Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royalty or License | $2.4M | 79 | 83.6% |
| Consulting Fee | $357,892 | 87 | 12.6% |
| Travel and Lodging | $68,193 | 97 | 2.4% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program | $28,250 | 10 | 1.0% |
| Food and Beverage | $12,115 | 191 | 0.4% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| NuVasive, Inc. | $1.8M | 92 | $0 (2023) |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | $997,688 | 249 | $0 (2024) |
| DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | $46,780 | 52 | $0 (2024) |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $14,581 | 14 | $0 (2022) |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | $6,873 | 4 | $0 (2024) |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | $1,656 | 2 | $0 (2023) |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $1,238 | 23 | $0 (2022) |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | $250.00 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $181.19 | 7 | $0 (2023) |
| SeaSpine Orthopedics Corporation | $138.49 | 5 | $0 (2018) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $186,680 | 34 | Alphatec Spine, Inc ($175,613) |
| 2023 | $115,427 | 52 | Alphatec Spine, Inc ($83,313) |
| 2022 | $136,698 | 80 | Alphatec Spine, Inc ($96,254) |
| 2021 | $276,722 | 53 | NuVasive, Inc. ($195,757) |
| 2020 | $611,276 | 39 | NuVasive, Inc. ($524,137) |
| 2019 | $253,710 | 61 | Alphatec Spine, Inc ($138,555) |
| 2018 | $580,550 | 62 | NuVasive, Inc. ($407,476) |
| 2017 | $688,865 | 83 | NUVASIVE, INC. ($479,305) |
All Payment Transactions
464 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 19
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/21/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | Other - Miscellaneous (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $150.00 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 12/19/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.32 | General |
| 12/10/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.53 | General |
| 11/15/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | NVM5 (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,670.00 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | LTP (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,500.00 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 11/11/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $329.74 | General |
| 11/11/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $178.12 | General |
| 10/31/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | INSIGNIA ACP (Device), Other - Miscellaneous | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,250.00 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 10/23/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $148.92 | General |
| 10/02/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $29.50 | General |
| 10/01/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | — | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $123,432.00 | General |
| 09/24/2024 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | — | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,314.58 | General |
| 09/19/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,625.00 | General |
| 09/12/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,750.00 | General |
| 09/04/2024 | Centinel Spine, LLC | PRODISC C VIVO (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $14.00 | General |
| Category: Spine Implant | ||||||
| 08/22/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | Battalion TLIF - PC (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,125.00 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 08/20/2024 | Globus Medical, Inc. | NVM5 (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,682.00 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 08/02/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $28.53 | General |
| 08/01/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | Illico (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $12,554.72 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 07/25/2024 | Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | Iovera (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $54.75 | General |
| Category: Pain Management | ||||||
| 07/10/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,750.00 | General |
| 07/01/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | Invictus MIS (Device), Battalion TLIF - PC | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,000.00 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 06/26/2024 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | — | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,403.60 | General |
| 06/24/2024 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | — | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,406.17 | General |
| 06/24/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | Other - Miscellaneous (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $25.00 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 117 | 131 | $32,783 | $6,494 |
| 2022 | 5 | 177 | 201 | $59,365 | $14,973 |
| 2021 | 7 | 174 | 198 | $138,502 | $30,370 |
| 2020 | 7 | 191 | 233 | $167,652 | $30,182 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
23 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 51 | 58 | $13,592 | $2,778 | 20.4% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 16 | 16 | $8,436 | $1,644 | 19.5% |
| 99212 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 37 | 44 | $6,260 | $1,197 | 19.1% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $4,495 | $875.32 | 19.5% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 65 | 73 | $14,892 | $4,124 | 27.7% |
| 22853 | Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 19 | $17,024 | $3,956 | 23.2% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 32 | 32 | $14,304 | $3,427 | 24.0% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 22 | 22 | $6,490 | $1,855 | 28.6% |
| 99212 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 47 | 55 | $6,655 | $1,611 | 24.2% |
| 63047 | Partial removal of middle spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, lower back (lumbar) area | Facility | 2021 | 15 | 16 | $65,512 | $13,932 | 21.3% |
| 22853 | Insertion of device into intervertebral disc space of spine and fusion of vertebrae | Facility | 2021 | 13 | 20 | $20,006 | $4,228 | 21.1% |
| 99204 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 36 | 36 | $17,327 | $3,932 | 22.7% |
| 63048 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves | Facility | 2021 | 11 | 19 | $15,718 | $3,283 | 20.9% |
| 99213 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 34 | 37 | $8,073 | $2,090 | 25.9% |
| 99212 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 10-19 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 50 | 55 | $7,090 | $1,631 | 23.0% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 15 | 15 | $4,776 | $1,274 | 26.7% |
| 63047 | Partial removal of middle spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves | Facility | 2020 | 14 | 14 | $62,132 | $11,349 | 18.3% |
| 22853 | Insertion of device into intervertebral disc space of spine and fusion of vertebrae | Facility | 2020 | 14 | 28 | $33,432 | $5,586 | 16.7% |
| 63048 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves | Facility | 2020 | 11 | 28 | $24,752 | $4,860 | 19.6% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 49 | 49 | $25,088 | $4,771 | 19.0% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 37 | 40 | $9,000 | $1,547 | 17.2% |
| 99212 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 50 | 58 | $7,888 | $1,240 | 15.7% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 16 | 16 | $5,360 | $828.64 | 15.5% |
About Dr. William Taylor, M.D
Dr. William Taylor, M.D is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in San Diego, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/14/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1528084522.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. William Taylor, M.D has received a total of $2.8M in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $186,680 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 464 transactions from 21 companies. The most common payment nature is "Royalty or License" ($2.4M).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Taylor has provided services to 659 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 763 services with total Medicare billing of $82,018. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 23 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Neurological Surgery
- Location San Diego, CA
- Active Since 07/14/2006
- Last Updated 07/16/2019
- Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1528084522
Products in Payments
- CoRoent (Device) $750,783
- Illico (Device) $543,625
- NVM5 (Device) $408,735
- SpheRx (Device) $200,688
- Pulse (Device) $200,037
- Other - Miscellaneous (Device) $173,559
- MaXcess (Device) $74,985
- Traverse (Device) $74,443
- XLIF (Device) $50,545
- TLIF (Device) $29,326
- Lateral (Device) $19,856
- EXPEDIUM (Device) $12,658
- LIF (Device) $12,166
- NAVIGATION (Device) $10,074
- LLIF (Device) $9,761
- iGA (Device) $8,000
- Invictus MIS (Device) $4,000
- SafeOp (Device) $3,703
- Battalion TLIF - PC (Device) $2,946
- LTP (Device) $2,750
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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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