Total Payments
$61,027
2024 Payments
$3,559
Companies
28
Transactions
122
Medicare Patients
2,592
Medicare Billing
$256,718

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$52,189 (85.5%)
Travel$4,748 (7.8%)
Food & Beverage$4,091 (6.7%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $52,189 13 85.5%
Travel and Lodging $4,748 19 7.8%
Food and Beverage $4,091 90 6.7%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Ethicon US, LLC $28,170 40 $0 (2021)
Ethicon Inc. $18,824 17 $0 (2023)
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $12,028 16 $0 (2024)
Medtronic, Inc. $779.67 7 $0 (2024)
Standard Bariatrics, Inc. $243.04 3 $0 (2022)
Stryker Corporation $135.54 3 $0 (2019)
Cook Incorporated $105.00 1 $0 (2017)
Astellas Pharma US Inc $94.59 7 $0 (2019)
Apollo Endosurgery US Inc $86.16 1 $0 (2022)
Ambu Inc. $80.06 2 $0 (2021)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $3,559 12 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($2,822)
2023 $15,285 5 Ethicon Inc. ($15,111)
2022 $1,797 8 Ethicon Inc. ($1,560)
2021 $278.20 6 Standard Bariatrics, Inc. ($178.63)
2020 $170.94 5 Ethicon US, LLC ($100.78)
2019 $29,007 41 Ethicon US, LLC ($27,438)
2018 $4,915 20 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($4,232)
2017 $6,016 25 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($3,600)

All Payment Transactions

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

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/11/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,339.98 General
11/11/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $184.27 General
10/29/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $298.14 General
05/23/2024 Medtronic, Inc. SIGNIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $35.24 General
Category: Surgical Stapling
05/16/2024 Medtronic, Inc. SIGNIA (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $334.00 General
Category: Surgical Stapling
05/16/2024 Medtronic, Inc. LIGASURE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $144.68 General
Category: Vessel Sealing
05/16/2024 Medtronic, Inc. SIGNIA (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $78.24 General
Category: Surgical Stapling
05/16/2024 Medtronic, Inc. SIGNIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $43.97 General
Category: Surgical Stapling
05/16/2024 Medtronic, Inc. SIGNIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.44 General
Category: Surgical Stapling
04/22/2024 Teleflex LLC Titan SGS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.14 General
Category: SURGICAL
04/15/2024 Pulmonx Corporation CHARTIS CATHETER (Device), ZEPHYR DELIVERY CATHETER, ZEPHYR ENDOBRONCHIAL VALVE Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.12 General
Category: PULMONOLOGY
01/04/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation SpyGlass Discover (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $34.13 General
Category: SpyGlass Discover_ENDO
10/18/2023 Ethicon Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $15,110.92 General
10/16/2023 Medtronic, Inc. SIGNET (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $115.10 General
Category: Surgical Stapling
02/06/2023 Novo Nordisk Inc Wegovy (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.73 General
Category: Obesity
01/10/2023 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC BRIDION (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.01 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
01/09/2023 Novo Nordisk Inc Saxenda (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.86 General
Category: Obesity
10/17/2022 Novo Nordisk Inc Saxenda (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.80 General
Category: Obesity
09/20/2022 ReShape Lifesciences Inc. Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $20.77 General
08/11/2022 Cook Medical LLC INSTINCT (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $21.64 General
Category: Endoscopy
07/20/2022 Ethicon Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,560.00 General
03/07/2022 AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. DSUVIA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.07 General
Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT
02/16/2022 Smith+Nephew, Inc. PICO (Device), RENASYS TOUCH Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.67 General
Category: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
01/25/2022 Standard Bariatrics, Inc. TITAN SGS STANDARD GASTRIC STAPLER (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $64.41 General
Category: BARIATRIC SURGERY
01/12/2022 Apollo Endosurgery US Inc OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System (Device), X-Tack Endoscopic HeliX Tacking System, X-Tack Endoscopic HeliX Tacking System Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $86.16 General
Category: ENDOSCOPIC TISSUE APPROXIMATION DEVICE

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 15 668 752 $366,158 $67,929
2022 17 702 771 $381,367 $69,998
2021 16 619 695 $300,088 $60,309
2020 15 603 699 $308,415 $58,481
Total Patients
2,592
Total Services
2,917
Medicare Billing
$256,718
Procedure Codes
63

All Medicare Procedures & Services

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

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 168 218 $33,572 $14,332 42.7%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 105 105 $25,200 $8,008 31.8%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 56 68 $15,300 $6,091 39.8%
G0121 Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk Facility 2023 32 32 $39,424 $5,548 14.1%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 51 51 $18,309 $5,243 28.6%
45380 Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope Facility 2023 38 39 $55,926 $5,154 9.2%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 26 29 $9,222 $4,017 43.6%
49650 Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope Facility 2023 13 13 $20,520 $3,431 16.7%
43239 Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope Facility 2023 43 45 $46,710 $3,429 7.3%
99221 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes Facility 2023 38 39 $10,491 $2,436 23.2%
43235 Diagnostic exam of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope Facility 2023 37 38 $34,656 $2,407 6.9%
45378 Diagnostic exam of large bowel using a flexible endoscope Facility 2023 17 19 $23,940 $2,392 10.0%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 16 16 $7,344 $2,377 32.4%
45385 Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare Facility 2023 12 12 $22,464 $1,990 8.9%
99231 Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes Facility 2023 16 28 $3,080 $1,075 34.9%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 181 226 $34,804 $14,579 41.9%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2022 107 107 $25,680 $8,305 32.3%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 56 64 $14,400 $5,757 40.0%
G0121 Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk Facility 2022 32 32 $40,320 $5,715 14.2%
45380 Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope Facility 2022 37 37 $53,058 $5,401 10.2%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 43 43 $15,437 $5,339 34.6%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2022 30 33 $10,494 $4,181 39.8%
43239 Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope Facility 2022 44 44 $45,672 $3,314 7.3%
45385 Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare Facility 2022 16 16 $29,952 $3,019 10.1%
45378 Diagnostic exam of large bowel using a flexible endoscope Facility 2022 22 22 $27,720 $2,890 10.4%

About Dr. Michael Hill, MD

Dr. Michael Hill, MD is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Saranac Lake, New York. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 08/16/2005. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1104818244.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Michael Hill, MD has received a total of $61,027 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $3,559 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 122 transactions from 28 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($52,189).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Hill has provided services to 2,592 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 2,917 services with total Medicare billing of $256,718. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 63 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • LINX Reflux Management System (Device) $33,629
  • SIGNIA (Device) $519.89
  • STANDARD CLAMP, DISPOSABLE (Device) $178.63
  • LIGASURE (Device) $144.68
  • SIGNET (Device) $115.10
  • Cook Medical Staple Line (Device) $105.00
  • OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System (Device) $86.16
  • XTANDI (Drug) $65.58
  • TITAN SGS STANDARD GASTRIC STAPLER (Device) $64.41
  • EVICEL Fibrin Sealant (Human) (Biological) $61.35
  • Surgicel Powder (Device) $52.97
  • ECHELON FLEX Stapler (Device) $52.20
  • SPY TECHNOLOGY (Device) $50.08
  • LINX (Device) $45.00
  • 1588 HD 3 Chip Camera (Device) $44.90
  • INFRAVISION IMAGING SYSTEM (Device) $40.56
  • Saxenda (Drug) $36.66
  • SpyGlass Discover (Device) $34.13
  • Monarch Platform (Device) $33.48
  • Xtandi (Drug) $29.01

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.