Amar Patel, MD
Hand Surgery · Laguna Woods, CANPI 1073802443
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.4%), education and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 33.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,960 and has fallen 85.8% since, to $420 in 2025.
Across 71 payments — averaging $120.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Trice Medical, Inc.$1K
- Axogen$1K
- Medwest Associates$954
- Stryker$480
- Johnson & Johnson$331
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,25015%
- Travel & lodging$3384%
- Food & beverage$3,88745%
- Education$3,09036%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 6 | $2,856 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $1,250 |
| Axogen | 5 | $1,017 |
| Medwest Associates | 4 | $954 |
| Stryker | 6 | $480 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $331 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 2 | $265 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $235 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $181 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $164 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $157 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $136 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $109 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $85 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $48 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $47 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Osteomed LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $8 |
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.
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$942
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$942
- Geminus$235
- Align$235
- IJS$235
- Implate$235
- VARIAX$155
- Acu-Loc Wrist Plating System$138
- NA$137
- INTERSTIM$133
- EXPAREL$121
- Physio-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator$121
- T2$106
- ADAPT$106
How this compares
$8,565 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 249 hand surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 50 | $1,031 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 141 | $601 |
| Methylprednisolone | 38 | $211 |
| Meloxicam | 35 | $57 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $49 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 11 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Laguna Woods
- Steven ShinLos Angeles$2.8M
- Amy LaddStanford$1.4M
- Emilie CheungStanford$1.1M
- Andrew HartmanOceanside$957K
- Nancy LynchSan Mateo$862K
- Jeffrey YaoRedwood City$622K
- Prosper BenhaimLos Angeles$492K
- Wayne PanOakland$423K
- Nathan HoekzemaClovis$400K
- Robin KamalStanford$343K
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.