Total Payments
$15,260
2024 Payments
$2,993
Companies
17
Transactions
172
Medicare Patients
1,813
Medicare Billing
$125,020

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$12,045 (78.9%)
Travel$2,065 (13.5%)
Consulting$650.00 (4.3%)
Other$500.00 (3.3%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $12,045 164 78.9%
Travel and Lodging $2,065 6 13.5%
Consulting Fee $650.00 1 4.3%
Honoraria $500.00 1 3.3%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Boston Scientific Corporation $7,831 92 $0 (2024)
Biocompatibles, Inc. $2,400 29 $0 (2019)
Penumbra, Inc. $812.14 8 $0 (2022)
Sirtex Medical Inc $742.32 14 $0 (2023)
Access Vascular Inc $650.00 1 $0 (2022)
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. $537.79 2 $0 (2024)
Ethicon US, LLC $465.80 5 $0 (2022)
Inari Medical, Inc. $331.43 4 $0 (2023)
Terumo Medical Corporation $319.05 4 $0 (2024)
Cook Medical LLC $238.61 4 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $2,993 26 Boston Scientific Corporation ($2,429)
2023 $1,463 22 Boston Scientific Corporation ($964.88)
2022 $3,239 25 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($1,597)
2021 $1,087 13 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($953.71)
2020 $361.58 5 Boston Scientific Corporation ($220.59)
2019 $2,652 24 Biocompatibles, Inc. ($1,483)
2018 $2,132 31 Boston Scientific Corporation ($858.36)
2017 $1,332 26 Biocompatibles, Inc. ($473.68)

All Payment Transactions

172 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 7

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/10/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 7.0 GBq (US Commercial) (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $149.93 General
Category: TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 7.0 GBq (US Commercial)_PI
10/23/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 7.0 GBq (US Commercial) (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $99.13 General
Category: TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 7.0 GBq (US Commercial)_PI
09/21/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 7.0 GBq (US Commercial) (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $50.95 General
Category: TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 7.0 GBq (US Commercial)_PI
07/19/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 7.0 GBq (US Commercial) (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $132.15 General
Category: TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 7.0 GBq (US Commercial)_PI
07/16/2024 Terumo Medical Corporation AZUR CX DETACHABLE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $42.08 General
Category: VASCULAR EMBOLIZATION
06/21/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 GBq (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $68.56 General
Category: TheraSphere_PI
05/16/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation SpyGlass (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $143.66 General
Category: SpyGlass_ENDO
05/16/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Spyglass (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.41 General
Category: Spyglass DS_ENDO
04/25/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation EMBOLD Fibered (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $138.19 General
Category: Embold_PI
04/19/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $154.63 General
Category: General - Vascular Intervention_PI
04/19/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $33.96 General
Category: General - Angiography_PI
04/19/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.32 General
Category: General - Angiography_PI
04/19/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $3.38 General
Category: General - Angiography_PI
04/19/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $0.29 General
Category: General - Angiography_PI
04/18/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation JETSTREAM SC (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $453.85 General
Category: JETSTREAM_PI
04/17/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation JETSTREAM SC (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $435.77 General
Category: JETSTREAM_PI
04/16/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation AngioJet Ultra 5000A (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.12 General
Category: AngioJet_PI
04/12/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 7.0 GBq (US Commercial) (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $129.26 General
Category: TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 7.0 GBq (US Commercial)_PI
03/26/2024 Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. Honoraria Cash or cash equivalent $500.00 General
03/26/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $52.80 General
Category: General - Interventional Oncology_PI
03/25/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 GBq (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $62.85 General
Category: TheraSphere_PI
03/25/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 GBq (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $50.63 General
Category: TheraSphere_PI
03/25/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $50.29 General
Category: General - Interventional Oncology_PI
03/18/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $157.00 General
Category: General - IO Ablation_PI
03/05/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation EMBOLD Fibered (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.66 General
Category: Embold_PI

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 15 551 3,610 $527,869 $46,468
2022 11 455 471 $372,190 $25,314
2021 13 344 365 $275,714 $22,972
2020 12 463 495 $421,234 $30,265
Total Patients
1,813
Total Services
4,941
Medicare Billing
$125,020
Procedure Codes
52

