Total Payments
$30,377
2024 Payments
$3,133
Companies
59
Transactions
608
Medicare Patients
4,765
Medicare Billing
$370,735
Payment Breakdown by Category
Food & Beverage$18,911 (62.3%)
Travel$6,703 (22.1%)
Education$4,763 (15.7%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $18,911 | 570 | 62.3% |
| Travel and Lodging | $6,703 | 33 | 22.1% |
| Education | $4,763 | 5 | 15.7% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stryker Corporation | $7,094 | 184 | $0 (2024) |
| Medinc of Texas | $3,988 | 11 | $0 (2023) |
| Wright Medical Technology, Inc. | $3,907 | 47 | $0 (2019) |
| Arthrex, Inc. | $3,262 | 23 | $0 (2024) |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. | $2,325 | 98 | $0 (2024) |
| Vilex LLC | $1,430 | 10 | $0 (2022) |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | $841.28 | 8 | $0 (2018) |
| Kerecis Limited | $828.37 | 7 | $0 (2024) |
| Mission Medical Distribution, LLC | $816.97 | 5 | $0 (2024) |
| Nevro Corp. | $752.26 | 17 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,133 | 94 | Stryker Corporation ($926.52) |
| 2023 | $2,564 | 70 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($649.83) |
| 2022 | $6,503 | 96 | Arthrex, Inc. ($1,606) |
| 2021 | $4,060 | 88 | Medinc of Texas ($1,200) |
| 2020 | $3,123 | 61 | Arthrex, Inc. ($1,119) |
| 2019 | $5,375 | 123 | Stryker Corporation ($2,381) |
| 2018 | $5,526 | 74 | WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. ($3,058) |
| 2017 | $93.24 | 2 | The Medicines Company ($93.24) |
All Payment Transactions
608 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 25
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30/2024 | Stryker Corporation | N/A (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.97 | General |
| Category: NEURO SPINE ENT | ||||||
| 12/20/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | GRAFIX PL (Medical Supply) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $52.46 | General |
| Category: Other Advanced Wound Management | ||||||
| 12/17/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | REGRANEX (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.46 | General |
| Category: Pharma Products | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | Stryker Corporation | N/A (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.52 | General |
| Category: NEURO SPINE ENT | ||||||
| 12/09/2024 | Stryker Corporation | N/A (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.85 | General |
| Category: NEURO SPINE ENT | ||||||
| 11/27/2024 | Stryker Corporation | N/A (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.80 | General |
| Category: NEURO SPINE ENT | ||||||
| 11/21/2024 | Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | NUZYRA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.37 | General |
| Category: ANTIBIOTIC | ||||||
| 11/13/2024 | Stryker Corporation | N/A (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.90 | General |
| Category: NEURO SPINE ENT | ||||||
| 11/08/2024 | Mission Medical Distribution, LLC | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.29 | General |
| 11/06/2024 | Stryker Corporation | N/A (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.57 | General |
| Category: NEURO SPINE ENT | ||||||
| 11/05/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | REGRANEX (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.03 | General |
| Category: Pharma Products | ||||||
| 11/04/2024 | Stryker Corporation | FLEXBAND (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.41 | General |
| Category: ORTHOPAEDICS | ||||||
| 10/24/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | REGRANEX (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $8.17 | General |
| Category: Pharma Products | ||||||
| 10/21/2024 | Vaporox, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $54.27 | General |
| 10/07/2024 | Organogenesis Inc. | PURAPLY AM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.43 | General |
| Category: WOUND CARE | ||||||
| 10/03/2024 | Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | NUZYRA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.48 | General |
| Category: ANTIBIOTIC | ||||||
| 09/25/2024 | Stryker Corporation | N/A (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.92 | General |
| Category: NEURO SPINE ENT | ||||||
| 09/18/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | GRAFIX PL (Medical Supply) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.18 | General |
| Category: Other Advanced Wound Management | ||||||
| 09/16/2024 | Stryker Corporation | N/A (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.26 | General |
| Category: NEURO SPINE ENT | ||||||
| 09/16/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | STRAVIX PL (Medical Supply) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.78 | General |
| Category: Extra Cellular Matrix | ||||||
| 09/13/2024 | Mission Medical Distribution, LLC | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.04 | General |
| 09/05/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $127.33 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 08/24/2024 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | STRAVIX PL (Medical Supply) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $130.63 | General |
| Category: Extra Cellular Matrix | ||||||
| 08/15/2024 | Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | NUZYRA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.84 | General |
| Category: ANTIBIOTIC | ||||||
