Dr. Michael Lim, MD

Neurological Surgery Stanford, CA Male
NPI: 1225240286
Total Payments
$373,556
2024 Payments
$32,493
Companies
27
Transactions
375
Medicare Patients
730
Medicare Billing
$317,946

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$234,404 (62.7%)
Travel$89,027 (23.8%)
Other$38,513 (10.3%)
Food & Beverage$8,016 (2.1%)
Research$2,700 (0.7%)
Education$895.84 (0.2%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $234,404 42 62.7%
Travel and Lodging $89,027 182 23.8%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $26,813 4 7.2%
Honoraria $11,700 5 3.1%
Food and Beverage $8,016 138 2.1%
Unspecified $2,700 1 0.7%
Education $895.84 3 0.2%

Payments by Type

General
$370,856
374 transactions
Research
$2,700
1 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Stryker Corporation $235,866 207 $0 (2024)
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $42,909 21 $0 (2022)
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $36,021 72 $0 (2023)
Novocure Inc. $20,462 21 $0 (2023)
Baxter Healthcare $11,621 10 $0 (2021)
Brainlab, Inc. $5,306 9 $0 (2022)
Celgene Corporation $5,000 1 $0 (2020)
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $4,403 5 $0 (2021)
INSIGHTEC,INC $4,000 2 $0 (2022)
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. $2,700 1 $0 (2017)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $32,493 25 Stryker Corporation ($32,493)
2023 $59,660 62 Stryker Corporation ($46,428)
2022 $84,783 71 Stryker Corporation ($65,634)
2021 $23,636 26 Stryker Corporation ($12,501)
2020 $10,980 16 Celgene Corporation ($5,000)
2019 $41,694 39 Stryker Corporation ($21,107)
2018 $66,038 63 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation ($34,717)
2017 $54,272 73 Stryker Corporation ($24,217)

All Payment Transactions

375 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 15

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/08/2024 Stryker Corporation MEDPOR TITAN (Device), UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $9,000.00 General
Category: MEDPOR
10/15/2024 Stryker Corporation UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $243.80 General
Category: NEURO
10/11/2024 Stryker Corporation UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $220.68 General
Category: NEURO
10/11/2024 Stryker Corporation UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $180.99 General
Category: NEURO
10/11/2024 Stryker Corporation UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $169.99 General
Category: NEURO
10/10/2024 Stryker Corporation UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $252.80 General
Category: NEURO
09/29/2024 Stryker Corporation NICO BRAINPATH (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.40 General
Category: INSTRUMENTS
09/29/2024 Stryker Corporation NICO BRAINPATH (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.40 General
Category: INSTRUMENTS
09/29/2024 Stryker Corporation NICO BRAINPATH (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.40 General
Category: INSTRUMENTS
07/10/2024 Stryker Corporation UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $635.56 General
Category: NEURO
05/17/2024 Stryker Corporation UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $9,750.00 General
Category: INSTRUMENTS
05/09/2024 Stryker Corporation ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY DURAL SEALANT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $137.63 General
Category: CRANIOMAXILLOFACIAL
05/09/2024 Stryker Corporation ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY DURAL SEALANT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.81 General
Category: CRANIOMAXILLOFACIAL
04/30/2024 Stryker Corporation UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $243.80 General
Category: NEURO
04/30/2024 Stryker Corporation UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $177.58 General
Category: NEURO
04/25/2024 Stryker Corporation UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $238.33 General
Category: NEURO
04/23/2024 Stryker Corporation ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY DURAL SEALANT (Device), DIRECT INJECT, NA Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $101.16 General
Category: CRANIOMAXILLOFACIAL
04/12/2024 Stryker Corporation UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device), MEDPOR TITAN Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $9,375.00 General
Category: INSTRUMENTS
04/12/2024 Stryker Corporation UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device), MEDPOR TITAN Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.18 General
Category: INSTRUMENTS
03/19/2024 Stryker Corporation UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $234.80 General
Category: NEURO
03/11/2024 Stryker Corporation UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $252.80 General
Category: NEURO
03/11/2024 Stryker Corporation UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $220.68 General
Category: NEURO
03/11/2024 Stryker Corporation UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $219.09 General
Category: NEURO
03/11/2024 Stryker Corporation UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $169.99 General
Category: NEURO
02/29/2024 Stryker Corporation UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $564.11 General
Category: NEURO
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Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
A Study of DSP-7888 Dosing Emulsion in Adult Patients With Advanced Malignancies Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. $2,700 1

