Total Payments
$856,949
2024 Payments
$30,016
Companies
37
Transactions
238
Medicare Patients
25
Medicare Billing
$7,591
Payment Breakdown by Category
Other$711,068 (83.0%)
Consulting$129,594 (15.1%)
Food & Beverage$9,685 (1.1%)
Travel$6,602 (0.8%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acquisitions | $669,130 | 4 | 78.1% |
| Consulting Fee | $129,594 | 31 | 15.1% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $28,288 | 8 | 3.3% |
| Honoraria | $13,650 | 4 | 1.6% |
| Food and Beverage | $9,685 | 179 | 1.1% |
| Travel and Lodging | $6,602 | 12 | 0.8% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRIAD LIFE SCIENCES INC. | $669,184 | 6 | $0 (2022) |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | $115,186 | 46 | $0 (2023) |
| PolyNovo North America LLC | $31,761 | 33 | $0 (2024) |
| PolarityTE, Inc. | $10,807 | 2 | $0 (2019) |
| Vericel Corporation | $7,551 | 16 | $0 (2024) |
| Lumenis, Inc | $7,388 | 3 | $0 (2021) |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | $5,000 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
| Medline Industries LP | $3,744 | 44 | $0 (2022) |
| Lumenis BE inc | $2,500 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
| Ethicon US, LLC | $686.99 | 18 | $0 (2020) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $30,016 | 7 | PolyNovo North America LLC ($30,000) |
| 2023 | $57,089 | 18 | Avita Medical Americas, LLC ($55,856) |
| 2022 | $671,697 | 7 | TRIAD LIFE SCIENCES INC. ($669,130) |
| 2021 | $45,117 | 37 | AVITA MEDICAL AMERICAS, LLC ($43,462) |
| 2020 | $6,303 | 26 | Avita Medical Americas, LLC ($3,537) |
| 2019 | $22,130 | 51 | Avita Medical Americas, LLC ($11,581) |
| 2018 | $21,538 | 56 | PolarityTE, Inc. ($10,792) |
| 2017 | $3,057 | 36 | PolyNovo North America LLC ($838.53) |
All Payment Transactions
238 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 10
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/30/2024 | PolyNovo North America LLC | NOVOSORB BTM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $5,000.00 | General |
| Category: SYNTHETIC DERMAL SUBSTITUTE | ||||||
| 05/31/2024 | PolyNovo North America LLC | NOVOSORB BTM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $5,000.00 | General |
| Category: SYNTHETIC DERMAL SUBSTITUTE | ||||||
| 04/30/2024 | PolyNovo North America LLC | NOVOSORB BTM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $5,000.00 | General |
| Category: SYNTHETIC DERMAL SUBSTITUTE | ||||||
| 03/31/2024 | PolyNovo North America LLC | NOVOSORB BTM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $5,000.00 | General |
| Category: SYNTHETIC DERMAL SUBSTITUTE | ||||||
| 02/29/2024 | PolyNovo North America LLC | NOVOSORB BTM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $5,000.00 | General |
| Category: SYNTHETIC DERMAL SUBSTITUTE | ||||||
| 02/13/2024 | Vericel Corporation | EPICEL (CULTURED EPIDERMAL AUTOGRAFTS) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.31 | General |
| Category: Burn Care | ||||||
| 01/31/2024 | PolyNovo North America LLC | NOVOSORB BTM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $5,000.00 | General |
| Category: SYNTHETIC DERMAL SUBSTITUTE | ||||||
| 12/14/2023 | Avita Medical Americas, LLC | Recell (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $18,625.00 | General |
| Category: Dermatology | ||||||
| 10/05/2023 | Avita Medical Americas, LLC | Recell (Device) | Honoraria | Cash or cash equivalent | $6,000.00 | General |
| Category: PLASTIC SURGERY | ||||||
| 09/19/2023 | Avita Medical Americas, LLC | Recell (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $139.75 | General |
| Category: PLASTIC SURGERY | ||||||
| 09/09/2023 | Avita Medical Americas, LLC | Recell (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $91.75 | General |
| Category: PLASTIC SURGERY | ||||||
| 09/09/2023 | Avita Medical Americas, LLC | Recell (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $68.19 | General |
| Category: PLASTIC SURGERY | ||||||
| 09/09/2023 | Avita Medical Americas, LLC | Recell (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $28.20 | General |
| Category: PLASTIC SURGERY | ||||||
| 09/08/2023 | Avita Medical Americas, LLC | Recell (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $492.80 | General |
| Category: PLASTIC SURGERY | ||||||
