Dr. Oliver Tannous, M.D

NPI: 1285952655
Total Payments
$415,642
2024 Payments
$156,867
Companies
38
Transactions
461
Medicare Patients
4,633
Medicare Billing
$1.2M

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$332,379 (80.0%)
Travel$55,917 (13.5%)
Food & Beverage$26,269 (6.3%)
Education$576.98 (0.1%)
Other$500.00 (0.1%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $332,379 63 80.0%
Travel and Lodging $55,917 127 13.5%
Food and Beverage $26,269 262 6.3%
Education $576.98 8 0.1%
Honoraria $500.00 1 0.1%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
MEDACTA USA, INC. $267,959 171 $0 (2024)
Innovasis Inc $47,621 36 $0 (2024)
Baxter Healthcare $18,514 19 $0 (2024)
Precision Spine, Inc. $16,753 10 $0 (2022)
Cerapedics Inc. $15,259 17 $0 (2023)
Centinel Spine, LLC $12,920 7 $0 (2024)
Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc $8,145 10 $0 (2024)
NuVasive, Inc. $6,105 24 $0 (2023)
Medtronic USA, Inc. $4,407 54 $0 (2020)
4WEB, Inc. $3,322 6 $0 (2023)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $156,867 100 MEDACTA USA, INC. ($108,602)
2023 $78,123 63 Medacta USA, Inc. ($50,135)
2022 $135,145 93 MEDACTA USA, INC. ($94,865)
2021 $27,739 67 MEDACTA USA, INC. ($14,357)
2020 $6,502 25 PRECISION SPINE, INC. ($3,300)
2019 $3,488 32 Medtronic USA, Inc. ($1,106)
2018 $3,186 33 NuVasive, Inc. ($809.48)
2017 $4,592 48 Medtronic USA, Inc. ($2,066)

All Payment Transactions

461 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 19

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/19/2024 MEDACTA USA, INC. MySpine (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $318.96 General
Category: SPINE
11/19/2024 MEDACTA USA, INC. MySpine (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $85.06 General
Category: SPINE
11/11/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. XLIF (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $116.29 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
11/07/2024 MEDACTA USA, INC. MySpine (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $4,500.00 General
Category: SPINE
11/07/2024 MEDACTA USA, INC. MUST MINI Set Screw (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,100.00 General
Category: SPINE
11/07/2024 Medtronic, Inc. INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.41 General
Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation
10/05/2024 Baxter Healthcare FLOSEAL (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $93.50 General
Category: Surgical Care
09/24/2024 Medtronic, Inc. INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $148.80 General
Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation
09/16/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. XLIF (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $106.20 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
09/04/2024 Centinel Spine, LLC PRODISC C VIVO (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $3,825.00 General
Category: Spine Implant
08/27/2024 Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc MAGNETOS (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $6,750.00 General
Category: SYNTHETIC BONE GRAFT
08/22/2024 MEDACTA USA, INC. MySpine (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $5,950.00 General
Category: SPINE
08/22/2024 MEDACTA USA, INC. MUST MINI Set Screw (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $5,050.00 General
Category: SPINE
08/22/2024 MEDACTA USA, INC. MySpine (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,800.00 General
Category: SPINE
08/22/2024 MEDACTA USA, INC. MUST MINI Set Screw (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $700.00 General
Category: SPINE
08/21/2024 Baxter Healthcare FLOSEAL (Biological) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $3,825.00 General
Category: Surgical Care
08/21/2024 Baxter Healthcare FLOSEAL (Biological) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $18.00 General
Category: Surgical Care
08/12/2024 MEDACTA USA, INC. MUST MINI Set Screw (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $103.22 General
Category: SPINE
08/05/2024 Innovasis Inc Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $910.00 General
08/01/2024 MEDACTA USA, INC. MySpine (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $28,650.00 General
Category: SPINE
07/24/2024 MEDACTA USA, INC. MySpine (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $131.11 General
Category: SPINE
07/20/2024 Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc MAGNETOS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $67.54 General
Category: SYNTHETIC BONE GRAFT
07/20/2024 Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc MAGNETOS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $67.45 General
Category: SYNTHETIC BONE GRAFT
07/20/2024 Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc MAGNETOS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.44 General
Category: SYNTHETIC BONE GRAFT
07/19/2024 Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc MAGNETOS (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $303.59 General
Category: SYNTHETIC BONE GRAFT