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 6 172 177 $354,602 $58,262
2022 5 134 135 $385,239 $60,408
2021 5 102 105 $209,261 $36,289
2020 12 322 354 $1.1M $162,986
Total Patients
730
Total Services
771
Medicare Billing
$317,946
Procedure Codes
29

All Medicare Procedures & Services

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

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
61458 Removal of skull base bone for exploration or release of cranial nerves Facility 2023 22 22 $252,038 $37,746 15.0%
61781 Computer-assisted procedure inside brain Facility 2023 33 33 $32,901 $6,407 19.5%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Facility 2023 45 45 $18,600 $5,278 28.4%
69990 Use of operating microscope Facility 2023 28 28 $29,708 $4,996 16.8%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Facility 2023 31 34 $14,842 $2,981 20.1%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Facility 2023 13 15 $6,513 $854.00 13.1%
61458 Removal of skull base bone for exploration or release of cranial nerves Facility 2022 25 25 $305,663 $44,007 14.4%
61781 Computer-assisted procedure inside brain Facility 2022 27 27 $26,919 $5,354 19.9%
69990 Use of operating microscope Facility 2022 27 27 $28,647 $4,944 17.3%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Facility 2022 39 39 $16,098 $4,628 28.7%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Facility 2022 16 17 $7,912 $1,476 18.7%
61458 Excision of skull base for exploration or release of cranial nerves Facility 2021 13 13 $150,150 $22,981 15.3%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Facility 2021 33 33 $10,806 $4,041 37.4%
61781 Computer-assisted procedure inside the brain Facility 2021 19 19 $18,943 $3,857 20.4%
69990 Use of operating microscope Facility 2021 18 18 $19,098 $3,377 17.7%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Facility 2021 19 22 $10,264 $2,034 19.8%
61458 Excision of skull base for exploration or release of cranial nerves Facility 2020 23 23 $308,358 $42,199 13.7%
61510 Removal of brain tumor Facility 2020 14 15 $217,652 $29,971 13.8%
61790 Stereotactic creation of lesion of cranial nerve, accessed through the skin Facility 2020 31 34 $175,511 $25,471 14.5%
61796 Stereotactic treatment of brain growth Facility 2020 20 22 $118,378 $20,461 17.3%
61798 Stereotactic treatment of brain growth Facility 2020 13 13 $94,289 $16,474 17.5%
61781 Computer-assisted procedure inside the brain Facility 2020 49 50 $62,810 $10,440 16.6%
61797 Stereotactic treatment of brain growth Facility 2020 13 35 $42,883 $7,039 16.4%
69990 Use of operating microscope Facility 2020 28 29 $40,994 $5,405 13.2%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes Facility 2020 37 37 $10,964 $2,190 20.0%
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About Dr. Michael Lim, MD

Dr. Michael Lim, MD is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in Stanford, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/03/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1225240286.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Michael Lim, MD has received a total of $373,556 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $32,493 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 375 transactions from 27 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($234,404).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Lim has provided services to 730 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 771 services with total Medicare billing of $317,946. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 29 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Neurological Surgery
  • Other Specialties Neurological Surgery
  • Location Stanford, CA
  • Active Since 05/03/2007
  • Last Updated 04/26/2024
  • Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1225240286

Products in Payments

  • UNIVERSAL NEURO 3 (Device) $92,548
  • MEDPOR TITAN (Device) $42,044
  • NEURO (Device) $31,969
  • Optune (Device) $16,433
  • NONE (Device) $11,987
  • PATIENT-FITTED TMJ RECONSTRUCTIVE PROSTHESIS SYSTEM (Device) $10,500
  • VSP SYSTEM, VSP CRANIAL (Device) $9,591
  • Surgical Care - Hemopatch (Biological) $9,004
  • Medpor (Device) $7,600
  • ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY DURAL SEALANT (Device) $6,855
  • UNIVERSAL (Device) $6,256
  • VSP RECONSTRUCTION (Device) $6,172
  • OPDIVO (Biological) $5,821
  • KEYTRUDA (Biological) $4,382
  • Neuro (Device) $3,982
  • Image Guided Surgical Device (Device) $3,306
  • DSP-7888 (Drug) $2,700
  • NURTEC ODT (Drug) $2,202
  • Exablate (Device) $2,000
  • Novalis (Device) $2,000

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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.

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