| 08/14/2024 | Stryker Corporation | VARIAX (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.46 | General |
| Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMETIES | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 29 | 1,356 | 2,309 | $217,723 | $104,435 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,282 | 2,121 | $194,052 | $101,613 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,167 | 1,907 | $169,701 | $89,986 |
| 2020 | 17 | 960 | 1,600 | $156,068 | $74,702 |
Total Patients
4,765
Total Services
7,937
Medicare Billing
$370,735
Procedure Codes
89
All Medicare Procedures & Services
89 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 4
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 321 | 636 | $69,324 | $38,533 | 55.6% |
| 73630 | X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views | Office | 2023 | 191 | 318 | $14,870 | $7,525 | 50.6% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 112 | 112 | $17,696 | $7,434 | 42.0% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 69 | 82 | $13,038 | $7,189 | 55.1% |
| 11750 | Permanent removal fingernail or toenail | Office | 2023 | 49 | 65 | $19,500 | $6,888 | 35.3% |
| 11042 | Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less | Office | 2023 | 18 | 64 | $11,392 | $5,710 | 50.1% |
| 20604 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from small joint using ultrasound guidance | Office | 2023 | 39 | 61 | $6,867 | $3,525 | 51.3% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 32 | 32 | $7,712 | $3,437 | 44.6% |
| 99457 | Management using the results of remote vital sign monitoring per calendar month, first 20 minutes | Office | 2023 | 17 | 79 | $5,767 | $2,919 | 50.6% |
| 28010 | Repair of toe tendon | Office | 2023 | 12 | 13 | $6,500 | $2,058 | 31.7% |
| 11721 | Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails | Office | 2023 | 31 | 65 | $5,521 | $2,030 | 36.8% |
| 97597 | Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less | Office | 2023 | 14 | 27 | $3,483 | $1,994 | 57.2% |
| 20550 | Injection into tendon or ligament | Office | 2023 | 35 | 51 | $4,368 | $1,795 | 41.1% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 17 | $3,451 | $1,592 | 46.1% |
| 11056 | Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths | Office | 2023 | 11 | 23 | $2,254 | $1,325 | 58.8% |
| 20600 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from small joint | Office | 2023 | 28 | 36 | $2,592 | $1,312 | 50.6% |
| 99454 | Remote monitoring of physiologic parameters, initial supply of devices with daily recordings or programmed alerts transmission, each 30 days | Office | 2023 | 12 | 34 | $2,958 | $1,268 | 42.9% |
| 64450 | Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into other nerve or branch | Office | 2023 | 14 | 21 | $2,712 | $1,162 | 42.8% |
| 99212 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes | Office | 2023 | 25 | 30 | $1,980 | $1,152 | 58.2% |
| 11755 | Biopsy of fingernail or toenail | Office | 2023 | 12 | 12 | $2,148 | $1,085 | 50.5% |
| 11055 | Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 1 growth | Office | 2023 | 11 | 17 | $1,584 | $916.18 | 57.8% |
| 76942 | Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | Office | 2023 | 13 | 22 | $1,848 | $825.30 | 44.7% |
| 93923 | Complete ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | Office | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $2,123 | $753.05 | 35.5% |
| 99458 | Management using the results of remote vital sign monitoring per calendar month, each additional 20 minutes | Office | 2023 | 11 | 20 | $1,239 | $602.64 | 48.6% |
| G0127 | Trimming of dystrophic nails, any number | Office | 2023 | 22 | 41 | $1,435 | $545.44 | 38.0% |
About Dr. Robert Farber, DPM
Dr. Robert Farber, DPM is a Foot & Ankle Surgery healthcare provider based in San Antonio, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/02/2014. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1346652807.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Robert Farber, DPM has received a total of $30,377 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $3,133 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 608 transactions from 59 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($18,911).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Farber has provided services to 4,765 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 7,937 services with total Medicare billing of $370,735. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 89 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Foot & Ankle Surgery
- Location San Antonio, TX
- Active Since 06/02/2014
- Last Updated 07/12/2019
- Taxonomy Code 213ES0103X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1346652807
Products in Payments
- HINTERMANN (Device) $1,430
- ORTHOLOC (Device) $1,353
- INFINITY (Device) $1,279
- GRAFIX PL (Medical Supply) $1,010
- AXSOS (Device) $740.35
- Senza (Device) $722.91
- N/A (Device) $670.23
- ANCHORAGE (Device) $668.45
- ALLOWRAP (Device) $514.88
- VARIAX (Device) $503.00
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE (Device) $478.11
- TrueLok (Biological) $460.24
- Puraply (Medical Supply) $440.07
- Kerecis Omega3 Wound (Device) $417.90
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose (Device) $410.47
- HOFFMANN (Device) $397.08
- NUZYRA (Drug) $379.18
- MIS Instrumentation (Device) $353.31
- BIO4 (Device) $347.24
- KRYSTEXXA (Biological) $307.96
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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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