Total Payments
$253,146
2024 Payments
$90,094
Companies
23
Transactions
365
Medicare Patients
6,935
Medicare Billing
$931,560
Payment Breakdown by Category
Consulting$155,475 (61.4%)
Other$55,174 (21.8%)
Travel$27,291 (10.8%)
Food & Beverage$14,846 (5.9%)
Education$359.45 (0.1%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $155,475 | 28 | 61.4% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $44,925 | 19 | 17.7% |
| Travel and Lodging | $27,291 | 64 | 10.8% |
| Food and Beverage | $14,846 | 244 | 5.9% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program | $7,050 | 4 | 2.8% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program | $3,200 | 2 | 1.3% |
| Education | $359.45 | 4 | 0.1% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philips North America LLC | $60,105 | 6 | $0 (2024) |
| Philips Electronics North America Corporation | $36,353 | 3 | $0 (2021) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $34,146 | 86 | $0 (2020) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $33,234 | 108 | $0 (2024) |
| BIOTRONIK INC. | $27,763 | 53 | $0 (2024) |
| Braemar Manufacturing, LLC | $20,000 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $13,212 | 28 | $0 (2024) |
| SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC | $8,278 | 3 | $0 (2021) |
| Tri-anim Health Services, Inc. | $6,000 | 2 | $0 (2023) |
| GE HEALTHCARE | $5,475 | 9 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $90,094 | 82 | Philips North America LLC ($60,105) |
| 2023 | $13,019 | 58 | Medtronic, Inc. ($8,658) |
| 2022 | $25,169 | 52 | Medtronic, Inc. ($10,364) |
| 2021 | $12,523 | 47 | SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC ($4,300) |
| 2020 | $44,587 | 20 | Philips Electronics North America Corporation ($34,290) |
| 2019 | $47,636 | 45 | Braemar Manufacturing, LLC ($20,000) |
| 2018 | $7,776 | 28 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($7,204) |
| 2017 | $12,341 | 33 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($11,441) |
All Payment Transactions
365 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 15
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2024 | Philips North America LLC | (5046) Holter (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $30,000.00 | General |
| Category: Medical Device | ||||||
| 12/31/2024 | Philips North America LLC | (5091) Amb Mon & Diag Und (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $30,000.00 | General |
| Category: Medical Device | ||||||
| 12/24/2024 | BIOTRONIK INC. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,000.00 | General |
| 12/24/2024 | BIOTRONIK INC. | — | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $251.64 | General |
| 12/17/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | AVEIR (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $546.43 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 12/16/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | AVEIR (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $198.80 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 12/16/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | AVEIR (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $173.80 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 12/16/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | AVEIR (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $43.97 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 12/16/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | AVEIR (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $9.02 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 12/13/2024 | Baxter Healthcare | Hillrom - Carnation Ambulatory Monitor (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.49 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Arrhythmia Monitoring | ||||||
| 12/10/2024 | BIOTRONIK INC. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $401.68 | General |
| 12/10/2024 | Philips North America LLC | (CK4) MCOT (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $15.24 | General |
| Category: Medical Device | ||||||
| 12/06/2024 | BIOTRONIK INC. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $6.96 | General |
| 12/05/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | AVEIR (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $204.77 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 12/05/2024 | BIOTRONIK INC. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $79.49 | General |
| 12/05/2024 | BIOTRONIK INC. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.08 | General |
| 11/19/2024 | BIOTRONIK INC. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,100.00 | General |
| 11/19/2024 | Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | Optimizer (Device), Optimizer | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $142.32 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular Device | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | BIOTRONIK INC. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.33 | General |
| 11/14/2024 | BIOTRONIK INC. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.30 | General |
| 11/14/2024 | BIOTRONIK INC. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.43 | General |
| 11/14/2024 | BIOTRONIK INC. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $8.72 | General |
| 11/11/2024 | BIOTRONIK INC. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $526.55 | General |
| 11/09/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | AVEIR (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $613.86 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 11/09/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | AVEIR (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $107.70 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 29 | 1,896 | 3,753 | $1.9M | $209,591 |
