Total Payments
$37,743
2024 Payments
$14,155
Companies
6
Transactions
192
Medicare Patients
553
Medicare Billing
$255,110
Payment Breakdown by Category
Other$25,525 (67.6%)
Food & Beverage$8,039 (21.3%)
Travel$2,978 (7.9%)
Consulting$1,200 (3.2%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $25,525 | 22 | 67.6% |
| Food and Beverage | $8,039 | 158 | 21.3% |
| Travel and Lodging | $2,978 | 10 | 7.9% |
| Consulting Fee | $1,200 | 2 | 3.2% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $32,718 | 160 | $0 (2024) |
| NEUROPACE, INC. | $2,740 | 12 | $0 (2024) |
| ClearPoint Neuro, Inc. | $1,393 | 3 | $0 (2023) |
| InSightec,Inc | $451.34 | 4 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $426.23 | 12 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic USA, Inc. | $14.38 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14,155 | 46 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($11,859) |
| 2023 | $15,507 | 57 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($13,760) |
| 2022 | $5,254 | 53 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($4,376) |
| 2021 | $2,661 | 30 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($2,573) |
| 2020 | $150.33 | 5 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($150.33) |
| 2019 | $14.38 | 1 | Medtronic USA, Inc. ($14.38) |
All Payment Transactions
192 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 8
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/17/2024 | NEUROPACE, INC. | RNS Neurostimulator Kit (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $600.00 | General |
| Category: Epilepsy | ||||||
| 12/15/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.10 | General |
| Category: General - DBS_NMD | ||||||
| 12/12/2024 | NEUROPACE, INC. | RNS Neurostimulator Kit (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $600.00 | General |
| Category: Epilepsy | ||||||
| 11/25/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $7.63 | General |
| Category: General - DBS_NMD | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $44.98 | General |
| Category: Deep Brain Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 11/01/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.40 | General |
| Category: General - DBS_NMD | ||||||
| 10/18/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.47 | General |
| Category: General - DBS_NMD | ||||||
| 10/08/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.45 | General |
| Category: General - DBS_NMD | ||||||
| 10/04/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $7.46 | General |
| Category: General - DBS_NMD | ||||||
| 09/25/2024 | InSightec,Inc | Exablate (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $23.79 | General |
| Category: Neurology | ||||||
| 09/14/2024 | NEUROPACE, INC. | RNS Neurostimulator Kit (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $623.05 | General |
| Category: Epilepsy | ||||||
| 09/14/2024 | NEUROPACE, INC. | RNS Neurostimulator Kit (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $255.67 | General |
| Category: Epilepsy | ||||||
| 09/14/2024 | NEUROPACE, INC. | RNS Neurostimulator Kit (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $82.08 | General |
| Category: Epilepsy | ||||||
| 09/10/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.34 | General |
| Category: General - DBS_NMD | ||||||
| 08/22/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $42.75 | General |
| Category: General - DBS_NMD | ||||||
| 08/22/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $42.75 | General |
| Category: General - DBS_NMD | ||||||
| 08/21/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | Vercise (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.71 | General |
| Category: Vercise_NMD | ||||||
| 08/16/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.80 | General |
| Category: General - DBS_NMD | ||||||
| 07/22/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | 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 | $550.00 | General |
| Category: General - DBS_NMD | ||||||
| 07/22/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | 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 | $550.00 | General |
| Category: General - DBS_NMD | ||||||
| 07/22/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $36.73 | General |
| Category: General - DBS_NMD | ||||||
| 07/19/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $9.43 | General |
| Category: General - DBS_NMD | ||||||
| 06/28/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.16 | General |
| Category: General - DBS_NMD | ||||||
| 06/04/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $37.68 | General |
| Category: General - DBS_NMD | ||||||
| 05/24/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.91 | General |
