Total Payments
$3,755
2024 Payments
$566.16
Companies
11
Transactions
99
Medicare Patients
462
Medicare Billing
$46,131
Payment Breakdown by Category
Food & Beverage$3,735 (99.5%)
Education$20.00 (0.5%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $3,735 | 98 | 99.5% |
| Education | $20.00 | 1 | 0.5% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stryker Corporation | $1,074 | 18 | $0 (2024) |
| SI-BONE, INC. | $853.30 | 15 | $0 (2023) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $589.79 | 26 | $0 (2023) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $441.77 | 9 | $0 (2023) |
| ABBVIE INC. | $301.53 | 17 | $0 (2023) |
| Medtronic USA, Inc. | $270.26 | 3 | $0 (2019) |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $82.11 | 5 | $0 (2023) |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $76.17 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | $32.94 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
| CSL Behring | $20.00 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $566.16 | 8 | Stryker Corporation ($490.18) |
| 2023 | $922.88 | 43 | Stryker Corporation ($253.75) |
| 2022 | $950.39 | 31 | SI-BONE, Inc. ($414.28) |
| 2021 | $1,045 | 14 | SI-BONE, INC. ($324.85) |
| 2019 | $146.51 | 2 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($146.51) |
| 2018 | $123.75 | 1 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($123.75) |
All Payment Transactions
99 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 4
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/12/2024 | Stryker Corporation | EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $115.00 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | Stryker Corporation | EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $5.77 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 10/10/2024 | Stryker Corporation | PROLIFT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $85.02 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 05/16/2024 | Stryker Corporation | SERRATO (Device), OZARK CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM, OZARK CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $171.79 | General |
| Category: THORACOLUMBAR | ||||||
| 03/15/2024 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | ANDEXXA (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.82 | General |
| Category: Rare Disease | ||||||
| 02/27/2024 | Stryker Corporation | EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $112.60 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 01/30/2024 | CSL Behring | Kcentra (Biological) | Education | In-kind items and services | $20.00 | General |
| Category: Trauma (Emergency, Injury, Surgery) | ||||||
| 01/19/2024 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | ANDEXXA (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $28.16 | General |
| Category: Rare Disease | ||||||
| 12/12/2023 | ABBVIE INC. | UBRELVY (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $6.88 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 12/08/2023 | ABBVIE INC. | UBRELVY (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.73 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 12/08/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | PENTA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $3.65 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 12/08/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | ETERNA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $1.88 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 12/01/2023 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | ENTRESTO (Drug), LEQVIO | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.42 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 11/07/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | ETERNA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $3.88 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 10/16/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | ETERNA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $3.92 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 10/03/2023 | Stryker Corporation | VESUVIUS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $82.75 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 09/27/2023 | ABBVIE INC. | UBRELVY (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.42 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 09/26/2023 | ABBVIE INC. | UBRELVY (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.11 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 09/25/2023 | Stryker Corporation | DROP LEAF TABLE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $29.95 | General |
| Category: FURNITURE | ||||||
| 09/07/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | ETERNA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $1.95 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 08/25/2023 | Stryker Corporation | VESUVIUS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $7.05 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 08/23/2023 | SI-BONE, INC. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $23.65 | General |
| 08/14/2023 | SI-BONE, INC. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $20.16 | General |
| 07/17/2023 | ABBVIE INC. | UBRELVY (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.72 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 07/15/2023 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | ANDEXXA (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.19 | General |
| Category: Rare Disease | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | 200 | 210 | $39,922 | $14,429 |
| 2022 | 7 | 224 | 265 | $114,912 | $28,600 |
| 2021 | 2 | 38 | 40 | $7,180 | $3,101 |
Total Patients
462
Total Services
515
Medicare Billing
$46,131
Procedure Codes
16
All Medicare Procedures & Services
16 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 69 | 69 | $17,250 | $6,794 | 39.4% |
| 61783 | Computer-assisted spinal procedure | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $8,008 | $2,001 | 25.0% |
| 99221 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 26 | 27 | $4,698 | $1,536 | 32.7% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 31 | 32 | $3,520 | $1,331 | 37.8% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 18 | 18 | $2,880 | $1,272 | 44.2% |
| 99212 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 26 | 33 | $2,046 | $765.24 | 37.4% |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 20 | $1,520 | $729.41 | 48.0% |
| 22614 | Fusion of additional segment of spine | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 38 | $69,844 | $11,608 | 16.6% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 85 | 85 | $21,250 | $8,178 | 38.5% |
| 99221 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 30 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 34 | 34 | $5,916 | $2,403 | 40.6% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 35 | 40 | $4,400 | $2,069 | 47.0% |
| 61783 | Computer-assisted spinal procedure | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 11 | $8,008 | $1,997 | 24.9% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 20 | 20 | $3,200 | $1,441 | 45.0% |
| 99212 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 26 | 37 | $2,294 | $903.74 | 39.4% |
| 99204 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 25 | 25 | $6,250 | $2,677 | 42.8% |
| 99212 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 10-19 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 13 | 15 | $930.00 | $424.20 | 45.6% |
About Dr. Michael Kakareka, DO
Dr. Michael Kakareka, DO is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in West Reading, Pennsylvania. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/01/2014. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1174948004.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Michael Kakareka, DO has received a total of $3,755 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $566.16 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 99 transactions from 11 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($3,735).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Kakareka has provided services to 462 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 515 services with total Medicare billing of $46,131. Data is available for 3 years (2021–2023), covering 16 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Neurological Surgery
- Other Specialties Neurological Surgery
- Location West Reading, PA
- Active Since 03/01/2014
- Last Updated 07/14/2025
- Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1174948004
Products in Payments
- IFUSE IMPLANT (Device) $324.85
- UBRELVY (Drug) $242.95
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $233.37
- PROLIFT (Device) $210.23
- Penta SCS Leads (Device) $205.13
- PENTA (Device) $202.76
- SERRATO (Device) $171.79
- STRATA (Device) $146.51
- UNiD (Device) $127.40
- RESTORE (Device) $123.75
- VESUVIUS (Device) $120.90
- MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) $110.35
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM (Device) $110.22
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $104.00
- NAVLOCK (Device) $103.09
- OZARK CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM (Device) $90.67
- ANDEXXA (Biological) $76.17
- PROCLAIM (Device) $68.43
- KESIMPTA (Drug) $64.69
- OCTRODE (Device) $57.39
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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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