| 2022 | 27 | 1,723 | 3,361 | $1.7M | $271,455 |
| 2021 | 27 | 1,588 | 2,866 | $1.4M | $246,338 |
| 2020 | 31 | 1,728 | 2,589 | $1.3M | $204,176 |
Total Patients
6,935
Total Services
12,569
Medicare Billing
$931,560
Procedure Codes
117
All Medicare Procedures & Services
117 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 5
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G2066 | Interrogation device evaluation(s), (remote) up to 30 days; implantable cardiovascular physiologic monitor system, implantable loop recorder system, or subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitor system, remote data acquisition(s), receipt of transmissions and tec | Office | 2023 | 80 | 519 | $642,532 | $33,474 | 5.2% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 299 | 422 | $208,468 | $31,790 | 15.2% |
| 93656 | Comprehensive electrophysiologic evaluation with catheter destruction of abnormality causing atrial fibrillation (uncoordinated contraction of upper chambers of heart) by pulmonary vein isolation | Facility | 2023 | 28 | 28 | $158,032 | $24,650 | 15.6% |
| 93280 | Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | Office | 2023 | 145 | 246 | $86,838 | $16,670 | 19.2% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 76 | 80 | $70,320 | $12,185 | 17.3% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 86 | 100 | $68,900 | $11,037 | 16.0% |
| 93296 | Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system or implantable defibrillator system, remote up to 90 days | Office | 2023 | 195 | 454 | $96,248 | $8,685 | 9.0% |
| 93294 | Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system, remote up to 90 days | Office | 2023 | 145 | 343 | $64,827 | $8,061 | 12.4% |
| 93298 | Evaluation of cardiac rhythm monitor system, remote up to 30 days | Office | 2023 | 59 | 356 | $54,112 | $8,051 | 14.9% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 56 | 56 | $51,352 | $6,930 | 13.5% |
| 92960 | External shock to heart to regulate heart beat | Facility | 2023 | 44 | 56 | $92,904 | $5,464 | 5.9% |
| 33208 | Insertion of pacemaker and upper and lower heart chamber electrode | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $29,238 | $5,330 | 18.2% |
| 93000 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report | Office | 2023 | 282 | 428 | $59,492 | $5,190 | 8.7% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 30 | 35 | $16,100 | $3,742 | 23.2% |
| 33228 | Removal and replacement of dual lead permanent pacemaker | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $20,295 | $3,691 | 18.2% |
| 93297 | Evaluation of implantable heart and blood vessel monitoring system, remote up to 30 days | Office | 2023 | 23 | 164 | $21,367 | $3,536 | 16.6% |
| 93295 | Evaluation of single, dual, or multiple lead implantable defibrillator system, remote up to 90 days | Office | 2023 | 51 | 112 | $38,080 | $3,307 | 8.7% |
| 93285 | Programming of cardiac rhythm monitor system | Office | 2023 | 37 | 51 | $17,595 | $2,571 | 14.6% |
| 99212 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes | Office | 2023 | 40 | 44 | $13,772 | $2,075 | 15.1% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 20 | 20 | $12,440 | $1,852 | 14.9% |
| 93284 | Programming of multiple lead implantable defibrillator system | Office | 2023 | 15 | 23 | $12,443 | $1,829 | 14.7% |
| 93282 | Programming of single lead implantable defibrillator system | Office | 2023 | 15 | 26 | $9,906 | $1,793 | 18.1% |
| 93283 | Programming of dual lead implantable defibrillator system | Office | 2023 | 14 | 20 | $9,260 | $1,722 | 18.6% |
| 93279 | Programming of single lead pacemaker system | Office | 2023 | 16 | 27 | $8,073 | $1,546 | 19.1% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 17 | $5,474 | $1,209 | 22.1% |
About Dr. Nicholas Skipitaris, MD
Dr. Nicholas Skipitaris, MD is a Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology healthcare provider based in New York, New York. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/26/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1255355244.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Nicholas Skipitaris, MD has received a total of $253,146 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $90,094 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 365 transactions from 23 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($155,475).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Skipitaris has provided services to 6,935 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 12,569 services with total Medicare billing of $931,560. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 117 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Location New York, NY
- Active Since 07/26/2006
- Last Updated 11/01/2017
- Taxonomy Code 207RC0001X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1255355244
Products in Payments
- (7999) SRC Undivided (Device) $34,290
- (5046) Holter (Device) $30,000
- (5091) Amb Mon & Diag Und (Device) $30,000
- Cardiac Monitoring Suite (Device) $20,000
- Arctic Front (Device) $16,023
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE (Device) $8,829
- General - EP (Device) $4,964
- MULTAQ (Drug) $3,978
- ZIO Patch (Device) $2,758
- AVEIR (Device) $2,181
- (8334) IGT_D Peripheral (Device) $2,000
- CENTRICITY (Device) $1,769
- Sentus (Device) $1,200
- DiamondTemp (Device) $1,186
- CARDIOBLATE CRYOFLEX (Device) $1,121
- CardioInsight (Device) $956.79
- LINQ II (Device) $908.52
- DIAMONDTEMP BIDIRECTIONAL ABLATION CATHETER (Device) $788.36
- ENSITE PRECISION (Device) $619.73
- ARTIC-L 3D TI SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TIONIC TECHNOLOGY (Device) $354.15
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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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