Total Payments
$38,576
2024 Payments
$476.44
Companies
9
Transactions
39
Medicare Patients
3,372
Medicare Billing
$712,841
Payment Breakdown by Category
Consulting$20,485 (53.1%)
Other$11,555 (30.0%)
Travel$5,147 (13.3%)
Food & Beverage$1,389 (3.6%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $20,485 | 5 | 53.1% |
| Honoraria | $8,500 | 2 | 22.0% |
| Travel and Lodging | $5,147 | 9 | 13.3% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $2,040 | 2 | 5.3% |
| Food and Beverage | $1,389 | 19 | 3.6% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program | $1,000 | 1 | 2.6% |
| Entertainment | $15.36 | 1 | 0.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | $21,010 | 15 | $0 (2020) |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics Limited | $9,337 | 7 | $0 (2024) |
| Novocure Inc. | $4,248 | 5 | $0 (2017) |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | $2,412 | 4 | $0 (2024) |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | $1,000 | 1 | $0 (2017) |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | $207.20 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| GE HEALTHCARE | $172.00 | 2 | $0 (2024) |
| Elekta, Inc. | $124.07 | 3 | $0 (2023) |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | $66.78 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $476.44 | 5 | Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. ($207.20) |
| 2023 | $103.80 | 2 | GE HEALTHCARE ($86.00) |
| 2022 | $10,128 | 7 | Blue Earth Diagnostics Limited ($9,161) |
| 2021 | $1,505 | 2 | Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. ($1,350) |
| 2020 | $1,101 | 2 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. ($1,101) |
| 2019 | $4,451 | 4 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. ($4,360) |
| 2018 | $442.77 | 2 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. ($442.77) |
| 2017 | $20,370 | 15 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. ($15,107) |
All Payment Transactions
39 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 2
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/30/2024 | Blue Earth Diagnostics Limited | POSLUMA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.34 | General |
| Category: Diagnostic Imaging | ||||||
| 08/15/2024 | Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | ZAP-X MV IMAGER (Device), ZAP-X TREATMENT PLANNING SOFTWARE, ZAP-X TREATMENT DELIVERY SOFTWARE | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $207.20 | General |
| Category: GYROSCOPIC RADIOSURGERY | ||||||
| 04/03/2024 | GE HEALTHCARE | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $86.00 | General |
| 02/22/2024 | Carbofix Spine Inc | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $66.78 | General |
| 02/21/2024 | Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | Clinac iX (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $95.12 | General |
| Category: Oncology | ||||||
| 10/02/2023 | GE HEALTHCARE | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $86.00 | General |
| 02/07/2023 | Elekta, Inc. | ELEKTA UNITY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.80 | General |
| Category: LINAC SOLUTIONS (MR-LINAC) | ||||||
| 10/12/2022 | Blue Earth Diagnostics Limited | Axumin (Drug) | Honoraria | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,500.00 | General |
| Category: Diagnostic Imaging | ||||||
| 10/12/2022 | Blue Earth Diagnostics Limited | Axumin (Drug) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $904.63 | General |
| Category: Diagnostic Imaging | ||||||
| 10/12/2022 | Blue Earth Diagnostics Limited | Axumin (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $49.10 | General |
| Category: Diagnostic Imaging | ||||||
| 09/15/2022 | Blue Earth Diagnostics Limited | Axumin (Drug) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,707.17 | General |
| Category: Diagnostic Imaging | ||||||
| 09/01/2022 | Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | TrueBeam (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $900.00 | General |
| Category: Oncology | ||||||
| 05/31/2022 | Blue Earth Diagnostics Limited | Axumin (Drug) | 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 | $1,000.00 | General |
| Category: Diagnostic Imaging | ||||||
| 02/26/2022 | Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $67.00 | General |
| 11/20/2021 | Blue Earth Diagnostics Limited | Axumin (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $154.55 | General |
| Category: Diagnostic Imaging | ||||||
| 11/12/2021 | Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,350.00 | General |
| 09/24/2020 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | OTHER (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 | $1,040.00 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 02/22/2020 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | Radiation Oncology (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $60.55 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 11/02/2019 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $73.71 | General |
| 09/14/2019 | Elekta, Inc. | Icon (Device), Perfection | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $90.91 | General |
| Category: ELEKTA LEKSELL GAMMA KNIFE | ||||||
| 09/04/2019 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | OTHER (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,225.20 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 02/23/2019 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $60.74 | General |
