Dr. Robert Rao, M.D

NPI: 1437114485
Total Payments
$5,336
2024 Payments
$416.50
Companies
43
Transactions
122
Medicare Patients
2,193
Medicare Billing
$290,984

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$3,147 (59.0%)
Consulting$1,800 (33.7%)
Travel$297.35 (5.6%)
Education$91.99 (1.7%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $3,147 117 59.0%
Consulting Fee $1,800 1 33.7%
Travel and Lodging $297.35 2 5.6%
Education $91.99 2 1.7%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Covidien LP $2,350 16 $0 (2018)
Davol Inc. $532.00 8 $0 (2023)
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $337.87 3 $0 (2019)
Ethicon US, LLC $286.88 6 $0 (2024)
CSL Behring $207.55 10 $0 (2024)
Genentech USA, Inc. $202.25 8 $0 (2019)
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $175.03 5 $0 (2019)
Boston Scientific Corporation $95.71 4 $0 (2024)
Kerecis Limited $95.61 2 $0 (2024)
Mallinckrodt LLC $94.94 5 $0 (2017)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $416.50 18 Boston Scientific Corporation ($95.71)
2023 $568.45 18 Ethicon US, LLC ($260.88)
2022 $47.82 3 Davol Inc. ($35.91)
2021 $26.56 2 PROCEPT BioRobotics Corporation ($14.14)
2020 $65.36 3 Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC ($28.47)
2019 $591.82 18 W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. ($144.58)
2018 $665.41 20 DAVOL INC. ($313.57)
2017 $2,955 40 Covidien LP ($2,331)

All Payment Transactions

122 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 5

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/15/2024 Hologic Sales and Service, LLC TRUNODE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.54 General
Category: Breast and Skeletal Health
11/12/2024 Ethicon US, LLC VISTASEAL (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.00 General
Category: Biosurgical
11/06/2024 Hologic Sales and Service, LLC TRUNODE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.39 General
Category: Breast and Skeletal Health
10/15/2024 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.58 General
09/25/2024 Sirius Medical Systems PINTUITION (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $24.50 General
Category: SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
09/24/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. Education In-kind items and services $20.00 General
08/07/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. OASIS (Device), STRAVIX PL Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.21 General
Category: Extra Cellular Matrix
06/26/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Rezum Generator (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.18 General
Category: rezum_URO
05/31/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Rezum Generator (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.10 General
Category: rezum_URO
05/08/2024 LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. ARTEGRAFT VASCULAR GRAFT (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $15.85 General
Category: ARTEGRAFT
05/08/2024 LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. ARTEGRAFT VASCULAR GRAFT (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $14.04 General
Category: ARTEGRAFT
05/01/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Rezum Generator (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.75 General
Category: rezum_URO
04/23/2024 CONMED Corporation AIRSEAL (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.86 General
Category: GENERAL SURGERY
04/23/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Rezum Generator (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.68 General
Category: rezum_URO
03/20/2024 Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. GATTEX (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.78 General
Category: INTERNAL MEDICINE
03/06/2024 Kerecis Limited Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose (Device), Kerecis Omega3 Marigen, Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $48.67 General
Category: Wound Care
01/25/2024 Trevena, Inc. OLINVYK (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $30.45 General
Category: Pain Management
01/18/2024 CSL Behring Kcentra (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $29.92 General
Category: Trauma (Emergency, Injury, Surgery)
10/25/2023 Ethicon US, LLC Echelon; Endopath (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $32.42 General
Category: Endo-Mechanical
10/18/2023 Kerecis Limited Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose (Device), Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide, Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $46.94 General
Category: Wound Care
10/04/2023 Trevena, Inc. OLINVYK (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $24.20 General
Category: Pain Management
09/06/2023 Monaghan Medical Corporation AeroChamber (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.05 General
Category: Chamber
08/29/2023 CSL Behring Kcentra (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.74 General
Category: Trauma (Emergency, Injury, Surgery)
08/29/2023 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.39 General
Category: SURGERY
08/23/2023 Ethicon US, LLC Echelon Circular (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $32.41 General
Category: Endo-Mechanical

