16 | 16 | $7,950 | $1,229 | 15.5% |
| 46600 | Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope | Office | 2022 | 34 | 53 | $17,490 | $4,589 | 26.2% |
| 45384 | Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using a flexible endoscope with electrical cautery | Facility | 2022 | 17 | 18 | $21,710 | $2,928 | 13.5% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2022 | 24 | 40 | $12,000 | $2,588 | 21.6% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 15 | 24 | $8,400 | $2,076 | 24.7% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2022 | 20 | 20 | $10,000 | $1,306 | 13.1% |
| 46221 | Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding | Office | 2021 | 15 | 36 | $27,506 | $8,536 | 31.0% |
| 46600 | Diagnostic examination of the anus using an endoscope | Office | 2021 | 41 | 55 | $14,900 | $5,469 | 36.7% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Office | 2021 | 28 | 43 | $14,602 | $4,334 | 29.7% |
| 45384 | Removal of tissue abnormalities, tumors, or polyps of large bowel by hot biopsy forceps, using a flexible endoscope | Facility | 2021 | 22 | 25 | $30,153 | $3,360 | 11.1% |
| G0105 | Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk | Facility | 2021 | 13 | 13 | $13,258 | $2,771 | 20.9% |
| 99213 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes | Office | 2021 | 28 | 37 | $8,850 | $2,104 | 23.8% |
| 99203 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes | Office | 2021 | 16 | 16 | $7,000 | $1,177 | 16.8% |
| 46221 | Removal of hemorrhoid by rubber banding | Office | 2020 | 13 | 43 | $32,854 | $10,328 | 31.4% |
| 46600 | Diagnostic examination of the anus using an endoscope | Office | 2020 | 29 | 38 | $7,600 | $3,207 | 42.2% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes | Office | 2020 | 24 | 36 | $10,800 | $3,158 | 29.2% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes | Office | 2020 | 16 | 16 | $7,232 | $2,106 | 29.1% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes | Office | 2020 | 20 | 20 | $6,000 | $1,503 | 25.0% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes | Office | 2020 | 18 | 24 | $4,200 | $1,418 | 33.8% |
About Dr. Michael Hellinger, MD
Dr. Michael Hellinger, MD is a Colon & Rectal Surgery healthcare provider based in Miami, Florida. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/25/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1124084413.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Michael Hellinger, MD has received a total of $9,497 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $255.64 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 41 transactions from 18 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($7,000).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Hellinger has provided services to 504 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 709 services with total Medicare billing of $76,595. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 24 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Colon & Rectal Surgery
- Location Miami, FL
- Active Since 04/25/2006
- Last Updated 06/16/2021
- Taxonomy Code 208C00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- Practice Solo Practitioner
- NPI Number 1124084413
Products in Payments
- ENTEREG (Drug) $8,117
- ActivSight (Device) $133.90
- INTERSTIM (Device) $131.17
- STRATTICE (Device) $128.11
- Cook Medical Surgery (Device) $106.67
- OFIRMEV (Drug) $94.41
- SUFLAVE (Drug) $81.81
- Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $79.68
- AIRSEAL (Device) $57.14
- SOLESTA (Device) $55.33
- SUPREP BOWEL PREP (Drug) $53.32
- Exparel (Drug) $40.02
- Axonics (Device) $39.24
- CONMED GENERATORS (Device) $38.29
- XIFAXANIBSD (Drug) $36.84
- PICO Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (Device) $36.38
- MYRISK (Device) $29.05
- Sucraid (Drug) $25.56
- PROCLAIM (Device) $22.67
- Axonics r-SNM System (Device) $21.35
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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.
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