All Medicare Procedures & Services

52 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
36561 Insertion of central venous tube with port (5 years or older) Facility 2023 40 40 $168,240 $10,864 6.5%
74178 Ct scan of abdomen and pelvis before and after contrast Office 2023 21 21 $30,429 $6,138 20.2%
74176 Ct scan of abdomen and pelvis without contrast Office 2023 34 34 $24,684 $5,012 20.3%
36558 Insertion of tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) Facility 2023 21 22 $65,164 $4,356 6.7%
74177 Ct scan of abdomen and pelvis with contrast Office 2023 13 13 $14,833 $3,397 22.9%
49440 Insertion of stomach tube using fluoroscopic guidance with contrast Facility 2023 19 19 $69,654 $3,102 4.5%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Facility 2023 14 22 $15,378 $2,404 15.6%
50432 Placement of tube of kidney using imaging guidance with review by radiologist Facility 2023 13 13 $14,707 $2,255 15.3%
71250 Ct scan of chest without contrast Office 2023 20 20 $15,020 $2,092 13.9%
50435 Replacement of kidney drainage tube using imaging guidance with review by radiologist Facility 2023 19 23 $56,524 $1,762 3.1%
99152 Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes Facility 2023 140 146 $30,222 $1,456 4.8%
32408 Core needle biopsy of lung or center cavity of chest (mediastinum), accessed through skin Facility 2023 11 11 $6,094 $1,369 22.5%
77001 Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion or removal of central vein access device Facility 2023 72 74 $7,992 $1,072 13.4%
76937 Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access Facility 2023 76 77 $6,622 $874.76 13.2%
Q9967 Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml Office 2023 38 3,075 $2,306 $315.06 13.7%
36561 Insertion of central venous tube with port (5 years or older) Facility 2022 40 41 $164,786 $10,956 6.6%
36558 Insertion of tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) Facility 2022 15 16 $45,502 $3,397 7.5%
49440 Insertion of stomach tube using fluoroscopic guidance with contrast Facility 2022 19 19 $65,312 $3,154 4.8%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Facility 2022 16 21 $14,441 $2,195 15.2%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Facility 2022 11 11 $9,126 $1,242 13.6%
99152 Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes Facility 2022 114 117 $23,569 $1,180 5.0%
77001 Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion or removal of central vein access device Facility 2022 65 68 $7,344 $1,024 13.9%
76937 Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access Facility 2022 73 75 $6,450 $844.42 13.1%
50435 Replacement of kidney drainage tube using imaging guidance with review by radiologist Facility 2022 11 11 $30,436 $810.62 2.7%
71045 X-ray of chest, 1 view Facility 2022 47 48 $2,496 $314.20 12.6%

About Dr. Rex Pillai, MD

Dr. Rex Pillai, MD is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in Sacramento, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/30/2009. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1295979441.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Rex Pillai, MD has received a total of $15,260 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $2,993 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 172 transactions from 17 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($12,045).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Pillai has provided services to 1,813 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 4,941 services with total Medicare billing of $125,020. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 52 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • THERASPHERE - BIO (Device) $1,796
  • TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 GBq (Device) $1,468
  • INTERLOCK (Device) $896.15
  • JETSTREAM SC (Device) $889.62
  • GENERAL - THERAPIES (Device) $814.71
  • SIR-Spheres Microspheres (Device) $742.32
  • HYDROPICC (Device) $650.00
  • TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 7.0 GBq (US Commercial) (Device) $561.42
  • THERASPHERE-BIO (Device) $534.08
  • THERASPHERE (Device) $492.83
  • FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device) $331.43
  • CERTUS 140 MICROWAVE ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $299.88
  • GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION (Device) $268.17
  • Indigo System (Device) $259.17
  • ALIYA SYSTEM (Device) $200.66
  • SPYGLASS (Device) $192.83
  • General - Embolics (Device) $177.10
  • Embozene (Device) $173.33
  • Certus 140 (Device) $165.92
  • SpyGlass (Device) $165.20

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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