Dr. Robert Bourge, MD

NPI: 1598712424
Total Payments
$433,960
2024 Payments
$6,625
Companies
7
Transactions
88
Medicare Patients
54
Medicare Billing
$4,994

Payment Breakdown by Category

Research$270,391 (62.3%)
Consulting$150,592 (34.7%)
Travel$10,352 (2.4%)
Other$1,475 (0.3%)
Food & Beverage$1,150 (0.3%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Unspecified $270,391 23 62.3%
Consulting Fee $150,592 26 34.7%
Travel and Lodging $10,352 14 2.4%
Food and Beverage $1,150 22 0.3%
Honoraria $1,000 1 0.2%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $475.00 2 0.1%

Payments by Type

Research
$270,391
23 transactions
General
$163,569
65 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
United Therapeutics Corporation $395,820 42 $0 (2024)
Abbott Laboratories $20,099 21 $0 (2021)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $11,366 20 $0 (2017)
AI Therapeutics, Inc. $5,000 1 $0 (2022)
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $1,000 1 $0 (2019)
Gilead Sciences Inc $475.00 2 $0 (2017)
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $200.00 1 $0 (2023)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $6,625 1 United Therapeutics Corporation ($6,625)
2023 $3,075 2 United Therapeutics Corporation ($2,875)
2022 $24,408 3 United Therapeutics Corporation ($19,408)
2021 $32,865 3 United Therapeutics Corporation ($26,115)
2020 $35,649 5 United Therapeutics Corporation ($31,399)
2019 $59,104 17 United Therapeutics Corporation ($54,135)
2018 $143,381 23 United Therapeutics Corporation ($138,913)
2017 $128,853 34 United Therapeutics Corporation ($116,350)

All Payment Transactions

88 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 4

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
02/28/2024 United Therapeutics Corporation Cash or cash equivalent $6,625.00 Research
10/25/2023 Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Adempas (Drug) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $200.00 General
Category: Cardio-pulmonary
02/22/2023 United Therapeutics Corporation Cash or cash equivalent $2,875.00 Research
09/28/2022 United Therapeutics Corporation Cash or cash equivalent $6,500.00 Research
04/13/2022 United Therapeutics Corporation Cash or cash equivalent $12,908.33 Research
01/24/2022 AI Therapeutics, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $5,000.00 General
11/11/2021 Abbott Laboratories CardioMEMS HF System (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $6,750.00 General
Category: Heart Failure
10/27/2021 United Therapeutics Corporation Cash or cash equivalent $18,641.67 Research
03/10/2021 United Therapeutics Corporation Cash or cash equivalent $7,473.33 Research
10/14/2020 United Therapeutics Corporation Cash or cash equivalent $12,041.67 Research
07/08/2020 United Therapeutics Corporation Cash or cash equivalent $8,583.33 Research
06/25/2020 Abbott Laboratories CardioMEMS HF System (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $4,250.00 General
Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure
03/25/2020 United Therapeutics Corporation Cash or cash equivalent $10,750.00 Research
02/11/2020 United Therapeutics Corporation TYVASO (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.38 General
Category: PAH
12/11/2019 United Therapeutics Corporation REMODULIN (Drug) Cash or cash equivalent $12,891.67 Research
Category: PAH
09/19/2019 Abbott Laboratories CardioMEMS HF System (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $661.50 General
Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure
09/19/2019 Abbott Laboratories CardioMEMS HF System (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $661.50 General
Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure
09/19/2019 Abbott Laboratories CardioMEMS HF System (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $441.00 General
Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure
09/19/2019 Abbott Laboratories CardioMEMS HF System (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $441.00 General
Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure
09/19/2019 Abbott Laboratories CardioMEMS HF System (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $441.00 General
Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure
09/19/2019 Abbott Laboratories CardioMEMS HF System (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $441.00 General
Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure
09/19/2019 Abbott Laboratories CardioMEMS HF System (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $441.00 General
Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure
09/19/2019 Abbott Laboratories CardioMEMS HF System (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $441.00 General
Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure
08/28/2019 United Therapeutics Corporation ORENITRAM (Drug) Cash or cash equivalent $10,375.00 Research
Study: UNSPECIFIED RESEARCH PROJECTS • Category: PAH
07/01/2019 W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Product in Development (Device) Honoraria Cash or cash equivalent $1,000.00 General
Category: Devices

Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
Unspecified Research Projects United Therapeutics Corporation $135,101 10
UNSPECIFIED RESEARCH PROJECTS United Therapeutics Corporation $23,125 2

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2022 1 16 20 $4,920 $1,154
2021 1 19 37 $9,102 $2,399
2020 1 19 29 $7,134 $1,441
Total Patients
54
Total Services
86
Medicare Billing
$4,994
Procedure Codes
3

All Medicare Procedures & Services

3 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Facility 2022 16 20 $4,920 $1,154 23.5%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Facility 2021 19 37 $9,102 $2,399 26.4%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes Facility 2020 19 29 $7,134 $1,441 20.2%

About Dr. Robert Bourge, MD

Dr. Robert Bourge, MD is a Cardiovascular Disease healthcare provider based in Birmingham, Alabama. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/27/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1598712424.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Robert Bourge, MD has received a total of $433,960 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $6,625 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 88 transactions from 7 companies. The most common payment nature is "" ($270,391).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Bourge has provided services to 54 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 86 services with total Medicare billing of $4,994. Data is available for 3 years (2020–2022), covering 3 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Cardiovascular Disease
  • Location Birmingham, AL
  • Active Since 05/27/2006
  • Last Updated 06/29/2023
  • Taxonomy Code 207RC0000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1598712424

Products in Payments

  • REMODULIN (Drug) $173,722
  • CardioMEMS HF System (Device) $16,513
  • ORENITRAM (Drug) $10,375
  • NONE (Drug) $8,879
  • Mitra Clip system (Device) $3,586
  • Product in Development (Device) $1,000
  • Adempas (Drug) $200.00
  • Letairis (Drug) $200.00
  • TYVASO (Drug) $144.27

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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