Brian Karamian, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Salt Lake City
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · University of Utah Surgical Services · 43 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: 467001 · University of Utah Hospital and Clinics. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
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Hospitals they work in
1 hospital
These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.
- University of Utah Hospital and ClinicsSalt Lake City, UTAcute Care Hospital · Government - State · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, which runs 2 hospitalsHome of Huntsman Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.603, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.55, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.518, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.595, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 8.8 (7.3 to 10.3) · 1,119 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for University of Utah Hospital and Clinics
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 4 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 8 the same, 1 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.603 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.55 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.518 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.595 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 8.8 (7.3 to 10.3) · 1,119 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.78 (0.03 to 1.53) · 3,231 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.91 (0.6 to 1.22) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 156.56 (123.99 to 189.13) · 297 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.8 · 68 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 8.3 · 69 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 12 · 168 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 9.1 · 423 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 12.7 · 347 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.8 · 506 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.7 · 5,004 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.19 (0.02 to 0.37) · 11,361 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.26 (0.08 to 0.43) · 12,089 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.06 (2.7 to 5.41) · 4,881 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.58 (0 to 3.27) · 204 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.55 (1.5 to 3.59) · 4,443 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 6.76 (0 to 15.4) · 212 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.49 (1.4 to 9.58) · 198 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.88 (0.63 to 3.14) · 1,317 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.5 (0.08 to 0.92) · 10,150 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 2.8 · 289 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.204 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.738 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 13.5 · 213 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.5 · 664 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 0.4 · 180 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -34.8 · 478 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -7 · 374 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.2 · 535 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.8 (4.6 to 7) · 1,119 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.4 · 310 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 10 · 72 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 18.2 · 113 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.6 (9.9 to 15.8) · 2,684 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1.1 (0.9 to 1.2) · 2,156 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (1,497 patients answered, 27% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 4 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 79% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Staff "always" explained | 59% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 90% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 91% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 73% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 77% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 85% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 78% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 73% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 75% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 76% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 61% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 46% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$169,959
Medicare paid this office $169,959 for 134 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Fusion of additional segment of spine | 23 | $22,220 | $253 |
| Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc | 12 | $16,419 | $1,368 |
| Fusion of spine in lower back | 13 | $15,070 | $1,159 |
| Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | 14 | $9,273 | $618 |
| Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments | 16 | $8,888 | $523 |
See all 13 services
| Fusion of additional segment of spine | 23 | $22,220 | $253 |
| Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc | 12 | $16,419 | $1,368 |
| Fusion of spine in lower back | 13 | $15,070 | $1,159 |
| Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | 14 | $9,273 | $618 |
| Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments | 16 | $8,888 | $523 |
| Placement of stabilizing device to back of 1 spine bone in neck | 14 | $8,154 | $582 |
| Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment | 16 | $6,828 | $163 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 48 | $5,941 | $72 |
| Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | 21 | $5,154 | $198 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 50 | $4,753 | $95 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 44 | $2,293 | $43 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 11 | $1,271 | $106 |
| Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's | 60 | $1,047 | $13 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) | 111 | More than 95% of doctors who do this |
| Spinal fusion | 257 | More than 94% of doctors who do this |
Who their Medicare patients are
134 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Women 46% · Also on Medicaid 10% · Health risk score 1.61. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical orthopedic surgery clinician is at 1.13.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 73% · Depression 36% · Diabetes 28% · Coronary heart disease 20% · Chronic kidney disease 19% · Cancer 19% · COPD 14% · Heart failure 13% · Atrial fibrillation 11% · Dementia 8%.
The office billed $1,244,646, Medicare allowed $213,750 and paid $169,959; for 661 services of 58 kinds.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Year by year
| 2024 | 134 | 661 | 72 | 1.61 | $1,244,646 | $169,959 |
| 2023 | 110 | 434 | 71 | 1.33 | $870,691 | $116,723 |
| 2022 | 61 | 248 | 71 | 1.14 | $455,790 | $43,208 |
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2023: 7 services
| Fusion of additional segment of spine | 13 | $14,492 | $263 |
| Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | 16 | $10,369 | $648 |
| Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment | 17 | $5,927 | $156 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 58 | $5,536 | $95 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 36 | $3,274 | $70 |
| Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | 12 | $2,708 | $181 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 33 | $2,266 | $49 |
2022: 7 services
| Fusion of additional segment of spine | 11 | $4,220 | $111 |
| Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | 16 | $3,644 | $228 |
| Fusion of spine in lower back | 13 | $2,643 | $203 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 21 | $2,113 | $101 |
| Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments | 11 | $1,632 | $148 |
| Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment | 13 | $1,551 | $57 |
| Placement of stabilizing device to back of 1 spine bone in neck | 12 | $1,256 | $105 |
Medicaid work
$703 in 2024
Medicaid paid $703 for 13 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 12 people in a month for one service.
Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.
| Hospital outpatient clinic visit for assessment and management of a patient | 13 | $703 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1 | 12 | $703 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1 | 13 | $536 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| Hospital outpatient clinic visit for assessment and management of a patient | 14 | $536 |
Money from drug and device companies
$12,288 in 2025
| 2025 | 8 | 27 | $7,965 | $12,288 |
| 2024 | 8 | 21 | $4,965 | $7,151 |
| 2023 | 6 | 18 | $930 | $2,285 |
| 2022 | 2 | 7 | None | $811 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | None | $2,368 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| DePuy Synthes Products | Velys | $7,108 | 11 payments
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| Synthes GmbH | None | $2,922 | 4 payments
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| Kuros Biosciences USA | Magnetos | $1,632 | 4 payments
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| Ebi | None | $208 | 1 payment
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| DePuy Synthes Sales | Teligen | $163 | 3 payments
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| Highridge Medical | Mobi-C Plug & Fit US | $148 | 1 payment
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See all 27 published payments
| Highridge Medical | Meals · 2025-11-25 | Mobi-C Plug & Fit US | $148 |
| VB Spine | Meals · 2025-11-15 | Capri Corpectomy Cage System | $35 |
| Ebi | Meals · 2025-11-15 | None | $208 |
| VB Spine | Meals · 2025-11-14 | Xia 3 System - Serrato | $52 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA | Consulting · 2025-10-01 | Magnetos | $450 |
| Synthes GmbH | Travel · 2025-09-20 | None | $928 |
| Synthes GmbH | Paid to speak or teach · 2025-09-20 | None | $1,500 |
| Synthes GmbH | Travel · 2025-09-20 | None | $396 |
| Synthes GmbH | Travel · 2025-09-20 | None | $98 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA | Consulting · 2025-09-10 | Magnetos | $900 |
| Globus Medical | Meals · 2025-08-06 | Altera | $21 |
| DePuy Synthes Products | Travel · 2025-07-04 | None | $36 |
| DePuy Synthes Products | Consulting · 2025-07-04 | None | $5,115 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA | Meals · 2025-06-27 | Magnetos | $161 |
| DePuy Synthes Products | Meals · 2025-06-26 | Velys | $25 |
| DePuy Synthes Products | Travel · 2025-06-26 | Velys | $247 |
| DePuy Synthes Products | Meals · 2025-06-26 | Velys | $19 |
| DePuy Synthes Products | Travel · 2025-06-26 | Velys | $382 |
| DePuy Synthes Products | Travel · 2025-06-25 | Velys | $52 |
| DePuy Synthes Products | Travel · 2025-06-24 | Velys | $246 |
| DePuy Synthes Products | Travel · 2025-06-02 | Velys | $372 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales | Meals · 2025-06-01 | Trialtis | $43 |
| DePuy Synthes Products | Travel · 2025-05-30 | Velys | $326 |
| DePuy Synthes Products | Travel · 2025-05-30 | Velys | $288 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA | Meals · 2025-05-23 | Magnetos | $121 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales | Meals · 2025-05-19 | Velys | $17 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales | Meals · 2025-02-27 | Teligen | $103 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2019)
2024: $7,151
| Kuros Biosciences USA | Magnetos | $5,848 | 10 payments
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| DePuy Synthes Products | None | $465 | 1 payment
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| Stryker | Cascadia Interbody System | $233 | 4 payments
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| Medtronic | None | $198 | 1 payment
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| Globus Medical | Excelsiusgps Robotic Navigation System | $177 | 2 payments
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| Alphatec Spine | None | $155 | 1 payment
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| DePuy Synthes Sales | Teligen | $53 | 1 payment
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| Spineology | Optimesh Expandable Interbody Fusion System | $23 | 1 payment
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2023: $2,285
| Medical Device Business Services | None | $930 | 2 payments
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| NuVasive | Xlif | $904 | 10 payments
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| Alphatec Spine | Lif | $250 | 1 payment
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| DePuy Synthes Sales | Vivigen Mis Delivery System | $137 | 2 payments
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| Globus Medical | Alif Instruments (Universal) | $41 | 2 payments
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| Kuros Biosciences USA | None | $23 | 1 payment
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2022: $811
| NuVasive | Xlif | $431 | 3 payments
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| Globus Medical | Rise | $379 | 3 payments
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2019: $2,368
| Evolution Surgical | None | $2,368 | 1 payment
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Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 88.8 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1629465182
- Licence
- UT 12664887-1205
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207XS0117X (207XS0117X)
- Mailing address
- 1 Rue Renoir, Coto De Caza, CA, 92679
- NPI first listed
- 2015-04-22
- NPI last updated
- 2022-08-28
- NPI record certified
- 2022-08-28
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
This office lists an electronic records connection.