Dr. Nikhil Murthy, MD

NPI: 1710371273
Total Payments
$11,519
2024 Payments
$6,085
Companies
11
Transactions
65
Medicare Patients
138
Medicare Billing
$18,031

Payment Breakdown by Category

Travel$6,418 (55.7%)
Food & Beverage$3,101 (26.9%)
Research$2,000 (17.4%)
Other$0.00 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Travel and Lodging $6,418 19 55.7%
Food and Beverage $3,101 42 26.9%
Unspecified $2,000 4 17.4%

Payments by Type

General
$9,519
61 transactions
Research
$2,000
1 transactions
Ownership
$0
3 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Globus Medical, Inc. $3,151 15 $0 (2024)
Clariance, Inc. $2,075 8 $0 (2024)
Hubly Incorporated $2,000 4 $0 (2024)
Medtronic, Inc. $1,902 15 $0 (2024)
icotec Medical Inc. $1,250 12 $0 (2024)
Stryker Corporation $324.31 5 $0 (2020)
Bioventus LLC $280.98 2 $0 (2024)
Spineart USA Inc $225.65 1 $0 (2023)
AXOGEN $192.78 1 $0 (2024)
Alafair Biosciences, Inc. $88.13 1 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $6,085 47 Clariance, Inc. ($2,075)
2023 $3,110 11 Globus Medical, Inc. ($2,884)
2022 $2,000 1 Hubly Incorporated ($2,000)
2020 $324.31 5 Stryker Corporation ($324.31)
2019 $0 1 Hubly Incorporated

All Payment Transactions

65 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 3

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/03/2024 icotec Medical Inc. icotec BlackArmor Spine System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.31 General
Category: Spine stabilization for spine patients
12/03/2024 icotec Medical Inc. icotec BlackArmor Spine System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.31 General
Category: Spine stabilization for spine patients
12/03/2024 icotec Medical Inc. icotec BlackArmor Spine System (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $9.25 General
Category: Spine stabilization for spine patients
11/16/2024 icotec Medical Inc. icotec BlackArmor Spine System (Device), Vader Pedicle System Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.57 General
Category: Spine stabilization for spine patients
11/12/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $164.22 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
11/12/2024 icotec Medical Inc. icotec BlackArmor Spine System (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $40.75 General
Category: Spine stabilization for spine patients
11/05/2024 icotec Medical Inc. Vader Pedicle System (Device), icotec BlackArmor Spine System Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $111.04 General
Category: Thoracolumbosacral pedicle screw system
11/03/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $219.00 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
11/03/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $27.78 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
10/24/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $53.08 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
10/24/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $5.69 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
10/22/2024 icotec Medical Inc. icotec BlackArmor Spine System (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $252.98 General
Category: Spine stabilization for spine patients
10/22/2024 icotec Medical Inc. icotec BlackArmor Spine System (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $177.98 General
Category: Spine stabilization for spine patients
10/21/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $105.98 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
10/21/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $103.73 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
10/20/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $219.00 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
10/20/2024 Medtronic, Inc. CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $154.77 General
Category: TL
10/20/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $131.93 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
10/20/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $27.78 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
10/14/2024 icotec Medical Inc. icotec BlackArmor Spine System (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $381.96 General
Category: Spine stabilization for spine patients
10/07/2024 AXOGEN Avance Nerve Graft (Device), AxoGuard Nerve Connector, AxoGuard Nerve Protector Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $192.78 General
Category: Neurology
10/02/2024 Alphatec Spine, Inc Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $29.50 General
09/30/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.52 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
09/11/2024 Medtronic, Inc. CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $493.68 General
Category: TL
09/11/2024 Medtronic, Inc. CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $34.25 General
Category: TL

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 7 138 147 $87,635 $18,031
Total Patients
138
Total Services
147
Medicare Billing
$18,031
Procedure Codes
7

All Medicare Procedures & Services

7 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes Facility 2023 42 42 $28,896 $5,715 19.8%
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes Facility 2023 17 21 $19,131 $3,643 19.0%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Facility 2023 24 24 $12,440 $2,411 19.4%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Facility 2023 13 13 $8,843 $1,937 21.9%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 18 22 $8,094 $1,838 22.7%
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes Facility 2023 12 13 $4,615 $1,274 27.6%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Facility 2023 12 12 $5,616 $1,213 21.6%

About Dr. Nikhil Murthy, MD

Dr. Nikhil Murthy, MD is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in San Diego, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/23/2015. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1710371273.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Nikhil Murthy, MD has received a total of $11,519 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $6,085 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 65 transactions from 11 companies. The most common payment nature is "Travel and Lodging" ($6,418).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Murthy has provided services to 138 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 147 services with total Medicare billing of $18,031. Data is available for 1 year (2023–2023), covering 7 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Neurological Surgery
  • Other Specialties Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Neurological Surgery
  • Location San Diego, CA
  • Active Since 03/23/2015
  • Last Updated 09/13/2022
  • Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1710371273

Products in Payments

  • Excelsius3D Imaging System (Device) $2,466
  • Hubly Electric Drill (Device) $2,000
  • Idys-ALIF (Device) $1,993
  • MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) $1,219
  • icotec BlackArmor Spine System (Device) $1,139
  • CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $682.70
  • ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) $589.21
  • BONESCALPEL & SONICONE (O.R.) (Device) $280.98
  • PERLA TL (Device) $225.65
  • Avance Nerve Graft (Device) $192.78
  • CASCADIA (Device) $175.98
  • GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION (Device) $148.33
  • Vader Pedicle System (Device) $111.04
  • VersaWrap (Device) $88.13
  • Erisma-LP (Device) $82.17
  • CREO 5.5 (Device) $49.07
  • ELSA (Device) $31.30
  • CREO MIS Stabilization System (Device) $15.68

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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