Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | $48,375 | 16 | 75.3% |
| Consulting Fee | $8,105 | 4 | 12.6% |
| Travel and Lodging | $4,440 | 29 | 6.9% |
| Food and Beverage | $3,349 | 44 | 5.2% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $40,437 | 66 | $0 (2024) |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | $15,000 | 3 | $0 (2018) |
| DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | $7,737 | 9 | $0 (2022) |
| Stryker Corporation | $606.90 | 8 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic USA, Inc. | $158.05 | 1 | $0 (2017) |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $157.22 | 3 | $0 (2018) |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $137.09 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
| Intellijoint Surgical Inc. | $20.71 | 1 | $0 (2020) |
| KCI USA, Inc. | $13.71 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $38,375 | 47 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($38,275) |
| 2023 | $1,767 | 3 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($1,767) |
| 2022 | $4,034 | 6 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ($3,913) |
| 2021 | $11.61 | 1 | Stryker Corporation ($11.61) |
| 2020 | $3,446 | 6 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ($3,402) |
| 2019 | $364.62 | 4 | Stryker Corporation ($227.53) |
| 2018 | $4,861 | 23 | Smith & Nephew, Inc. ($3,750) |
| 2017 | $11,408 | 3 | Smith & Nephew, Inc. ($11,250) |
All Payment Transactions
93 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 4
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/19/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.78 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 11/19/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.13 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 11/19/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.00 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 11/19/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.00 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 10/29/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | G7 (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $5,125.00 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 10/29/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | G7 (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,625.00 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 10/29/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | G7 (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,375.00 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 10/29/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | G7 (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,000.00 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 10/29/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | G7 (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,000.00 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 10/29/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | G7 (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,000.00 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 09/27/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $154.08 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 09/26/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $20.25 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 09/24/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $65.62 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 09/24/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.75 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 09/24/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Persona (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $7.12 | General |
| Category: Knees | ||||||
| 09/23/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $113.38 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 09/23/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $56.77 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 09/23/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.48 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 09/23/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Persona (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.53 | General |
| Category: Knees | ||||||
| 09/22/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $981.04 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 09/22/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $85.45 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 08/23/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $23.90 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 08/23/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $10.35 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 08/23/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $10.35 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 08/14/2024 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | Avenir (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $986.12 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | 863 | 1,592 | $1.3M | $161,957 |
| 2022 | 8 | 814 | 1,562 | $1.2M | $158,233 |
| 2021 | 7 | 480 | 650 | $718,504 | $96,857 |
| 2020 | 9 | 510 | 693 | $634,311 | $85,405 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
48 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27447 | Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | Facility | 2023 | 47 | 54 | $583,807 | $62,585 | 10.7% |
| 27130 | Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis | Facility | 2023 | 33 | 37 | $395,359 | $42,663 | 10.8% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 176 | 235 | $71,802 | $17,165 | 23.9% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 141 | 141 | $64,782 | $12,915 | 19.9% |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | Office | 2023 | 107 | 139 | $74,003 | $8,581 | 11.6% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 67 | 73 | $30,826 | $7,048 | 22.9% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 114 | 129 | $43,668 | $6,264 | 14.3% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 25 | 25 | $9,319 | $1,994 | 21.4% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 16 | 16 | $6,434 | $964.72 | 15.0% |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | Facility | 2023 | 20 | 21 | $13,978 | $821.98 | 5.9% |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | Office | 2023 | 101 | 704 | $4,928 | $587.77 | 11.9% |
| 97605 | Therapy procedure using a special bandage and vacuum pump, surface area 50.0 sq cm or less | Facility | 2023 | 16 | 18 | $3,277 | $367.20 | 11.2% |
| 27447 | Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | Facility | 2022 | 43 | 51 | $529,859 | $59,664 | 11.3% |
| 27130 | Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis | Facility | 2022 | 31 | 34 | $353,411 | $39,360 | 11.1% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 101 | 113 | $46,130 | $11,629 | 25.2% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2022 | 101 | 150 | $43,703 | $11,036 | 25.3% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 147 | 177 | $53,611 | $9,467 | 17.7% |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | Office | 2022 | 76 | 122 | $64,250 | $7,737 | 12.0% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2022 | 83 | 83 | $37,039 | $7,485 | 20.2% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 79 | 88 | $29,596 | $7,130 | 24.1% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 34 | 34 | $13,152 | $2,103 | 16.0% |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | Facility | 2022 | 34 | 37 | $24,228 | $1,757 | 7.3% |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | Office | 2022 | 73 | 660 | $4,620 | $589.69 | 12.8% |
| 97605 | Therapy procedure using a special bandage and vacuum pump, surface area 50.0 sq cm or less | Facility | 2022 | 12 | 13 | $2,278 | $275.43 | 12.1% |
| 27447 | Repair of knee joint, lower or upper part of joint, inside and outside area | Facility | 2021 | 30 | 35 | $352,807 | $41,587 | 11.8% |
About Sara Wallace
Sara Wallace is a Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Chicago, Illinois. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/22/2012. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1174899207.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Sara Wallace has received a total of $64,268 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $38,375 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 93 transactions from 9 companies. The most common payment nature is "Education" ($48,375).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Wallace has provided services to 2,667 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 4,497 services with total Medicare billing of $502,452. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 48 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery
- Location Chicago, IL
- Active Since 03/22/2012
- Last Updated 10/24/2022
- Taxonomy Code 207XS0114X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1174899207
Products in Payments
- G7 (Device) $31,810
- Velys (Device) $3,402
- VELYS Hip Navigation (Device) $3,237
- Persona (Device) $3,078
- Avenir (Device) $2,620
- ROSA (Device) $1,767
- PINNACLE (Device) $1,096
- MAKO (Device) $363.97
- AQUAMANTYS (Device) $158.05
- Vanguard (Device) $140.19
- Arcos (Device) $138.05
- ACCOLADE (Device) $118.88
- TRIATHLON (Device) $100.31
- ATTUNE (Device) $89.36
- TRI-LOCK (Device) $42.35
- TRIDENT (Device) $23.74
- Intellijoint HIP (Device) $20.71
- PREVENA (Device) $13.71
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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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