Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $5,130 | 108 | 59.7% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $2,170 | 1 | 25.3% |
| Travel and Lodging | $1,287 | 4 | 15.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medtronic USA, Inc. | $2,401 | 4 | $0 (2018) |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $1,461 | 10 | $0 (2024) |
| Cook Medical LLC | $857.42 | 15 | $0 (2021) |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | $429.57 | 4 | $0 (2021) |
| BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION | $353.96 | 3 | $0 (2021) |
| Cook Incorporated | $266.45 | 3 | $0 (2017) |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. | $231.50 | 6 | $0 (2023) |
| CryoLife, Inc. | $210.05 | 4 | $0 (2019) |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | $198.92 | 1 | $0 (2018) |
| ShockWave Medical, Inc | $184.96 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,763 | 15 | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. ($1,303) |
| 2023 | $230.55 | 5 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($160.80) |
| 2022 | $95.50 | 4 | ABBVIE INC. ($27.78) |
| 2021 | $491.68 | 13 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($144.89) |
| 2020 | $606.83 | 10 | Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. ($369.63) |
| 2019 | $1,473 | 31 | Cook Medical LLC ($451.19) |
| 2018 | $2,824 | 15 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($2,170) |
| 2017 | $1,102 | 20 | Cook Incorporated ($266.45) |
All Payment Transactions
113 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 5
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/19/2024 | Grifols USA, LLC | Gamunex-C (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.19 | General |
| Category: Immunology and Neurology | ||||||
| 09/25/2024 | Penumbra, Inc. | Indigo System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $18.03 | General |
| Category: Peripheral Intervention | ||||||
| 09/25/2024 | Penumbra, Inc. | Indigo System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $18.03 | General |
| Category: Peripheral Intervention | ||||||
| 09/09/2024 | Penumbra, Inc. | Penumbra System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $16.76 | General |
| Category: Neurointervention | ||||||
| 09/04/2024 | Endologix LLC | ENDOCROSS Device (Device), Torus Stent Graft System | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $126.34 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 05/07/2024 | PFIZER INC. | VYNDAQEL (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.70 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 04/29/2024 | Endologix LLC | AFX2 Bifurcated Endograft System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $46.20 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 02/29/2024 | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $50.73 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 02/27/2024 | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $351.61 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 02/26/2024 | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $172.71 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 02/26/2024 | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.61 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 02/26/2024 | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $9.01 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 02/26/2024 | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $5.82 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 02/20/2024 | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $701.60 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 02/01/2024 | ShockWave Medical, Inc | Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $184.96 | General |
| Category: Lithoplasty | ||||||
| 12/12/2023 | Neurelis, Inc. | VALTOCO (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.00 | General |
| Category: EPILEPSY | ||||||
| 10/27/2023 | ARGENX US, INC. | VYVGART (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.00 | General |
| Category: Immunology | ||||||
| 10/04/2023 | Ethicon US, LLC | SURGIFLO Hemostatic Matrix (Device), PROLENE, SURGICEL NU-KNIT | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.75 | General |
| Category: Biosurgical | ||||||
| 08/30/2023 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | GRAFIX PL (Medical Supply) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $120.66 | General |
| Category: Other Advanced Wound Management | ||||||
| 05/12/2023 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | GRAFIX PL (Medical Supply) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $40.14 | General |
| Category: Other Advanced Wound Management | ||||||
| 12/21/2022 | ARGENX US, INC. | VYVGART (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.37 | General |
| Category: Immunology | ||||||
| 10/31/2022 | Grifols USA, LLC | Gamunex-C (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.12 | General |
| Category: Immunology and Neurology | ||||||
| 08/26/2022 | Tactile Systems Technology Inc | Flexitouch Plus (Device), entre | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.23 | General |
| Category: PNEUMATIC COMPRESSOR | ||||||
| 06/07/2022 | ABBVIE INC. | QULIPTA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.78 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 12/14/2021 | CSL Behring | Hizentra (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.76 | General |
| Category: Immunology | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 23 | 1,604 | 2,247 | $2.4M | $266,867 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,240 | 1,560 | $1.3M | $165,398 |
