Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royalty or License | $2.0M | 128 | 80.7% |
| Consulting Fee | $291,844 | 81 | 11.8% |
| Food and Beverage | $93,111 | 789 | 3.8% |
| Travel and Lodging | $86,789 | 98 | 3.5% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $4,800 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Education | $1,513 | 7 | 0.1% |
| Gift | $104.41 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Unspecified | $0 | 1 | 0.0% |
Payments by Type
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPINEART SA | $626,456 | 17 | $0 (2023) |
| SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION | $447,283 | 80 | $0 (2022) |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | $352,331 | 52 | $0 (2023) |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | $321,402 | 31 | $0 (2024) |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | $263,988 | 22 | $0 (2024) |
| SPINEART USA INC | $166,383 | 165 | $0 (2024) |
| Stability Biologics, LLC | $82,262 | 63 | $0 (2024) |
| Integrity Implants Inc. dba Accelus | $58,420 | 10 | $0 (2024) |
| 4WEB, Inc. | $22,934 | 15 | $0 (2022) |
| Xenco Medical LLC | $21,682 | 7 | $0 (2021) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $268,076 | 191 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. ($131,668) |
| 2023 | $383,926 | 162 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. ($132,058) |
| 2022 | $411,046 | 133 | SPINEART SA ($127,532) |
| 2021 | $338,353 | 129 | Spineart SA ($92,145) |
| 2020 | $271,400 | 111 | SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION ($73,427) |
| 2019 | $295,484 | 110 | Spineart SA ($89,975) |
| 2018 | $258,011 | 142 | Spineart SA ($83,675) |
| 2017 | $246,409 | 132 | Spineart SA ($71,601) |
All Payment Transactions
1,110 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 45
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2024 | Integrity Implants Inc. dba Accelus | FlareHawk (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $11,046.36 | General |
| Category: THORACOLUMBAR SPINE | ||||||
| 12/31/2024 | Integrity Implants Inc. dba Accelus | LineSider (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,381.67 | General |
| Category: THORACOLUMBAR SPINE | ||||||
| 12/21/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ETERNA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $7.46 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 12/20/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.20 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 12/19/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | Perla TL (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $56.81 | General |
| Category: Orthopedic | ||||||
| 12/18/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | Perla TL (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $150.00 | General |
| Category: Orthopedic | ||||||
| 12/18/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | PROCLAIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $57.74 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 12/17/2024 | SI-BONE, INC. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $161.75 | General |
| 12/09/2024 | Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.42 | General |
| 12/09/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | PENTA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $5.77 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 12/09/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | LAMITRODE TRIPOLE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.60 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 12/04/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | PROCLAIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $62.86 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 12/04/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | LAMITRODE TRIPOLE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $5.96 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 12/04/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | PROCLAIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $3.96 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 12/03/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $3.28 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 11/30/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | — | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,163.68 | General |
| 11/26/2024 | Orthofix Medical, Inc. | Mariner (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $33,994.44 | General |
| Category: Thoracolumbosacral Pedicle Screw System | ||||||
| 11/26/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.35 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Neurostimulation | ||||||
| 11/19/2024 | Stability Biologics, LLC | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $127.60 | General |
| 11/18/2024 | Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | Magellan (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $605.38 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics | ||||||
| 11/18/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.45 | General |
| Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD | ||||||
| 11/15/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ETERNA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $155.10 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 11/15/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | PROCLAIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $136.29 | General |
| Category: Neuromodulation | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.45 | General |
| Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.92 | General |
| Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 28 | 1,599 | 2,283 | $1.8M | $367,270 |
| 2022 | 30 | 1,711 | 2,484 | $2.3M | $462,204 |
| 2021 | 32 | 1,917 | 2,857 | $2.9M | $597,703 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,274 | 1,908 | $1.8M | $374,305 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
113 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 5
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 306 | 536 | $94,308 | $36,866 | 39.1% |
| 22614 | Fusion of additional segment of spine | Facility | 2023 | 31 | 102 | $205,688 | $34,023 | 16.5% |
| 22551 | Fusion of upper spine bone with removal of disc and release of spinal cord or nerve, 1 disc | Facility | 2023 | 21 | 22 | $121,528 | $30,208 | 24.9% |
| 63042 | Partial removal of spine bone with re-exploration, release of lower spinal cord or nerves and/or removal of disc, 1 interspace | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 19 | $128,844 | $26,014 | 20.2% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 215 | 251 | $66,239 | $24,712 | 37.3% |
| 22612 | Fusion of spine in lower back | Facility | 2023 | 18 | 19 | $129,933 | $21,840 | 16.8% |
| 22633 | Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 17 | $107,270 | $21,302 | 19.9% |
| 22842 | Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments | Facility | 2023 | 29 | 30 | $70,541 | $20,184 | 28.6% |
| 22853 | Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | Facility | 2023 | 37 | 80 | $131,920 | $17,541 | 13.3% |
| 72100 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 325 | 490 | $59,652 | $15,162 | 25.4% |
| 22845 | Placement of stabilizing device to front, 2-3 spine bone segments | Facility | 2023 | 22 | 23 | $44,955 | $14,551 | 32.4% |
| 22830 | Exploration of spine fusion | Facility | 2023 | 27 | 31 | $122,383 | $12,308 | 10.1% |
| 22610 | Fusion of spine in upper back | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 15 | $81,933 | $12,043 | 14.7% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Office | 2023 | 60 | 60 | $22,854 | $9,928 | 43.4% |
| 22552 | Fusion of upper spine bone with removal of disc and release of spinal cord or nerve, each additional disc | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 27 | $34,938 | $9,184 | 26.3% |
| 22634 | Fusion of additional segment of spine with partial removal of spine bone and disc | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 22 | $42,570 | $8,737 | 20.5% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 87 | 87 | $17,474 | $7,612 | 43.6% |
| 63048 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment | Facility | 2023 | 23 | 41 | $53,763 | $7,276 | 13.5% |
| 63047 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | Facility | 2023 | 16 | 16 | $83,254 | $7,152 | 8.6% |
| 22852 | Removal of segmental stabilizing device from back of spine | Facility | 2023 | 18 | 19 | $58,221 | $6,036 | 10.4% |
| 72040 | X-ray of upper spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 119 | 181 | $21,829 | $5,702 | 26.1% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 30 | 30 | $9,204 | $4,099 | 44.5% |
| 63053 | Partial removal of bone of additional segment of spine in lower back with release of spinal cord and/or nerves during fusion of spine in lower back | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 21 | $12,430 | $3,909 | 31.4% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 21 | 21 | $8,860 | $3,094 | 34.9% |
| 63052 | Partial removal of bone of single segment of spine in lower back with release of spinal cord and/or nerves during fusion of spine in lower back | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 14 | $10,570 | $3,022 | 28.6% |
About Warren Yu
Warren Yu is a Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine healthcare provider based in Washington, District of Columbia. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 02/28/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1437125564.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Warren Yu has received a total of $2.5M in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $268,076 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 1,110 transactions from 66 companies. The most common payment nature is "Royalty or License" ($2.0M).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Yu has provided services to 6,501 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 9,532 services with total Medicare billing of $1.8M. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 113 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
- Location Washington, DC
- Active Since 02/28/2006
- Last Updated 01/20/2015
- Taxonomy Code 207XS0117X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1437125564
Products in Payments
- Mariner (Device) $688,276
- FlareHawk (Device) $316,419
- Romeo 2 PAD (Device) $244,427
- INDEPENDENCE MIS (Device) $194,453
- Navigation (Device) $127,532
- PERLA C (Device) $101,101
- ROMEO 2 - THORACOLUMBAR FIXATION (Device) $92,145
- LineSider (Device) $69,516
- Independence MIS (Device) $65,575
- INDEPENDENCE (Device) $49,862
- Juliet OL (Device) $40,532
- Romeo 3 (Device) $29,386
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM (Device) $22,934
- PERLA TL (Device) $20,934
- DBMPure (Biological) $19,000
- Skipjack (Device) $14,696
- In-Line ALIF (Device) $11,292
- PROCLAIM (Device) $10,577
- Linesider (Device) $9,612
- Expandable IBD (Device) $7,100
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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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