| 10/23/2018 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | TrueBeam (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $265.80 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 10/23/2018 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | TrueBeam (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $176.97 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 11/13/2017 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | OTHER (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,670.00 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14 | 695 | 2,289 | $1.9M | $159,674 |
| 2022 | 18 | 883 | 2,406 | $2.0M | $179,410 |
| 2021 | 18 | 897 | 2,538 | $2.1M | $192,612 |
| 2020 | 22 | 897 | 2,383 | $2.1M | $181,145 |
Total Patients
3,372
Total Services
9,616
Medicare Billing
$712,841
Procedure Codes
73
All Medicare Procedures & Services
73 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77334 | Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device | Facility | 2023 | 112 | 604 | $256,096 | $27,706 | 10.8% |
| 77432 | Management of complete single session course of cranial lesion surgery using radiation | Facility | 2023 | 51 | 65 | $389,545 | $20,956 | 5.4% |
| 77300 | Calculation of radiation therapy dose | Facility | 2023 | 89 | 765 | $217,260 | $19,296 | 8.9% |
| 77435 | Management of cranial lesion surgery using radiation over multiple sessions | Facility | 2023 | 26 | 31 | $134,323 | $15,312 | 11.4% |
| 77263 | Complex radiation therapy planning | Facility | 2023 | 102 | 121 | $307,461 | $15,123 | 4.9% |
| 77295 | 3d radiation therapy planning | Facility | 2023 | 60 | 75 | $219,375 | $12,882 | 5.9% |
| 77014 | Ct guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields | Facility | 2023 | 45 | 351 | $108,459 | $11,928 | 11.0% |
| 77301 | High precision radiation therapy planning | Facility | 2023 | 29 | 33 | $95,733 | $10,471 | 10.9% |
| 77427 | Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions | Facility | 2023 | 26 | 66 | $80,850 | $9,682 | 12.0% |
| 77338 | Design and construction of radiation treatment device for high precision radiation therapy | Facility | 2023 | 29 | 33 | $51,414 | $5,712 | 11.1% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 43 | 43 | $26,118 | $4,314 | 16.5% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 42 | 59 | $15,931 | $2,839 | 17.8% |
| 77470 | Special radiation treatment | Facility | 2023 | 30 | 32 | $23,552 | $2,630 | 11.2% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $4,609 | $823.13 | 17.9% |
| 77334 | Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device | Facility | 2022 | 126 | 576 | $221,760 | $26,788 | 12.1% |
| 77432 | Management of complete single session course of cranial lesion surgery using radiation | Facility | 2022 | 69 | 81 | $441,288 | $26,656 | 6.0% |
| 77300 | Calculation of radiation therapy dose | Facility | 2022 | 107 | 952 | $245,616 | $24,113 | 9.8% |
| 77435 | Management of cranial lesion surgery using radiation over multiple sessions | Facility | 2022 | 35 | 39 | $153,621 | $19,539 | 12.7% |
| 77263 | Complex radiation therapy planning | Facility | 2022 | 121 | 149 | $344,190 | $18,849 | 5.5% |
| 77295 | 3d radiation therapy planning | Facility | 2022 | 74 | 90 | $239,310 | $15,806 | 6.6% |
| 77301 | High precision radiation therapy planning | Facility | 2022 | 30 | 35 | $92,295 | $11,239 | 12.2% |
| 77427 | Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions | Facility | 2022 | 42 | 52 | $57,928 | $7,715 | 13.3% |
| 77338 | Design and construction of radiation treatment device for high precision radiation therapy | Facility | 2022 | 29 | 34 | $48,144 | $5,975 | 12.4% |
| 77014 | Ct guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields | Facility | 2022 | 34 | 149 | $41,869 | $5,150 | 12.3% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 49 | 49 | $26,852 | $4,999 | 18.6% |
About Dr. Samuel Chao, M.D
Dr. Samuel Chao, M.D is a Radiation Oncology healthcare provider based in Cleveland, Ohio. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/29/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1386658656.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Samuel Chao, M.D has received a total of $38,576 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $476.44 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 39 transactions from 9 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($20,485).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Chao has provided services to 3,372 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 9,616 services with total Medicare billing of $712,841. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 73 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Radiation Oncology
- Location Cleveland, OH
- Active Since 07/29/2006
- Last Updated 04/02/2008
- Taxonomy Code 2085R0001X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1386658656
Products in Payments
- OTHER (Device) $19,556
- Axumin (Drug) $9,315
- Optune (Device) $4,248
- TrueBeam (Device) $1,947
- INTRABEAM (Device) $1,000
- ZAP-X MV IMAGER (Device) $207.20
- Icon (Device) $106.27
- Clinac iX (Device) $95.12
- Radiation Oncology (Device) $60.55
- POSLUMA (Drug) $21.34
- ELEKTA UNITY (Device) $17.80
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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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