Dr. Samara Shipon, DO

NPI: 1487893152
Total Payments
$10,444
2023 Payments
$353.67
Companies
46
Transactions
289
Medicare Patients
932
Medicare Billing
$99,943

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$6,717 (64.3%)
Travel$3,607 (34.5%)
Other$110.77 (1.1%)
Education$9.73 (0.1%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $6,717 267 64.3%
Travel and Lodging $3,607 18 34.5%
Entertainment $110.77 1 1.1%
Education $9.73 3 0.1%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Abbott Laboratories $2,213 43 $0 (2023)
Medtronic USA, Inc. $1,875 27 $0 (2020)
Vertiflex, Inc. $1,788 12 $0 (2019)
Boston Scientific Corporation $598.81 34 $0 (2023)
Stryker Corporation $489.12 6 $0 (2018)
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $293.92 17 $0 (2019)
PFIZER INC. $234.79 17 $0 (2019)
Depomed, Inc. $219.83 10 $0 (2017)
Avanos Medical $218.65 3 $0 (2019)
SCILEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC. $180.71 10 $0 (2020)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2023 $353.67 6 Nevro Corp. ($142.84)
2022 $54.30 3 Boston Scientific Corporation ($54.30)
2021 $184.37 4 Abbott Laboratories ($145.50)
2020 $434.16 18 Medtronic USA, Inc. ($241.75)
2019 $4,899 115 Vertiflex, Inc. ($1,788)
2018 $3,274 78 Abbott Laboratories ($1,576)
2017 $1,245 65 Depomed, Inc. ($219.83)

All Payment Transactions

289 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 12

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
07/19/2023 Abbott Laboratories PROCLAIM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $65.00 General
Category: Neuromodulation
06/11/2023 Nevro Corp. Senza (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $142.84 General
Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator
06/10/2023 Medtronic, Inc. INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $82.96 General
Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation
04/19/2023 Boston Scientific Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.86 General
Category: General - Pain Management_NMD
04/03/2023 Boston Scientific Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.91 General
Category: General - Pain Management_NMD
01/11/2023 Boston Scientific Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.10 General
Category: General - Pain Management_NMD
11/08/2022 Boston Scientific Corporation General - Pain Management (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.33 General
Category: General - Pain Management_NMD
10/26/2022 Boston Scientific Corporation General - Pain Management (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.04 General
Category: General - Pain Management_NMD
09/12/2022 Boston Scientific Corporation General - Pain Management (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.93 General
Category: General - Pain Management_NMD
08/20/2021 Medtronic, Inc. INTELLIS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.40 General
Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation
06/28/2021 Almatica Pharma LLC NAPRELAN (Drug), GRALISE Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.47 General
Category: ANALGESIC
06/07/2021 Abbott Laboratories Proclaim IPG (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $137.12 General
Category: Neuromodulation
03/08/2021 Abbott Laboratories Proclaim IPG (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $8.38 General
Category: Neuromodulation
11/24/2020 Boston Scientific Corporation GENERAL - PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $11.68 General
Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT
09/11/2020 Boston Scientific Corporation GENERAL - PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.57 General
Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT
09/09/2020 Medtronic USA, Inc. KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.92 General
Category: Neuro Pain (includes Interventional)
03/12/2020 Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC RELISTOR (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.62 General
Category: GASTROENTEROLOGY
03/12/2020 Medtronic USA, Inc. INTELLIS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.77 General
Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation
03/05/2020 SCILEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC. ZTLido (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.34 General
Category: Analgesic
02/18/2020 Medtronic USA, Inc. INTELLIS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $72.16 General
Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation
02/17/2020 Abbott Laboratories Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.76 General
Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure
02/11/2020 GRT US Holding, Inc. Qutenza (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.04 General
Category: Pain Management
01/31/2020 Boston Scientific Corporation SPECTRA WAVEWRITER (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.13 General
Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT
01/29/2020 Bioventus LLC Durolane (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.02 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
01/29/2020 Abbott Laboratories Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.43 General
Category: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2021 7 147 179 $104,750 $12,191
2020 21 785 1,919 $903,925 $87,752
Total Patients
932
Total Services
2,098
Medicare Billing
$99,943
Procedure Codes
28

