Dr. Rock Liu, MD

NPI: 1174601256
Total Payments
$1.7M
2024 Payments
$222,816
Companies
34
Transactions
1,786
Medicare Patients
1,259
Medicare Billing
$267,658

Payment Breakdown by Category

Education$830,433 (50.1%)
Other$623,041 (37.6%)
Travel$112,689 (6.8%)
Food & Beverage$67,850 (4.1%)
Consulting$21,915 (1.3%)
Gifts$240.64 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Education $830,433 369 50.1%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $611,761 292 36.9%
Travel and Lodging $112,689 457 6.8%
Food and Beverage $67,850 651 4.1%
Consulting Fee $21,915 7 1.3%
Honoraria $11,280 5 0.7%
Gift $240.64 5 0.0%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1.6M 1,592 $0 (2024)
Davol Inc. $25,276 66 $0 (2024)
Merit Medical Systems Inc $16,339 9 $0 (2019)
Covidien LP $6,980 19 $0 (2020)
Medtronic, Inc. $3,348 22 $0 (2024)
TELA Bio, Inc. $828.61 13 $0 (2024)
CONMED Corporation $281.87 6 $0 (2023)
Ethicon US, LLC $264.52 8 $0 (2022)
Allergan, Inc. $178.91 6 $0 (2022)
Applied Medical Resources Corporation $175.00 1 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $222,816 276 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. ($211,714)
2023 $247,781 258 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($246,527)
2022 $227,257 223 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($224,611)
2021 $183,327 180 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($169,760)
2020 $153,354 138 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($148,992)
2019 $379,917 402 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($365,777)
2018 $220,577 271 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($213,131)
2017 $21,139 38 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($20,776)

All Payment Transactions

1,786 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 72

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/27/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $2,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY
12/20/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $500.00 General
Category: SURGERY
12/19/2024 Davol Inc. Phasix Mesh (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $194.60 General
Category: Surgery
12/16/2024 Davol Inc. Phasix Mesh (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $89.05 General
Category: Surgery
12/16/2024 Davol Inc. Phasix Mesh (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $29.28 General
Category: Surgery
12/16/2024 Davol Inc. Phasix Mesh (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $6.62 General
Category: Surgery
12/15/2024 Davol Inc. Phasix Mesh (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $201.51 General
Category: Surgery
12/11/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $1,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY
12/11/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $1,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY
12/10/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $83.80 General
Category: SURGERY
12/10/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.80 General
Category: SURGERY
12/09/2024 Medtronic, Inc. DEXTILE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $67.54 General
Category: Hernia Repair
11/26/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $4,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY
11/26/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $500.00 General
Category: SURGERY
11/26/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $300.00 General
Category: SURGERY
11/26/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.67 General
Category: SURGERY
11/26/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.82 General
Category: SURGERY
11/26/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $6.25 General
Category: SURGERY
11/26/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $5.10 General
Category: SURGERY
11/26/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.63 General
Category: SURGERY
11/25/2024 Applied Medical Resources Corporation Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $175.00 General
11/24/2024 Davol Inc. Phasix Mesh (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $35.15 General
Category: Surgery
11/22/2024 Davol Inc. Phasix Mesh (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $443.99 General
Category: Surgery
11/21/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.00 General
Category: SURGERY
11/20/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $1,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 10 328 354 $319,668 $77,671
2022 9 330 368 $315,788 $75,127
2021 12 384 428 $331,900 $82,829
2020 9 217 223 $129,739 $32,030
Total Patients
1,259
Total Services
1,373
Medicare Billing
$267,658
Procedure Codes
40

All Medicare Procedures & Services

40 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
15734 Creation of muscle graft to trunk Facility 2023 14 25 $115,900 $26,079 22.5%
49650 Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope Facility 2023 37 38 $54,070 $16,233 30.0%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 58 58 $33,738 $7,309 21.7%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 36 36 $27,720 $6,786 24.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 47 53 $24,380 $5,646 23.2%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 64 69 $22,425 $4,940 22.0%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 27 30 $19,050 $4,857 25.5%
49324 Insertion of abdominal cavity tube using an endoscope Facility 2023 11 11 $12,595 $3,690 29.3%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 22 22 $8,602 $1,828 21.3%
76705 Limited ultrasound scan of abdomen Facility 2023 12 12 $1,188 $301.32 25.4%
15734 Creation of muscle graft to trunk Facility 2022 11 21 $97,356 $21,620 22.2%
49650 Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope Facility 2022 36 36 $52,967 $15,123 28.6%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 83 83 $48,555 $10,497 21.6%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2022 35 35 $26,950 $6,455 24.0%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 63 82 $26,650 $5,980 22.4%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 35 41 $18,860 $4,591 24.3%
49324 Insertion of abdominal cavity tube using an endoscope Facility 2022 14 14 $16,030 $4,103 25.6%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2022 23 26 $16,510 $4,064 24.6%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2022 30 30 $11,910 $2,695 22.6%
15734 Muscle flap wound repair at trunk Facility 2021 11 20 $92,720 $20,532 22.1%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Office 2021 88 88 $51,163 $12,828 25.1%
49650 Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope Facility 2021 31 31 $42,699 $12,513 29.3%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 48 59 $26,861 $6,555 24.4%
99205 New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes Office 2021 34 34 $25,950 $6,271 24.2%
99213 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes Office 2021 61 76 $24,472 $6,269 25.6%

About Dr. Rock Liu, MD

Dr. Rock Liu, MD is a Surgery healthcare provider based in Hayward, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 11/02/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1174601256.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Rock Liu, MD has received a total of $1.7M in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $222,816 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 1,786 transactions from 34 companies. The most common payment nature is "Education" ($830,433).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Liu has provided services to 1,259 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,373 services with total Medicare billing of $267,658. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 40 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Surgery
  • Location Hayward, CA
  • Active Since 11/02/2006
  • Last Updated 02/26/2025
  • Taxonomy Code 208600000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1174601256

Products in Payments

  • Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $1.5M
  • DA VINCI SP (Device) $107,388
  • Ostial Pro Stent Positioning System (Device) $6,579
  • Phasix Mesh (Device) $3,301
  • ProGrip (Device) $2,353
  • PHASIX (Device) $1,225
  • SIGNIA (Device) $716.79
  • Dextile (Device) $440.07
  • DAV-Phasix (Device) $320.33
  • OviTex 2S (Device) $293.99
  • LIGASURE (Device) $274.84
  • OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex) (Device) $270.91
  • Ovitex (Device) $263.71
  • AIRSEAL (Device) $262.22
  • V-LOC 180 (Device) $225.86
  • Phasix (Device) $172.55
  • STRATTICE (Device) $126.09
  • LigaSure (Device) $108.61
  • ENDO GIA ULTRA (Device) $103.08
  • Signia (Device) $94.86

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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