Dr. Michael Hunter, M.D

NPI: 1346622040
Total Payments
$48,707
2024 Payments
$35,111
Companies
11
Transactions
80
Medicare Patients
3,367
Medicare Billing
$383,956

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$30,692 (63.0%)
Education$11,473 (23.6%)
Travel$3,652 (7.5%)
Food & Beverage$2,890 (5.9%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $30,692 8 63.0%
Education $11,473 7 23.6%
Travel and Lodging $3,652 11 7.5%
Food and Beverage $2,890 54 5.9%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $37,641 40 $0 (2024)
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $7,554 10 $0 (2024)
Peerless Surgical Inc. $1,473 5 $0 (2019)
OMNIlife science, Inc $1,234 7 $0 (2021)
ATRICURE, INC. $217.26 5 $0 (2023)
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $184.56 4 $0 (2024)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $138.24 3 $0 (2024)
Wright Medical Technology, Inc. $93.67 1 $0 (2019)
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $86.32 3 $0 (2024)
Avanos Medical $72.14 1 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $35,111 46 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($27,427)
2023 $292.65 5 ATRICURE, INC. ($112.86)
2022 $91.72 4 AtriCure, Inc. ($78.38)
2021 $6,260 9 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($5,000)
2020 $5,276 7 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($5,214)
2019 $1,013 4 Peerless Surgical Inc. ($820.00)
2018 $392.56 3 Peerless Surgical Inc. ($381.39)
2017 $271.70 2 Peerless Surgical Inc. ($271.70)

All Payment Transactions

80 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 4

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/24/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. REAL INTELLIGENCE (Device), JOURNEY II, POLARSTEM Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $3,346.88 General
Category: Recon Robotics
12/18/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. REAL INTELLIGENCE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $49.16 General
Category: Recon Robotics
12/17/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. REAL INTELLIGENCE (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $3,563.13 General
Category: Recon Robotics
12/13/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. REAL INTELLIGENCE (Device), JOURNEY II, Legion Revision Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $6,365.63 General
Category: Recon Robotics
12/10/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. REAL INTELLIGENCE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $143.98 General
Category: Recon Robotics
12/07/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. JOURNEY II (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $36.03 General
Category: Recon Knees
12/04/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. REAL INTELLIGENCE (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $950.00 General
Category: Recon Robotics
11/14/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. REAL INTELLIGENCE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.93 General
Category: Recon Robotics
10/29/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. REAL INTELLIGENCE (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $4,022.50 General
Category: Recon Robotics
10/29/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. REAL INTELLIGENCE (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $3,312.50 General
Category: Recon Robotics
10/29/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. REAL INTELLIGENCE (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,922.50 General
Category: Recon Robotics
10/17/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $7,209.03 General
10/17/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $65.47 General
10/16/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. MONOVISC (Device), ORTHOVISC Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.73 General
Category: Sports Early Intervention
10/05/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Velys (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $43.25 General
Category: Ortho-Hip
10/05/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Velys (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $40.00 General
Category: Ortho-Hip
10/05/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Velys (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.44 General
Category: Ortho-Hip
10/04/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Velys (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $115.50 General
Category: Ortho-Hip
09/17/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. REAL INTELLIGENCE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $53.91 General
Category: Recon Robotics
09/12/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. POLARSTEM (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $637.99 General
Category: Recon Hips
09/12/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. POLARSTEM (Device), R3 ACETABULAR Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $380.47 General
Category: Recon Hips
09/12/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. POLARSTEM (Device), R3 ACETABULAR Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $367.35 General
Category: Recon Hips
09/12/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $90.00 General
09/12/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. POLARSTEM (Device), R3 ACETABULAR Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $58.95 General
Category: Recon Hips
09/12/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. POLARSTEM (Device), R3 ACETABULAR Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $38.16 General
Category: Recon Hips

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 28 2,816 4,509 $1.2M $325,556
2022 13 551 740 $197,239 $58,399
Total Patients
3,367
Total Services
5,249
Medicare Billing
$383,956
Procedure Codes
41

