Total Payments
$8,051
2024 Payments
$138.90
Companies
5
Transactions
41
Medicare Patients
390
Medicare Billing
$67,194

Payment Breakdown by Category

Travel$3,536 (43.9%)
Other$3,000 (37.3%)
Food & Beverage$1,515 (18.8%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Travel and Lodging $3,536 16 43.9%
Debt forgiveness $3,000 1 37.3%
Food and Beverage $1,515 24 18.8%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. $6,094 19 $0 (2023)
Boston Scientific Corporation $868.24 11 $0 (2018)
Covidien LP $671.34 7 $0 (2017)
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $383.54 3 $0 (2024)
Stryker Corporation $33.76 1 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $138.90 2 W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. ($105.14)
2023 $1,314 9 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($1,314)
2021 $3,148 2 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($3,000)
2020 $1,056 7 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($1,056)
2019 $130.00 1 W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. ($130.00)
2018 $1,593 13 Boston Scientific Corporation ($868.24)
2017 $671.34 7 Covidien LP ($671.34)

All Payment Transactions

41 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 2

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
05/30/2024 W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $105.14 General
Category: Devices
02/07/2024 Stryker Corporation IRIS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $33.76 General
Category: LAPAROSCOPY
09/26/2023 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $100.17 General
Category: SURGERY
05/09/2023 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $111.86 General
Category: SURGERY
04/18/2023 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $50.42 General
Category: SURGERY
03/22/2023 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $161.09 General
Category: SURGERY
03/21/2023 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $161.09 General
Category: SURGERY
03/18/2023 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $231.86 General
Category: SURGERY
03/17/2023 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.98 General
Category: SURGERY
02/17/2023 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $449.24 General
Category: SURGERY
02/17/2023 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $19.00 General
Category: SURGERY
07/23/2021 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Debt forgiveness In-kind items and services $3,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY
06/04/2021 W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $148.40 General
Category: Devices
04/08/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $94.56 General
Category: SURGERY
04/08/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.04 General
Category: SURGERY
03/09/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $146.89 General
Category: SURGERY
03/05/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $193.10 General
Category: SURGERY
03/05/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.95 General
Category: SURGERY
02/20/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $563.05 General
Category: SURGERY
02/20/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $19.00 General
Category: SURGERY
12/12/2019 W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $130.00 General
Category: Devices
10/05/2018 Boston Scientific Corporation GENERAL THERAPIES (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $220.06 General
Category: THERAPIES
10/05/2018 Boston Scientific Corporation RESOLUTION CLIP (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $49.29 General
Category: BILIARY DEVICES
10/04/2018 Boston Scientific Corporation GENERAL THERAPIES (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $85.51 General
Category: THERAPIES
10/04/2018 Boston Scientific Corporation GENERAL THERAPIES (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $58.20 General
Category: THERAPIES

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 1 16 24 $17,544 $4,187
2022 3 47 57 $25,965 $7,121
2021 8 175 242 $83,208 $23,708
2020 6 152 247 $120,237 $32,178
Total Patients
390
Total Services
570
Medicare Billing
$67,194
Procedure Codes
18

All Medicare Procedures & Services

18 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes Facility 2023 16 24 $17,544 $4,187 23.9%
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes Facility 2022 21 27 $19,737 $4,873 24.7%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 15 19 $3,192 $1,246 39.0%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2022 11 11 $3,036 $1,002 33.0%
99291 Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes Facility 2021 32 59 $42,329 $10,398 24.6%
99232 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day Facility 2021 52 76 $13,756 $4,385 31.9%
99203 New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes Office 2021 24 24 $6,454 $2,083 32.3%
99292 Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient Facility 2021 12 22 $7,087 $2,011 28.4%
99213 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes Office 2021 17 22 $3,696 $1,556 42.1%
99233 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day Facility 2021 14 15 $3,900 $1,262 32.4%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 13 13 $3,302 $1,098 33.3%
99221 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day Facility 2021 11 11 $2,684 $915.53 34.1%
99291 Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes Facility 2020 70 127 $90,805 $23,231 25.6%
99292 Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient Facility 2020 18 42 $13,482 $3,929 29.1%
99232 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day Facility 2020 27 36 $6,516 $2,000 30.7%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes Office 2020 14 14 $3,626 $1,165 32.1%
99233 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day Facility 2020 11 12 $3,120 $1,003 32.1%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes Office 2020 12 16 $2,688 $850.08 31.6%

About Dr. Timothy Hester, D.O

Dr. Timothy Hester, D.O is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in Jacksonville, Florida. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/26/2011. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1699074856.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Timothy Hester, D.O has received a total of $8,051 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $138.90 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 41 transactions from 5 companies. The most common payment nature is "Travel and Lodging" ($3,536).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Hester has provided services to 390 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 570 services with total Medicare billing of $67,194. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 18 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $6,094
  • ProGrip (Device) $671.34
  • GENERAL THERAPIES (Device) $381.27
  • WALLFLEX (Device) $254.20
  • RESOLUTION CLIP (Device) $183.19
  • GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft (Device) $148.40
  • Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis (Device) $130.00
  • GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis (Device) $105.14
  • GENERAL METAL STENTS GI (Device) $35.25
  • IRIS (Device) $33.76
  • DREAMTOME (Device) $14.33

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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