Dr. Robert Byrum, MD

NPI: 1487620654
Total Payments
$9,935
2024 Payments
$293.59
Companies
33
Transactions
213
Medicare Patients
2,589
Medicare Billing
$281,351

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$3,680 (37.0%)
Education$3,000 (30.2%)
Travel$2,405 (24.2%)
Other$850.00 (8.6%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $3,680 202 37.0%
Education $3,000 1 30.2%
Travel and Lodging $2,405 8 24.2%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $850.00 2 8.6%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. $4,962 24 $0 (2023)
Ethicon Inc. $1,354 5 $0 (2020)
Covidien LP $850.00 2 $0 (2020)
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $658.91 48 $0 (2024)
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $384.23 27 $0 (2024)
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $172.48 10 $0 (2021)
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $147.36 11 $0 (2024)
United Therapeutics Corporation $128.53 5 $0 (2024)
Auris Health, Inc. $128.46 2 $0 (2019)
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $117.26 6 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $293.59 18 United Therapeutics Corporation ($43.78)
2023 $563.16 22 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($250.80)
2022 $4,715 40 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($4,400)
2021 $531.17 16 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($310.53)
2020 $2,332 16 Ethicon Inc. ($1,354)
2019 $807.51 48 GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. ($256.19)
2018 $390.72 33 GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. ($165.21)
2017 $301.31 20 Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc ($50.44)

All Payment Transactions

213 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 9

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/14/2024 Amgen Inc. TEZSPIRE (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.07 General
Category: Inflammation
10/21/2024 INOGEN, INC. INOGEN ONE G5 OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR - BLUETOOTH (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $8.62 General
Category: OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR
10/16/2024 Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. GLASSIA (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.38 General
Category: IMMUNOLOGY
08/23/2024 Insmed, Inc. Arikayce (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.58 General
Category: Respiratory
08/22/2024 United Therapeutics Corporation TYVASO (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.51 General
Category: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension with Interstitial Lung Disease
08/21/2024 GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. NUCALA (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.43 General
Category: IMMUNOLOGY
08/15/2024 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. OFEV (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.84 General
Category: RESPIRATORY
08/14/2024 United Therapeutics Corporation TYVASO (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.27 General
Category: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension with Interstitial Lung Disease
08/01/2024 INOGEN, INC. INOGEN ONE G5 OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR - BLUETOOTH (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $8.35 General
Category: OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR
07/29/2024 PFIZER INC. ELIQUIS (Drug), PAXLOVID Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.40 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR;METABOLIC DISEASE
07/17/2024 Mylan Specialty L.P. YUPELRI (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.95 General
Category: Anticholinergics, Inhaled
07/10/2024 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP AIRSUPRA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.04 General
Category: Respiratory
04/23/2024 INOGEN, INC. INOGEN ONE G5 OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR - BLUETOOTH (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $3.82 General
Category: OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR
04/19/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation XOLAIR (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.19 General
Category: Pulmonary/Respiratory Diseases
04/10/2024 PFIZER INC. ELIQUIS (Drug), PAXLOVID Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.99 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR;METABOLIC DISEASE
03/08/2024 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC DIFICID (Drug), RECARBRIO, ZERBAXA Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.61 General
Category: INFECTIOUS DISEASE
02/13/2024 INOGEN, INC. INOGEN ONE G5 OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR - BLUETOOTH (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $11.57 General
Category: OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR
01/24/2024 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP AIRSUPRA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.97 General
Category: Respiratory
12/15/2023 Mylan Specialty L.P. YUPELRI (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.65 General
Category: Anticholinergics, Inhaled
11/30/2023 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation XOLAIR (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.28 General
Category: Pulmonary/Respiratory Diseases
11/02/2023 Inogen, Inc. INOGEN (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $10.21 General
Category: OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR
10/21/2023 Insmed, Inc. Arikayce (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.10 General
Category: Respiratory
10/12/2023 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP TEZSPIRE (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.28 General
Category: Respiratory
10/03/2023 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $95.08 General
Category: SURGERY
09/27/2023 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.12 General

