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In 2025, 97,674 providers in California had general (non-research) payments reported to CMS. Half received less than $172 for the year, and nine in ten received less than $2,120.
97,674providers with payments in 2025
$172median total for the year
$2,120nine in ten received less than
$3,876average total for the year
Providers with the largest 2025 general-payment 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Smith | Rancho Santa Fe, CA | $307,078.27 | $307,078.27 |
| Shyamsunder Subramanian | Tracy, CA | $301,306.22 | $1,497,094.45 |
| Tien Quang Nguyen | Fountain Valley, CA | $296,699.50 | $1,360,422.34 |
| Jason E Pope | Santa Rosa, CA | $294,341.71 | $2,144,767.03 |
| Rahm S Nazerali | Palo Alto, CA | $294,267.01 | $1,512,841.73 |
| Paul J Slosar | Daly City, CA | $293,741.45 | $3,093,688.91 |
| Christian E Sandrock | Sacramento, CA | $292,006.98 | $2,105,398.48 |
| Alexander J Nedopil | Lodi, CA | $291,701.43 | $682,193.57 |
| Mohammadbagher Ziari | Corona, CA | $291,443.81 | $2,464,627.21 |
| Farshid Dayyani | Orange, CA | $289,318.48 | $1,164,216.10 |
| Melissa H Kong | E Palo Alto, CA | $288,728.17 | $302,602.94 |
| Patrick St Pierre | Rancho Mirage, CA | $287,305.48 | $1,718,203.75 |
| Eric O Klineberg | Sacramento, CA | $287,008.11 | $996,383.40 |
| Nicholas Olson | La Jolla, CA | $285,132.35 | $800,678.97 |
| Steven R Gundry | Palm Springs, CA | $284,830.27 | $1,634,689.26 |
| Jeffrey J Crowley | Bakersfield, CA | $283,435.54 | $2,227,491.87 |
| Robert D Tonks | La Jolla, CA | $283,100.86 | $1,253,382.65 |
| Siddharth Ashok Padia | Los Angeles, CA | $282,209.32 | $960,479.52 |
| Seth Lawrence Sherman | Stanford, CA | $280,420.37 | $1,188,907.64 |
| Raman Sankar | Los Angeles, CA | $280,417.70 | $1,103,502.54 |
| Salima Brillman | Sunnyvale, CA | $277,985.23 | $1,543,683.35 |
| Dilsher S Dhoot | Santa Barbara, CA | $277,352.21 | $2,088,164.13 |
| Kian Karimi | Los Angeles, CA | $276,954.45 | $1,207,617.23 |
| Wilber Wei-Poh Su | Stanford, CA | $276,867.82 | $1,145,360.20 |
| Dennis J Sheehan | Redwood City, CA | $270,178.25 | $900,098.92 |
| Jason Bacharach | Petaluma, CA | $269,623.54 | $1,673,625.89 |
| Rahul Bhardwaj | Loma Linda, CA | $267,851.45 | $935,422.19 |
| Jonah Hebert Davies | Orange, CA | $266,560.95 | $652,621.15 |
| Pam R Taub | La Jolla, CA | $265,192.69 | $1,244,761.31 |
| Dana Figura | Santa Monica, CA | $265,000.00 | $267,544.25 |
| Andrea M Pakula | Thousand Oaks, CA | $264,648.08 | $1,401,005.93 |
| Behrooz A Akbarnia | La Jolla, CA | $264,595.01 | $2,626,699.88 |
| Javeed Siddiqui | Roseville, CA | $262,513.35 | $1,522,377.57 |
| Pamela R Kushner | Los Angeles, CA | $261,932.66 | $1,192,574.13 |
| John Charles Affeldt | Loma Linda, CA | $258,387.18 | $1,101,081.92 |
| Karolina Faysman | Los Angeles, CA | $258,328.18 | $1,086,642.25 |
| Mitul Patel | San Diego, CA | $257,461.98 | $607,878.06 |
| Michelle Ehrlich | Manhattan Beach, CA | $257,336.79 | $734,624.39 |
| Kenneth Widder | Rancho Santa Fe, CA | $256,727.32 | $1,032,588.93 |
| Amro Balki | Santa Monica, CA | $255,973.40 | $465,036.61 |
| Robert G Feldman | Laguna Hills, CA | $254,289.03 | $1,161,344.22 |
| Emilie V Cheung | Stanford, CA | $253,249.01 | $1,112,969.11 |
| Doris Voy Kan Quon | Los Angeles, CA | $252,825.46 | $1,491,987.18 |
| Joshua S Jacobs | Walnut Creek, CA | $250,306.43 | $1,543,292.97 |
| Jonathan W Dukes | Ventura, CA | $248,576.80 | $774,500.72 |
| Robert G Louis | Newport Beach, CA | $248,177.27 | $931,515.25 |
| Toby Michael Maher | Los Angeles, CA | $246,706.18 | $1,379,383.55 |
| Rohit Loomba | La Jolla, CA | $245,285.32 | $1,104,207.81 |
| Ehsan Rahimy | Stanford, CA | $244,612.41 | $1,520,807.29 |
| Jeffrey E Deckey | Orange, CA | $243,895.66 | $1,265,096.47 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026).