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 33 1,307 1,479 $1.3M $366,649
2022 31 1,341 1,536 $1.3M $375,652
2021 29 1,187 1,378 $961,024 $280,654
2020 21 798 903 $502,502 $147,247
Total Patients
4,633
Total Services
5,296
Medicare Billing
$1.2M
Procedure Codes
136

All Medicare Procedures & Services

136 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 6

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
22612 Fusion of spine in lower back Facility 2023 45 49 $203,838 $67,087 32.9%
22558 Fusion of lower spine bone through abdomen with partial removal of disc Facility 2023 22 22 $77,329 $25,875 33.5%
22551 Fusion of upper spine bone with removal of disc and release of spinal cord or nerve, 1 disc Facility 2023 15 15 $85,026 $23,217 27.3%
22614 Fusion of additional segment of spine Facility 2023 29 60 $61,440 $20,960 34.1%
22842 Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments Facility 2023 26 26 $72,644 $17,728 24.4%
22845 Placement of stabilizing device to front, 2-3 spine bone segments Facility 2023 27 27 $51,754 $17,538 33.9%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 83 99 $39,308 $14,989 38.1%
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion Facility 2023 39 63 $65,867 $14,519 22.0%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Facility 2023 101 119 $41,259 $13,902 33.7%
22840 Placement of stabilizing device to back of 1 spine bone in neck Facility 2023 20 20 $55,096 $13,529 24.6%
63267 Removal of growth of lower spine bone outside spine membrane Facility 2023 18 18 $64,875 $13,187 20.3%
63047 Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment Facility 2023 25 25 $72,385 $12,850 17.8%
22856 Insertion of artificial upper spine disc, anterior approach Facility 2023 14 14 $71,106 $12,541 17.6%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 78 93 $27,633 $9,592 34.7%
63042 Partial removal of spine bone with re-exploration, release of lower spinal cord or nerves and/or removal of disc, 1 interspace Facility 2023 12 12 $43,745 $9,435 21.6%
22849 Reinsertion of spinal fixation device Facility 2023 11 14 $47,881 $8,537 17.8%
63030 Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord or nerves and/or removal of disc Facility 2023 15 15 $41,811 $8,393 20.1%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Facility 2023 86 93 $23,739 $7,146 30.1%
22585 Fusion of spine bones through front of body with partial removal of disc, each additional disc Facility 2023 21 26 $20,506 $6,990 34.1%
61783 Computer-assisted spinal procedure Facility 2023 31 31 $24,609 $6,439 26.2%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Facility 2023 38 38 $18,614 $5,846 31.4%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Facility 2023 46 46 $15,180 $5,058 33.3%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 28 28 $14,564 $4,948 34.0%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 33 33 $13,420 $4,354 32.4%
63048 Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment Facility 2023 15 19 $10,548 $3,569 33.8%

About Dr. Oliver Tannous, M.D

Dr. Oliver Tannous, M.D is a Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine healthcare provider based in San Diego, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/11/2010. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1285952655.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Oliver Tannous, M.D has received a total of $415,642 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $156,867 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 461 transactions from 38 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($332,379).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Tannous has provided services to 4,633 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 5,296 services with total Medicare billing of $1.2M. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 136 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
  • Other Specialties Orthopaedic Trauma
  • Location San Diego, CA
  • Active Since 05/11/2010
  • Last Updated 12/11/2015
  • Taxonomy Code 207XS0117X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1285952655

Products in Payments

  • MySpine (Device) $109,354
  • MYSPINE (Device) $27,528
  • Mecta-C Cervical Cages (Device) $21,350
  • FLOSEAL (Biological) $17,636
  • MUST (Device) $16,390
  • I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT (Device) $14,709
  • MUST MINI Set Screw (Device) $10,146
  • MAGNETOS (Device) $8,145
  • PRODISC C VIVO (Device) $6,637
  • PRODISC C (Device) $5,950
  • SHURFIT LUMBAR INTERBODY (Device) $5,703
  • SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM (Device) $3,322
  • Reform Ti Mod System (Device) $2,500
  • CORTICAL SCREW HYBRID (Device) $2,000
  • REFORM MIDLINE CORTICAL SCREW SYSTEM (Device) $2,000
  • iFuse Implant (Device) $1,957
  • INTERBODY SYSTEM (Device) $1,750
  • NextAR Knee (Device) $1,662
  • INTELLIS (Device) $1,648
  • Curved Interbody Implant (Device) $1,500

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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