| 09/08/2023 | Avita Medical Americas, LLC | Recell (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $299.00 | General |
| Category: PLASTIC SURGERY | ||||||
| 09/08/2023 | Avita Medical Americas, LLC | Recell (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $139.75 | General |
| Category: PLASTIC SURGERY | ||||||
| 09/08/2023 | Avita Medical Americas, LLC | Recell (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $137.54 | General |
| Category: PLASTIC SURGERY | ||||||
| 09/08/2023 | Avita Medical Americas, LLC | Recell (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $49.19 | General |
| Category: PLASTIC SURGERY | ||||||
| 07/27/2023 | Avita Medical Americas, LLC | Recell (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $16,625.00 | General |
| Category: Dermatology | ||||||
| 05/05/2023 | Avita Medical Americas, LLC | Recell (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $12,125.00 | General |
| Category: Dermatology | ||||||
| 04/03/2023 | Vericel Corporation | Nexobrid (Biological), EPICEL (CULTURED EPIDERMAL AUTOGRAFTS) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $7.83 | General |
| Category: Topical | ||||||
| 03/24/2023 | Avita Medical Americas, LLC | Recell (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $35.31 | General |
| Category: PLASTIC SURGERY | ||||||
| 03/21/2023 | Vericel Corporation | Nexobrid (Biological) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,200.00 | General |
| Category: Topical | ||||||
| 03/03/2023 | Vericel Corporation | EPICEL (CULTURED EPIDERMAL AUTOGRAFTS) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.86 | General |
| Category: Burn Care | ||||||
| 03/02/2023 | Avita Medical Americas, LLC | Recell (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,000.00 | General |
| Category: Dermatology | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 25 | 148 | $65,940 | $7,591 |
Total Patients
25
Total Services
148
Medicare Billing
$7,591
Procedure Codes
2
All Medicare Procedures & Services
2 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15003 | Preparation of graft site at trunk, arms, or legs | Facility | 2020 | 12 | 130 | $42,900 | $4,525 | 10.5% |
| 15002 | Preparation of graft site at trunk, arms, or legs (first 100 sq cm or 1% body area infants and children) | Facility | 2020 | 13 | 18 | $23,040 | $3,066 | 13.3% |
About Dr. William Hickerson, MD
Dr. William Hickerson, MD is a Plastic Surgery healthcare provider based in Memphis, Tennessee. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 10/13/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1033209606.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. William Hickerson, MD has received a total of $856,949 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $30,016 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 238 transactions from 37 companies. The most common payment nature is "Acquisitions" ($669,130).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Hickerson has provided services to 25 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 148 services with total Medicare billing of $7,591. Data is available for 1 year (2020–2020), covering 2 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Plastic Surgery
- Other Specialties Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Location Memphis, TN
- Active Since 10/13/2006
- Last Updated 04/18/2025
- Taxonomy Code 208200000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1033209606
Products in Payments
- Recell (Device) $55,856
- RECELL (Device) $42,712
- NOVOSORB BTM (Device) $30,000
- Vashe (Device) $5,000
- Epicel (Device) $4,652
- M22 (Device) $2,500
- Epicel (Drug) $1,650
- PluroGel Burn & Wound Dressings (Device) $1,441
- Nexobrid (Biological) $1,208
- Dermatology and Wound Care (Medical Supply) $1,158
- Hyalomatrix Wound Device (Device) $1,059
- Lumenis Pulse 120H (Device) $1,000
- NovoSorb BTM (Device) $838.53
- VAC VERAFLO (Device) $600.00
- NovoSorb BTM (Biological) $504.74
- Novosorb BTM (Device) $262.79
- VISTASEAL (Biological) $184.55
- EVICEL Fibrin Sealant (Human) (Biological) $183.12
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT (Device) $175.29
- KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty (Device) $174.07
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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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