Total Payments
$5,735
2024 Payments
$282.21
Companies
26
Transactions
269
Medicare Patients
11,203
Medicare Billing
$1.4M
Payment Breakdown by Category
Food & Beverage$5,635 (98.3%)
Education$100.05 (1.7%)
Other$0.00 (0.0%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $5,635 | 250 | 98.3% |
| Education | $100.05 | 19 | 1.7% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amgen Inc. | $1,316 | 46 | $0 (2020) |
| E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $548.91 | 28 | $0 (2019) |
| SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC | $388.10 | 19 | $0 (2020) |
| PFIZER INC. | $386.29 | 40 | $0 (2019) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $376.72 | 8 | $0 (2024) |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | $371.10 | 2 | $0 (2023) |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $343.07 | 22 | $0 (2020) |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $307.18 | 29 | $0 (2019) |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | $243.75 | 15 | $0 (2019) |
| Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc | $242.23 | 13 | $0 (2019) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $282.21 | 2 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($282.21) |
| 2023 | $449.48 | 2 | Ablacon, Inc. ($241.23) |
| 2022 | $162.85 | 1 | Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. ($162.85) |
| 2020 | $71.35 | 4 | SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC ($19.44) |
| 2019 | $1,106 | 44 | Amgen Inc. ($394.95) |
| 2018 | $1,744 | 100 | Amgen Inc. ($457.12) |
| 2017 | $1,920 | 116 | Amgen Inc. ($444.56) |
All Payment Transactions
269 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 9 of 11
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/26/2017 | PFIZER INC. | ELIQUIS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $2.66 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR;METABOLIC DISEASE | ||||||
| 07/24/2017 | Amgen Inc. | Corlanor (Drug), Repatha | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.45 | General |
| Category: Cardiology | ||||||
| 07/20/2017 | Lundbeck LLC | NORTHERA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $19.32 | General |
| Category: NEUROLOGY | ||||||
| 07/19/2017 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | BRILINTA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.76 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular and Metabolism | ||||||
| 07/12/2017 | Amgen Inc. | Corlanor (Drug), Repatha | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $31.41 | General |
| Category: Cardiology | ||||||
| 07/08/2017 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | BRILINTA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.37 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular and Metabolism | ||||||
| 06/27/2017 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | ENTRESTO (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $7.34 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 06/22/2017 | PFIZER INC. | ELIQUIS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.68 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR;METABOLIC DISEASE | ||||||
| 06/21/2017 | PFIZER INC. | ELIQUIS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $2.05 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR;METABOLIC DISEASE | ||||||
| 06/20/2017 | Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | PRALUENT ALIROCUMAB INJECTION (Biological) | Education | In-kind items and services | $4.29 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR AND METABOLISM | ||||||
| 06/19/2017 | Allergan Inc. | BYSTOLIC (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.07 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 06/15/2017 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | BRILINTA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.89 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular and Metabolism | ||||||
| 06/15/2017 | Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | UTIBRON (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.67 | General |
| Category: RESPIRATORY | ||||||
| 06/13/2017 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | ELIQUIS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $23.08 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular | ||||||
| 06/13/2017 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | ELIQUIS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $0.70 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular | ||||||
| 06/08/2017 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | ELIQUIS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $19.39 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular | ||||||
| 06/07/2017 | SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC | MULTAQ (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.02 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 05/31/2017 | Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | PRADAXA (Drug), JARDIANCE, GLYXAMBI | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.44 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 05/30/2017 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | ENTRESTO (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $9.25 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 05/26/2017 | Amgen Inc. | Corlanor (Drug), Repatha | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.09 | General |
| Category: Cardiology | ||||||
| 05/25/2017 | PFIZER INC. | ELIQUIS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.01 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR;METABOLIC DISEASE | ||||||
| 05/24/2017 | PFIZER INC. | ELIQUIS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $1.99 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR;METABOLIC DISEASE | ||||||
