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In 2025, 17,640 Surgery providers had general (non-research) payments reported to CMS. Half received less than $282 for the year, and nine in ten received less than $4,752.
17,640providers with payments in 2025
$282median total for the year
$4,752nine in ten received less than
$3,532average total for the year
Providers with the largest 2025 totals
Ordered by 2025 general-payment totals as reported to CMS. A large total is not evidence of wrongdoing; context is below the table.
| Provider | Location | 2025 general | All payments 2019-2025 including research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martyn Knowles | Raleigh, NC | $89,881.87 | $315,353.00 |
| Richard J Harding | Phoenix, AZ | $89,566.48 | $122,691.46 |
| Amber N Koon | Henderson, KY | $89,262.56 | $209,670.19 |
| Gabriel Apolonio Arevalo | Tomball, TX | $89,223.94 | $241,056.05 |
| Tanuja Damani | New York, NY | $89,216.63 | $458,756.81 |
| Barton S Wood | Alabaster, AL | $87,352.13 | $702,246.51 |
| Franklin J Charney | Denton, TX | $87,175.00 | $567,320.99 |
| Ankit D Patel | Atlanta, GA | $85,776.16 | $216,828.77 |
| Cheguevara I Afaneh | New York, NY | $85,724.80 | $1,406,594.46 |
| Jorge E De Amorim Filho | Salt Lake City, UT | $84,189.78 | $343,894.93 |
| Reginald C W Bell | Lone Tree, CO | $83,943.95 | $1,004,436.75 |
| Zobair M Younossi | Falls Church, VA | $83,190.58 | $1,237,343.70 |
| Jonathan Stahl | Houston, TX | $82,487.13 | $104,559.62 |
| Forrest G Ringold | Mobile, AL | $82,169.80 | $677,634.29 |
| Jonathan Johnson | Washington, DC | $81,721.29 | $399,249.57 |
| Zeljka Jutric | Seattle, WA | $81,534.59 | $100,105.88 |
| Nikhilesh Sekhar | Fairfield, CT | $80,980.01 | $140,175.89 |
| Maher El Chaar | Allentown, PA | $77,994.64 | $666,572.93 |
| Daniel Brock Hewitt | Philadelphia, PA | $76,324.98 | $88,611.72 |
| Robert Lyons | Ypsilanti, MI | $76,054.88 | $196,056.06 |
| John Andrew Lang | Claremore, OK | $75,700.00 | $160,282.63 |
| Leo C Derosier | Tallahassee, FL | $75,383.21 | $151,585.60 |
| Joshua E Roller | Fayetteville, AR | $74,622.80 | $248,196.30 |
| Stephen E Goldstone | Ny, NY | $74,399.56 | $387,556.06 |
| Patrick Moore | Murrieta, CA | $74,318.20 | $484,776.67 |
| Ann M Rust | Hermiston, OR | $74,151.44 | $173,319.10 |
| Heath Jude Broussard | Jackson, TN | $73,537.84 | $688,175.28 |
| Andrew J Duffy | New Haven, CT | $73,480.28 | $296,085.45 |
| Robert G Snow | Fort Worth, TX | $73,231.14 | $215,674.70 |
| John Clarence Lipham | Los Angeles, CA | $72,966.27 | $941,957.13 |
| Paul Richard Balash | Oak Lawn, IL | $72,854.86 | $274,825.09 |
| Richard L Dicicco | Tampa, FL | $72,599.41 | $964,392.62 |
| Myriam Curet | Stanford, CA | $72,592.98 | $115,556.91 |
| Christopher Desimone | Santa Cruz, CA | $72,262.82 | $268,866.57 |
| Eric D Whitman | Morristown, NJ | $72,164.79 | $847,529.74 |
| Julia Rothe Amundson | Evanston, IL | $70,576.99 | $72,084.79 |
| Priya Rajdev | Phoenix, AZ | $67,861.33 | $69,748.01 |
| Myron C Stokes | Cordova, TN | $67,743.74 | $240,223.84 |
| Paul Enochs | Cary, NC | $67,689.57 | $594,735.08 |
| Caitlin Carmody Houghton | Los Angeles, CA | $67,420.40 | $568,595.14 |
| Hana Lopez Quinones | Bronx, NY | $66,703.17 | $190,054.37 |
| Bradley Winston Thomas | Charlotte, NC | $66,253.65 | $162,409.73 |
| Jaishankar Raman | Burr Ridge, IL | $66,201.64 | $1,582,713.96 |
| Benjamin D Sadowitz | Syracuse, NY | $65,802.62 | $418,502.06 |
| Errol Bush | San Francisco, CA | $65,602.48 | $74,048.64 |
| Camilla Gomes | San Francisico, CA | $65,450.26 | $309,197.76 |
| Matthew Schultzel | La Jolla, CA | $65,279.65 | $122,634.44 |
| John G Linn | Glenview, IL | $65,165.29 | $222,273.69 |
| Adham R Saad | Tampa, FL | $64,986.30 | $166,574.81 |
| Nojan Toomari | Encino, CA | $64,852.51 | $415,008.83 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026).