All Medicare Procedures & Services

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

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 71 85 $51,410 $6,566 12.8%
64483 Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level Office 2021 12 13 $24,378 $2,638 10.8%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Office 2021 18 18 $19,036 $1,666 8.8%
99213 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes Office 2021 11 12 $5,299 $745.04 14.1%
99152 Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes Office 2021 12 14 $4,564 $567.70 12.4%
J3010 Injection, fentanyl citrate, 0.1 mg Office 2021 11 13 $39.00 $6.38 16.4%
J2250 Injection, midazolam hydrochloride, per 1 mg Office 2021 12 24 $24.00 $1.94 8.1%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes Office 2020 141 228 $170,088 $17,356 10.2%
64483 Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance Office 2020 45 68 $156,894 $14,504 9.2%
62323 Injection of substance into spinal canal of lower back or sacrum using imaging guidance Office 2020 36 54 $88,560 $10,529 11.9%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes Office 2020 109 169 $83,993 $9,714 11.6%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes Office 2020 61 61 $75,762 $7,436 9.8%
64635 Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance Office 2020 11 18 $62,550 $5,877 9.4%
64636 Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves with imaging guidance Office 2020 11 34 $50,660 $4,629 9.1%
27096 Injection procedure into sacroiliac joint for anesthetic or steroid Office 2020 14 22 $49,533 $3,568 7.2%
62321 Injection of substance into spinal canal of upper or middle back using imaging guidance Office 2020 12 15 $27,675 $3,106 11.2%
64484 Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance Office 2020 22 34 $42,849 $2,868 6.7%
99152 Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes Office 2020 38 56 $45,976 $2,239 4.9%
99441 Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion Office 2020 34 50 $12,450 $1,767 14.2%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes Office 2020 21 21 $20,853 $1,680 8.1%
99442 Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion Office 2020 20 24 $5,976 $1,435 24.0%
J1040 Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg Office 2020 32 43 $5,143 $396.02 7.7%
J1030 Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg Office 2020 23 42 $1,230 $203.76 16.6%
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg Office 2020 27 175 $1,759 $199.73 11.4%
G2012 Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m servic Office 2020 11 12 $540.00 $134.45 24.9%

About Dr. Samara Shipon, DO

Dr. Samara Shipon, DO is a Anesthesiology healthcare provider based in Phoenix, Arizona. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 02/19/2009. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1487893152.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Samara Shipon, DO has received a total of $10,444 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $353.67 received in 2023. These payments were reported across 289 transactions from 46 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($6,717).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Shipon has provided services to 932 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 2,098 services with total Medicare billing of $99,943. Data is available for 2 years (2020–2021), covering 28 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Anesthesiology
  • Other Specialties Anesthesiology
  • Location Phoenix, AZ
  • Active Since 02/19/2009
  • Last Updated 03/01/2021
  • Taxonomy Code 207L00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1487893152

Products in Payments

  • Superion ISS (Device) $1,788
  • Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs (Device) $1,652
  • ACTIVOS (Device) $985.90
  • IVS - VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION PRODUCTS (Device) $489.12
  • INTELLIS (Device) $383.89
  • GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) $305.00
  • OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION (Device) $272.14
  • KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty (Device) $219.54
  • LYRICA (Drug) $198.41
  • Movantik (Drug) $179.95
  • PRIALT (Drug) $171.73
  • Nucynta (Drug) $170.57
  • COOLIEF COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY (Device) $148.35
  • ZTLido 30 POUCH in 1 CARTON 1 PATCH in 1 POUCH (Drug) $147.56
  • COOLIEF* COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY (Device) $145.56
  • Proclaim IPG (Device) $145.50
  • Senza (Device) $142.84
  • BELBUCA (Drug) $116.47
  • Protege Family of SCS IPGs (Device) $114.75
  • StimRouter for pain (Device) $110.77

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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