| 2021 | 13 | 584 | 705 | $474,476 | $73,156 |
| 2020 | 16 | 636 | 877 | $877,020 | $88,415 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
90 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 3 of 4
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93925 | Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | Facility | 2022 | 24 | 24 | $4,344 | $846.48 | 19.5% |
| 93880 | Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | Facility | 2022 | 17 | 17 | $3,162 | $547.73 | 17.3% |
| 93930 | Ultrasound of arm arteries or artery grafts | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 14 | $2,590 | $532.19 | 20.5% |
| 93926 | Ultrasound of one leg arteries or artery grafts | Facility | 2022 | 23 | 23 | $3,036 | $497.35 | 16.4% |
| 93931 | Ultrasound of one arm arteries or artery grafts | Facility | 2022 | 17 | 18 | $2,070 | $416.80 | 20.1% |
| 93923 | Complete ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | Facility | 2022 | 18 | 18 | $2,718 | $407.30 | 15.0% |
| 76937 | Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | Facility | 2022 | 17 | 17 | $1,445 | $218.55 | 15.1% |
| 99213 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes | Office | 2021 | 113 | 178 | $59,230 | $14,052 | 23.7% |
| 93970 | Ultrasound scan of veins of both arms or legs including assessment of compression and functional maneuvers | Office | 2021 | 76 | 81 | $98,762 | $13,682 | 13.9% |
| 93880 | Ultrasound scanning of blood flow (outside the brain) on both sides of head and neck | Office | 2021 | 43 | 45 | $58,122 | $7,859 | 13.5% |
| 99203 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes | Office | 2021 | 61 | 61 | $34,595 | $6,337 | 18.3% |
| 93978 | Ultrasound scan of vena cava or groin graft or vessel blood flow | Office | 2021 | 28 | 30 | $36,382 | $4,652 | 12.8% |
| 93926 | Ultrasound study of arteries and arterial grafts of one leg or limited | Office | 2021 | 26 | 38 | $36,480 | $4,419 | 12.1% |
| 93925 | Ultrasound study of arteries and arterial grafts of both legs | Office | 2021 | 18 | 18 | $29,768 | $4,331 | 14.6% |
| 93971 | Ultrasound scan of veins of one arm or leg or limited including assessment of compression and functional maneuvers | Office | 2021 | 33 | 35 | $28,433 | $3,756 | 13.2% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Office | 2021 | 27 | 30 | $18,880 | $3,723 | 19.7% |
| 93923 | Ultrasound study of arteries of both arms and legs, complete | Office | 2021 | 31 | 31 | $26,970 | $3,587 | 13.3% |
| 93990 | Ultrasound of dialysis access | Office | 2021 | 11 | 18 | $18,180 | $2,089 | 11.5% |
| 99212 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 10-19 minutes | Office | 2021 | 24 | 30 | $5,945 | $1,625 | 27.3% |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 19 | 34 | $9,960 | $1,216 | 12.2% |
| 93970 | Ultrasound scan of veins of both arms or legs including assessment of compression and functional maneuvers | Facility | 2021 | 26 | 26 | $5,538 | $837.98 | 15.1% |
| 93923 | Ultrasound study of arteries of both arms and legs, complete | Facility | 2021 | 34 | 35 | $4,966 | $691.47 | 13.9% |
| 93971 | Ultrasound scan of veins of one arm or leg or limited including assessment of compression and functional maneuvers | Facility | 2021 | 14 | 15 | $2,265 | $297.92 | 13.2% |
| 93970 | Ultrasound scan of veins of both arms or legs including assessment of compression and functional maneuvers | Office | 2020 | 75 | 82 | $101,680 | $14,754 | 14.5% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes | Office | 2020 | 99 | 181 | $56,110 | $10,834 | 19.3% |
About Dr. Richard Schutzer, MD
Dr. Richard Schutzer, MD is a Vascular Surgery healthcare provider based in Brooklyn, New York. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 09/27/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1346331519.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Richard Schutzer, MD has received a total of $8,587 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $1,763 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 113 transactions from 40 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($5,130).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Schutzer has provided services to 4,064 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 5,389 services with total Medicare billing of $593,836. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 90 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Vascular Surgery
- Location Brooklyn, NY
- Active Since 09/27/2006
- Last Updated 11/12/2021
- Taxonomy Code 2086S0129X
- Entity Type Individual
- Practice Solo Practitioner
- NPI Number 1346331519
Products in Payments
- DIVERGENCE-L (Device) $2,170
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis (Device) $701.60
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis (Device) $601.49
- Cook Medical AAA (Device) $401.77
- CAPSTONE (Device) $230.78
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System (Device) $198.92
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) $184.96
- BioGlue (Device) $177.85
- VAC VERAFLO (Device) $173.33
- Cook Medical Zenith (Device) $169.19
- GRAFIX PL (Medical Supply) $160.80
- VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis (Device) $158.40
- EPIC VASCULAR (Device) $144.89
- ENDOCROSS Device (Device) $126.34
- Zilver PTX (Device) $124.97
- INTERLOCK (Device) $123.98
- DALVANCE (Drug) $123.57
- COOK MEDICAL ZENITH (Device) $122.00
- TURBO POWER (Device) $119.86
- Cook Medical Advanced Tech (Device) $113.65
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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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