| Category: General - DBS_NMD | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | 197 | 204 | $497,434 | $104,068 |
| 2022 | 8 | 227 | 236 | $479,251 | $97,562 |
| 2021 | 6 | 112 | 116 | $269,088 | $47,729 |
| 2020 | 1 | 17 | 18 | $89,694 | $5,751 |
Total Patients
553
Total Services
574
Medicare Billing
$255,110
Procedure Codes
22
All Medicare Procedures & Services
22 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61867 | Removal of skull bone with computer-assisted insertion of neurostimulator electrodes in brain with recording, first array | Facility | 2023 | 28 | 28 | $253,680 | $55,810 | 22.0% |
| 61886 | Insertion of brain neurostimulator pulse device with connection to 2 or more electrode arrays | Facility | 2023 | 31 | 31 | $98,642 | $24,802 | 25.1% |
| 61868 | Removal of skull bone with computer-assisted insertion of neurostimulator electrodes in brain with recording, each additional array | Facility | 2023 | 25 | 30 | $117,750 | $12,548 | 10.7% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 62 | 62 | $14,314 | $6,945 | 48.5% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 16 | 17 | $4,986 | $1,501 | 30.1% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 18 | 18 | $3,330 | $1,363 | 40.9% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 18 | $4,732 | $1,098 | 23.2% |
| 61867 | Removal of skull bone with computer-assisted insertion of neurostimulator electrodes in brain with recording, first array | Facility | 2022 | 26 | 26 | $235,560 | $51,099 | 21.7% |
| 61886 | Insertion of brain neurostimulator pulse device with connection to 2 or more electrode arrays | Facility | 2022 | 27 | 28 | $89,096 | $19,909 | 22.3% |
| 61868 | Removal of skull bone with computer-assisted insertion of neurostimulator electrodes in brain with recording, each additional array | Facility | 2022 | 25 | 27 | $105,975 | $11,176 | 10.5% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 69 | 69 | $24,558 | $7,956 | 32.4% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 34 | 39 | $11,596 | $3,463 | 29.9% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 14 | $5,200 | $1,683 | 32.4% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 21 | 21 | $5,010 | $1,563 | 31.2% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 12 | 12 | $2,256 | $714.67 | 31.7% |
| 61867 | Implantation of brain neurostimulator electrodes microelectrode recording | Facility | 2021 | 19 | 20 | $140,430 | $23,114 | 16.5% |
| 61886 | Insertion or replacement of brain neurostimulator generator or receiver with connection to multiple electrodes | Facility | 2021 | 18 | 18 | $57,276 | $13,825 | 24.1% |
| 61868 | Implantation of brain neurostimulator electrodes with microelectrode recording | Facility | 2021 | 15 | 16 | $53,969 | $4,984 | 9.2% |
| 99204 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 25 | 25 | $6,950 | $3,127 | 45.0% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 23 | 24 | $6,888 | $2,190 | 31.8% |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 12 | 13 | $3,575 | $490.30 | 13.7% |
| 61867 | Implantation of brain neurostimulator electrodes microelectrode recording | Facility | 2020 | 17 | 18 | $89,694 | $5,751 | 6.4% |
About Dr. Vivek Buch, MD
Dr. Vivek Buch, MD is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in Stanford, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/28/2012. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1821352337.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Vivek Buch, MD has received a total of $37,743 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $14,155 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 192 transactions from 6 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($25,525).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Buch has provided services to 553 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 574 services with total Medicare billing of $255,110. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 22 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Neurological Surgery
- Location Stanford, CA
- Active Since 06/28/2012
- Last Updated 04/26/2024
- Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- Practice Solo Practitioner
- NPI Number 1821352337
Products in Payments
- Vercise (Device) $20,454
- RNS Neurostimulator Kit (Device) $2,740
- General - DBS (Device) $2,581
- GENERAL - DBS (Device) $2,067
- CLEARPOINT (Device) $1,393
- GENERAL DBS (Device) $759.54
- Exablate (Device) $451.34
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE (Device) $278.89
- Percept (Device) $88.06
- STEALTH AUTOGUIDE SYSTEM (Device) $59.28
- VISUALASE (Device) $14.38
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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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