Total Payments
$47,664
2024 Payments
$139.95
Companies
10
Transactions
91
Medicare Patients
439
Medicare Billing
$35,737

Payment Breakdown by Category

Education$42,082 (88.3%)
Travel$3,576 (7.5%)
Food & Beverage$2,006 (4.2%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Education $42,082 21 88.3%
Travel and Lodging $3,576 17 7.5%
Food and Beverage $2,006 53 4.2%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $23,412 15 $0 (2024)
Evolution Surgical, Inc $11,154 15 $0 (2021)
Peerless Surgical Inc. $7,547 14 $0 (2024)
Arthrex, Inc. $3,473 21 $0 (2021)
Medtronic, Inc. $1,365 15 $0 (2022)
Stryker Corporation $444.48 6 $0 (2022)
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $134.85 1 $0 (2023)
Linvatec Corporation $90.73 2 $0 (2024)
ABBVIE INC. $25.05 1 $0 (2022)
Vericel Corporation $17.20 1 $0 (2022)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $139.95 4 Linvatec Corporation ($90.73)
2023 $163.84 2 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. ($134.85)
2022 $6,664 37 Peerless Surgical Inc. ($3,764)
2021 $24,950 39 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($11,725)
2020 $15,747 9 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($10,625)

All Payment Transactions

91 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 4

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
10/03/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. JOURNEY (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.52 General
Category: Recon Knees
08/14/2024 Peerless Surgical Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $34.70 General
04/26/2024 Linvatec Corporation BIOBRACE 23MM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $68.05 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
04/26/2024 Linvatec Corporation BIOBRACE 23MM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.68 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
06/13/2023 Peerless Surgical Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.99 General
02/24/2023 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. NA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $134.85 General
Category: Trauma
12/27/2022 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ULTRABUTTON (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $55.17 General
Category: Sports Med Knee
12/08/2022 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ULTRABUTTON (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.64 General
Category: Sports Med Knee
12/07/2022 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ULTRABUTTON (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $260.44 General
Category: Sports Med Knee
12/06/2022 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ULTRABUTTON (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $226.33 General
Category: Sports Med Knee
12/05/2022 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ULTRABUTTON (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $217.94 General
Category: Sports Med Knee
12/05/2022 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ACUFEX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $41.04 General
Category: Sports Med Knee
12/02/2022 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ULTRABUTTON (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $233.45 General
Category: Sports Med Knee
09/01/2022 ABBVIE INC. UBRELVY (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.05 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
08/04/2022 Peerless Surgical Inc. Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
08/04/2022 Peerless Surgical Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $36.61 General
06/01/2022 Vericel Corporation MACI (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.20 General
Category: Orthopedics
04/14/2022 Peerless Surgical Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $91.18 General
04/05/2022 Peerless Surgical Inc. Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
04/05/2022 Peerless Surgical Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.83 General
03/31/2022 Peerless Surgical Inc. Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
03/31/2022 Peerless Surgical Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.33 General
02/12/2022 Medtronic, Inc. CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $71.01 General
Category: TL
02/12/2022 Medtronic, Inc. CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $63.63 General
Category: TL
02/12/2022 Medtronic, Inc. CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $58.82 General
Category: TL

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 5 213 252 $63,219 $17,287
2022 6 201 218 $54,715 $16,246
2021 2 25 25 $5,413 $2,204
Total Patients
439
Total Services
495
Medicare Billing
$35,737
Procedure Codes
13

All Medicare Procedures & Services

13 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 79 79 $28,598 $9,072 31.7%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 39 49 $12,691 $4,163 32.8%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 35 42 $12,972 $1,907 14.7%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 27 38 $6,802 $1,899 27.9%
J1030 Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg Office 2023 33 44 $2,156 $246.61 11.4%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 67 67 $23,330 $7,293 31.3%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 37 42 $10,350 $3,383 32.7%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 30 37 $6,399 $2,140 33.4%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2022 27 27 $5,674 $2,078 36.6%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2022 26 29 $8,178 $1,268 15.5%
J1030 Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg Office 2022 14 16 $784.00 $84.00 10.7%
99203 New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes Office 2021 14 14 $2,828 $1,199 42.4%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 11 11 $2,585 $1,006 38.9%

About Dr. William Pullen, M.D

Dr. William Pullen, M.D is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in Charleston, South Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/16/2011. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1679868798.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. William Pullen, M.D has received a total of $47,664 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $139.95 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 91 transactions from 10 companies. The most common payment nature is "Education" ($42,082).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Pullen has provided services to 439 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 495 services with total Medicare billing of $35,737. Data is available for 3 years (2021–2023), covering 13 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $1,365
  • ULTRABUTTON (Device) $1,007
  • GTS System (Device) $835.48
  • INSPACE (Device) $409.91
  • NA (Device) $134.85
  • Hip Positioning System (Device) $130.86
  • REGENETEN Shoulder (Device) $108.92
  • BIOBRACE 23MM (Device) $90.73
  • ACUFEX (Device) $41.04
  • OMEGA (Device) $34.57
  • UBRELVY (Drug) $25.05
  • HEALICOIL Suture Anchor (Device) $24.34
  • MACI (Biological) $17.20
  • JOURNEY (Device) $14.52

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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