| 05/23/2017 | PFIZER INC. | ELIQUIS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.68 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR;METABOLIC DISEASE | ||||||
| 05/23/2017 | PFIZER INC. | ELIQUIS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $2.26 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR;METABOLIC DISEASE | ||||||
| 05/23/2017 | PFIZER INC. | ELELYSO (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $0.16 | General |
| Category: METABOLIC DISEASE | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 37 | 2,892 | 3,874 | $1.6M | $338,763 |
| 2022 | 38 | 2,975 | 3,992 | $1.6M | $371,167 |
| 2021 | 34 | 2,764 | 3,604 | $1.4M | $353,474 |
| 2020 | 40 | 2,572 | 3,913 | $1.3M | $319,480 |
Total Patients
11,203
Total Services
15,383
Medicare Billing
$1.4M
Procedure Codes
165
All Medicare Procedures & Services
165 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 2 of 7
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93308 | Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | Office | 2023 | 17 | 20 | $11,507 | $1,882 | 16.4% |
| 93308 | Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | Facility | 2023 | 64 | 77 | $9,702 | $1,715 | 17.7% |
| 99285 | Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $6,391 | $1,676 | 26.2% |
| 92960 | External shock to heart to regulate heart beat | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 16 | $15,792 | $1,584 | 10.0% |
| 93015 | Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | Office | 2023 | 23 | 23 | $8,073 | $1,519 | 18.8% |
| 93312 | Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 15 | $7,965 | $1,444 | 18.1% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 21 | 22 | $5,434 | $1,353 | 24.9% |
| 75571 | Ct scan of heart with evaluation of blood vessel calcium | Facility | 2023 | 57 | 58 | $8,584 | $1,318 | 15.4% |
| 93248 | Heart rhythm review and interpretation of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | Office | 2023 | 41 | 42 | $4,242 | $910.57 | 21.5% |
| 76376 | 3d radiographic procedure | Office | 2023 | 33 | 33 | $11,121 | $808.52 | 7.3% |
| 93325 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | Facility | 2023 | 248 | 258 | $2,838 | $722.17 | 25.4% |
| 93246 | Heart rhythm recording of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | Office | 2023 | 41 | 42 | $2,646 | $521.40 | 19.7% |
| 93321 | Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers, follow-up | Office | 2023 | 14 | 16 | $2,582 | $378.52 | 14.7% |
| 93244 | Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | Office | 2023 | 17 | 17 | $1,547 | $362.27 | 23.4% |
| 93325 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | Office | 2023 | 14 | 16 | $1,421 | $361.21 | 25.4% |
| 93242 | Heart rhythm recording continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | Office | 2023 | 17 | 17 | $1,054 | $217.80 | 20.7% |
| 93321 | Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers, follow-up | Facility | 2023 | 33 | 34 | $1,598 | $217.60 | 13.6% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2022 | 370 | 583 | $276,925 | $91,211 | 32.9% |
| 78492 | Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress | Office | 2022 | 33 | 33 | $283,371 | $50,988 | 18.0% |
| 93306 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function | Office | 2022 | 163 | 169 | $142,467 | $32,807 | 23.0% |
| A9555 | Rubidium rb-82, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 60 millicuries | Office | 2022 | 33 | 66 | $54,120 | $27,492 | 50.8% |
| 93314 | Interpretation and report of ultrasound of heart | Facility | 2022 | 247 | 253 | $107,778 | $19,687 | 18.3% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 127 | 165 | $58,245 | $17,694 | 30.4% |
| 93880 | Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | Office | 2022 | 89 | 89 | $99,769 | $16,884 | 16.9% |
| 99233 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 78 | 171 | $61,218 | $15,537 | 25.4% |
About Dr. Nellis Smith, M.D
Dr. Nellis Smith, M.D is a Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology healthcare provider based in E Palo Alto, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/10/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1386678951.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Nellis Smith, M.D has received a total of $5,735 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $282.21 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 269 transactions from 26 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($5,635).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Smith has provided services to 11,203 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 15,383 services with total Medicare billing of $1.4M. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 165 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Other Specialties Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease
- Location E Palo Alto, CA
- Active Since 07/10/2006
- Last Updated 05/28/2020
- Taxonomy Code 207RC0001X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1386678951
Products in Payments
- ELIQUIS (Drug) $918.26
- Corlanor (Drug) $738.08
- Repatha (Biological) $567.86
- ENTRESTO (Drug) $343.07
- Rhythmia Mapping System (Device) $282.21
- PRALUENT (Drug) $275.96
- PRADAXA (Drug) $275.40
- XARELTO (Drug) $242.23
- OPTIMIZER (Device) $208.25
- BRILINTA (Drug) $205.60
- PRALUENT ALIROCUMAB INJECTION (Biological) $176.90
- Optimizer (Device) $162.85
- INJECTAFER (Drug) $130.73
- MULTAQ (Drug) $112.14
- WATCHMAN (Device) $94.51
- NORTHERA (Drug) $90.83
- Veltassa (Drug) $84.83
- PRALUENT (Biological) $66.85
- LifeVest (Device) $52.04
- UTIBRON (Drug) $37.21
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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.