Afshin Bahador, MD
Surgical Oncology · San Diego, CANPI 1316963713
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (59.9%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 63.5% of it on its own, with 33 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among surgical oncology clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 1,010 payments — averaging $694.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$445K
- AstraZeneca$114K
- Eisai Inc.$55K
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$43K
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$25K
- Applied Medical Resources Corporation$6K
- plus $12K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$29,1114%
- Speaking & faculty fees$420,42660%
- Travel & lodging$52,6728%
- Food & beverage$39,3296%
- Education$159,87723%
- Gifts$580%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 479 | $445,398 |
| AstraZeneca | 156 | $114,253 |
| Eisai Inc. | 100 | $55,075 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 20 | $42,856 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 19 | $25,468 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 2 | $6,000 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $5,995 |
| Merck | 98 | $2,261 |
| GSK | 23 | $886 |
| Clovis Oncology, Inc. | 35 | $336 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 9 | $334 |
| Tesaro, Inc. | 6 | $325 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $306 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 3 | $261 |
| Amgen | 7 | $187 |
| Dysis Medical, Inc. | 5 | $179 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $176 |
| BD | 1 | $169 |
| Coherus Oncology, Inc. | 6 | $152 |
| Foundation Medicine, Inc. | 6 | $139 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $131 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $104 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $97 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $84 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $55 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 3 | $52 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $33 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $19 |
| Bayer | 1 | $18 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$397,386
- LYNPARZA$111,878
- OFIRMEV$67,854
- LENVIMA$53,351
- DA VINCI SP$42,750
- ALEXIS CONTAINED EXTRACTION SYSTEM$6,000
- Zynrelef$4,400
- INZII BAG$3,000
- HTX-011$1,500
- ZEJULA$366
- ALLY II UPS$306
- JEMPERLI$244
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$169
- HemoBlast Bellows$165
- KEYTRUDA$141
- AIRSEAL$129
How this compares
$701,474 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 209 surgical oncology providers in California.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical oncology in San Diego
- Michael BouvetSan Diego$118K
- Andrew LowySan Diego$12K
- Amir FathiFresno$255K
- Alexander ChristSanta Monica$239K
- Yanghee WooDuarte$131K
- Yuman FongDuarte$87K
- Ronald HurstLos Angeles$76K
- Jason Sicklickla Jolla$69K
- Mohammed Al-TemimiSan Jose$39K
- Gagandeep SinghDuarte$38K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.