All Medicare Procedures & Services

41 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 584 862 $181,120 $62,595 34.6%
27130 Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis Facility 2023 47 49 $208,250 $53,108 25.5%
27447 Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee Facility 2023 42 42 $191,100 $45,547 23.8%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 262 262 $83,840 $22,873 27.3%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 251 392 $99,960 $21,599 21.6%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 169 198 $61,380 $21,357 34.8%
73564 X-ray of knee, 4 or more views Office 2023 360 444 $62,340 $17,384 27.9%
73502 X-ray of hip, 2-3 views Office 2023 242 304 $40,736 $12,478 30.6%
J7327 Hyaluronan or derivative, monovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose Office 2023 17 22 $36,750 $11,824 32.2%
27245 Treatment of broken neck of thigh bone with bone implant Facility 2023 11 11 $40,370 $11,477 28.4%
J7324 Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose Office 2023 31 102 $48,144 $10,419 21.6%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 47 47 $22,560 $6,512 28.9%
73721 Mri scan of leg joint without contrast Office 2023 27 28 $45,640 $3,750 8.2%
73562 X-ray of knee, 3 views Office 2023 76 97 $11,760 $3,567 30.3%
98977 Device supply with scheduled recording and transmission for remote monitoring of musculoskeletal system, per 30 days Office 2023 69 72 $12,933 $3,308 25.6%
72170 X-ray of pelvis, 1-2 views Office 2023 83 113 $9,870 $2,651 26.9%
72148 Mri scan of lower spinal canal without contrast Office 2023 22 22 $34,740 $2,547 7.3%
98980 Remote therapeutic monitoring treatment management services by physician or other qualified health care professional, first 20 minutes per calendar month Office 2023 33 45 $6,888 $1,943 28.2%
73560 X-ray of knee, 1-2 views Office 2023 38 56 $5,390 $1,688 31.3%
73552 X-ray of thigh bone, minimum 2 views Office 2023 27 55 $5,880 $1,559 26.5%
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes Facility 2023 15 15 $6,000 $1,524 25.4%
98975 Set-up and patient education for remote monitoring of therapy Office 2023 69 71 $4,389 $1,239 28.2%
98981 Remote therapeutic monitoring treatment management services by physician or other qualified health care professional, each additional 20 minutes per calendar month Office 2023 18 34 $3,818 $1,158 30.3%
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg Office 2023 208 1,084 $5,025 $865.59 17.2%
73521 X-ray of both hips, 2 views Office 2023 19 21 $2,730 $759.40 27.8%

About Dr. Michael Hunter, M.D

Dr. Michael Hunter, M.D is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Newport Beach, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/18/2015. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1346622040.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Michael Hunter, M.D has received a total of $48,707 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $35,111 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 80 transactions from 11 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($30,692).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Hunter has provided services to 3,367 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 5,249 services with total Medicare billing of $383,956. Data is available for 2 years (2022–2023), covering 41 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Other Specialties Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Location Newport Beach, CA
  • Active Since 06/18/2015
  • Last Updated 02/14/2024
  • Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1346622040

Products in Payments

  • REAL INTELLIGENCE (Device) $24,442
  • POLARSTEM (Device) $1,483
  • JOURNEY II (Device) $1,411
  • Velys (Device) $226.19
  • JOURNEY II BCS (Device) $174.42
  • SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $112.86
  • ORTHOLOC (Device) $93.67
  • NA (Device) $89.36
  • Hips Product Portfolio (Device) $85.28
  • ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM (Device) $81.58
  • ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES (Device) $72.14
  • Iovera (Device) $60.25
  • FIBERGRAFT (Device) $32.63
  • ROSA (Device) $30.18
  • ACTIS (Device) $28.57
  • Exparel (Drug) $26.07
  • NAVIO (Device) $25.82
  • ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $22.82
  • Persona (Device) $22.78
  • MONOVISC (Device) $14.73

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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