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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
Anthony Heaney Los Angeles, CA $200,866.46 $632,470.83
Elysia M Alvarez Palo Alto, CA $199,999.00 $199,999.00
Leigh Ann Obanion Fresno, CA $199,187.36 $470,132.40
Donna Lisa Galante Rocklin, CA $199,018.72 $568,439.08
Zafar S Khan Fountain Valley, CA $198,082.20 $1,355,535.14
Julia Buchfuhrer Downey, CA $197,871.14 $308,454.08
Said I Jacob San Bernardino, CA $197,592.38 $939,592.12
John M Stern Los Angeles, CA $197,076.68 $998,678.36
Adam J Kreitenberg Tarzana, CA $196,841.42 $862,684.32
Erik Zeegen Tarzana, CA $196,157.11 $409,239.32
Don O Kikkawa La Jolla, CA $196,033.03 $349,755.24
Samir Sharma Los Gatos, CA $194,933.88 $860,093.13
Edward J Mcpherson Los Angeles, CA $194,141.16 $1,213,285.68
Julio A Gutierrez Los Angeles, CA $193,957.87 $899,434.91
Larry Khoo Los Angeles, CA $193,864.81 $2,821,611.52
Brian Daniel Cone Los Angeles, CA $192,970.03 $518,630.92
Yan Kalika San Francisco, CA $192,531.66 $888,707.55
Amir Hossein Lebastchi Los Angeles, CA $191,475.96 $478,322.48
Aaron Afshin Cohen-Gadol Los Angeles, CA $190,885.81 $1,262,027.87
Ronald Roncone Vista, CA $190,559.09 $1,511,893.46
Derek T Dee Huntington Beach, CA $189,657.18 $191,795.00
Reza Ronaghi Santa Monica, CA $188,294.48 $389,961.56
Craig A Swanson Sacramento, CA $188,226.01 $200,697.75
Jeffrey R Unger Chino, CA $188,167.72 $906,590.23
Jonathan Hero Chung San Diego, CA $187,281.78 $758,352.00
Jonathan C Hsu San Diego, CA $186,462.70 $1,180,806.10
Said Beydoun Los Angeles, CA $186,245.93 $990,739.43
Rayshad Oshtory San Francisco, CA $185,133.56 $593,061.92
Chamindra G Laverty San Diego, CA $184,797.08 $665,097.31
Gil Y Melmed Los Angeles, CA $184,767.87 $540,718.32
Yashar Javidan Los Angeles, CA $182,491.29 $684,563.36
Nitin N Bhatia Orange, CA $182,120.26 $1,192,369.60
Afshin Bahador San Diego, CA $182,072.51 $701,473.93
Robin Kathleen Dore Tustin, CA $181,545.69 $1,518,976.05
Joselito C Cabaccan San Jose, CA $180,499.54 $1,474,717.71
Vijay Purushoth Balasubramanian Fresno, CA $180,124.16 $531,404.01
Sumit Garg Irvine, CA $178,848.62 $815,843.06
Vikram M Udani San Diego, CA $178,726.20 $1,102,964.43
Sayna Norouzi Loma Linda, CA $177,983.40 $363,400.06
John S Boswell Fresno, CA $177,826.87 $777,376.22
Patricia Adriana Ares-Romero Hanford, CA $176,556.82 $507,884.01
Hyong S Kim La Jolla, CA $176,099.83 $1,022,387.57
Michael Coughlin San Francisco, CA $175,233.18 $1,592,451.73
Mike Tzuhen Wei Stanford, CA $174,823.32 $381,751.21
Derek F Amanatullah Stanford, CA $174,367.98 $847,269.66
Benjamin Farahnik Long Beach, CA $174,190.15 $198,454.32
Joe Gorelick Campbell, CA $173,902.55 $637,720.37
Christopher M Hoshino Torrance, CA $173,396.54 $356,041.58
Eric Scott Farbman Fresno, CA $173,124.38 $865,605.02
David N Pham Westminster, CA $172,879.79 $574,244.89

Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026).