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 18 713 873 $315,767 $95,965
2022 16 564 717 $247,933 $79,334
2021 11 513 667 $151,045 $64,899
2020 12 403 515 $144,120 $50,787
Total Patients
2,193
Total Services
2,772
Medicare Billing
$290,984
Procedure Codes
60

All Medicare Procedures & Services

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

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 221 297 $51,975 $20,797 40.0%
19301 Partial removal of breast Facility 2023 27 29 $56,882 $17,614 31.0%
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes Facility 2023 71 132 $19,008 $8,931 47.0%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 63 74 $18,204 $7,460 41.0%
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes Facility 2023 53 54 $21,654 $7,433 34.3%
49650 Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope Facility 2023 14 14 $29,750 $6,994 23.5%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 52 52 $17,836 $6,365 35.7%
36561 Insertion of central venous tube with port (5 years or older) Facility 2023 13 13 $41,561 $3,836 9.2%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 35 35 $8,470 $2,848 33.6%
38525 Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm Facility 2023 13 13 $16,939 $2,639 15.6%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Facility 2023 23 23 $7,889 $2,638 33.4%
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes Facility 2023 20 20 $5,620 $2,238 39.8%
38900 Imaging of lymph nodes during surgery Facility 2023 16 16 $7,280 $2,028 27.9%
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes Facility 2023 11 14 $2,884 $1,425 49.4%
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes Office 2023 22 28 $3,080 $1,253 40.7%
76998 Ultrasonic guidance during surgery Facility 2023 16 16 $3,200 $880.16 27.5%
76098 X-ray of surgical specimen Facility 2023 20 20 $1,500 $258.80 17.3%
77001 Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion or removal of central vein access device Facility 2023 12 12 $660.00 $187.44 28.4%
76937 Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access Facility 2023 11 11 $1,375 $138.38 10.1%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 135 194 $28,102 $13,391 47.7%
19301 Partial removal of breast Facility 2022 20 20 $38,960 $12,438 31.9%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes Facility 2022 61 61 $24,056 $9,888 41.1%
99232 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes Facility 2022 68 160 $22,430 $9,364 41.7%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 46 46 $15,778 $5,943 37.7%
49650 Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope Facility 2022 12 12 $24,650 $5,869 23.8%

About Dr. Robert Rao, M.D

Dr. Robert Rao, M.D is a Surgery healthcare provider based in Arlington Heights, Illinois. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/20/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1437114485.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Robert Rao, M.D has received a total of $5,336 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $416.50 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 122 transactions from 43 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($3,147).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Rao has provided services to 2,193 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 2,772 services with total Medicare billing of $290,984. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 60 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Surgery
  • Location Arlington Heights, IL
  • Active Since 04/20/2006
  • Last Updated 05/10/2021
  • Taxonomy Code 208600000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1437114485

Products in Payments

  • Parietene (Device) $2,196
  • FLOSEAL (Biological) $212.87
  • Kcentra (Biological) $207.55
  • PROGEL (Device) $169.56
  • DAV-Phasix (Device) $167.64
  • Perjeta (Biological) $164.33
  • SYNECOR Biomaterial (Device) $160.21
  • PHASIX (Device) $130.24
  • TISSEEL (Biological) $125.00
  • Echelon Circular (Device) $119.86
  • Echelon Flex (Device) $108.60
  • Rezum Generator (Device) $95.71
  • Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose (Device) $95.61
  • OFIRMEV (Drug) $94.94
  • OLINVYK (Drug) $71.64
  • Caldolor (Drug) $57.33
  • Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $51.35
  • Phasix Mesh (Device) $50.79
  • ReliaTack (Device) $49.63
  • HEMOBLAST BELLOWS (Device) $46.67

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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