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 19 537 651 $361,015 $57,470
2022 17 550 658 $258,437 $59,506
2021 22 798 938 $465,221 $86,884
2020 20 704 866 $310,046 $77,491
Total Patients
2,589
Total Services
3,113
Medicare Billing
$281,351
Procedure Codes
78

All Medicare Procedures & Services

78 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 4

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 119 170 $44,200 $15,080 34.1%
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes Facility 2023 48 89 $60,075 $13,788 23.0%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 39 39 $19,305 $6,310 32.7%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 69 78 $13,650 $4,553 33.4%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 33 36 $12,600 $4,225 33.5%
31629 Needle biopsy of windpipe cartilage, airway, and/or lung using an endoscope Facility 2023 20 21 $45,150 $2,720 6.0%
99292 Critical care, each additional 30 minutes Facility 2023 18 22 $6,710 $1,720 25.6%
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes Facility 2023 16 17 $4,420 $1,442 32.6%
31627 Computer-assisted image-guided navigation of lung airways using an endoscope Facility 2023 20 21 $78,750 $1,389 1.8%
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes Facility 2023 11 11 $5,445 $1,319 24.2%
31654 Exam of lung airways with diagnostic or therapeutic procedure on growths using an endoscope and ultrasound Facility 2023 18 19 $8,740 $948.10 10.8%
90694 Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent inactivated, 0.5 ml dosage Office 2023 11 11 $1,815 $758.10 41.8%
31628 Biopsy of lobe of lung using an endoscope, 1 lobe Facility 2023 19 20 $29,000 $630.98 2.2%
94729 Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases Office 2023 16 16 $2,480 $628.35 25.3%
94726 Test to determine lung volumes using sensors Office 2023 16 16 $2,640 $590.44 22.4%
G0008 Administration of influenza virus vaccine Office 2023 15 15 $885.00 $437.55 49.4%
94060 Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume changes before and after medication administration Office 2023 16 16 $2,800 $401.10 14.3%
31624 Irrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells using an endoscope Facility 2023 18 19 $21,375 $329.53 1.5%
71046 X-ray of chest, 2 views Office 2023 15 15 $975.00 $200.31 20.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 110 149 $38,740 $13,600 35.1%
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes Facility 2022 46 80 $54,000 $13,310 24.6%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2022 50 62 $21,700 $7,371 34.0%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2022 45 45 $22,275 $6,268 28.1%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 64 71 $12,425 $4,374 35.2%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 19 19 $7,505 $2,207 29.4%

About Dr. Robert Byrum, MD

Dr. Robert Byrum, MD is a Emergency Medicine healthcare provider based in Greensboro, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 02/27/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1487620654.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Robert Byrum, MD has received a total of $9,935 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $293.59 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 213 transactions from 33 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($3,680).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Byrum has provided services to 2,589 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 3,113 services with total Medicare billing of $281,351. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 78 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Emergency Medicine
  • Other Specialties Pulmonary Disease
  • Location Greensboro, NC
  • Active Since 02/27/2006
  • Last Updated 12/05/2012
  • Taxonomy Code 207P00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1487620654

Products in Payments

  • ION (Device) $3,000
  • Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $1,962
  • Monarch (Device) $1,482
  • superDimension (Device) $850.00
  • NUCALA (Biological) $256.26
  • ANORO (Drug) $201.60
  • OPSUMIT (Drug) $105.15
  • OFEV (Drug) $102.39
  • FASENRA (Drug) $101.79
  • TRELEGY ELLIPTA (Drug) $101.42
  • XOLAIR (Biological) $85.53
  • Arikayce (Drug) $78.63
  • BREZTRI (Drug) $78.56
  • Prolastin-C Liquid (Biological) $77.67
  • DUPIXENT (Biological) $77.15
  • TYVASO (Drug) $73.18
  • ZERBAXA (Drug) $68.42
  • XOLAIR (Drug) $61.83
  • TEZSPIRE (Biological) $61.63
  • AVYCAZ (Drug) $60.77

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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