Amir Bastawrous, MD
Surgery · Seattle, WANPI 1609997485
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (43.8%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 69.8% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $69,020 and has fallen 91.1% since, to $6,127 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in WA 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 287 payments — averaging $457.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$92K
- Covidien LP$36K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$704
- Stryker$445
- Conmed Corporation$336
- plus $2K from 15 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $473.10 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,7504%
- Speaking & faculty fees$57,50044%
- Travel & lodging$32,55825%
- Food & beverage$10,0258%
- Education$25,38819%
- Gifts$830%
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 | 225 | $91,618 |
| Covidien LP | 27 | $35,550 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $1,063 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $704 |
| Stryker | 3 | $445 |
| Conmed Corporation | 3 | $336 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $145 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Guard Medical Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 1 | $126 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $119 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $111 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $100 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $29 |
| ERBE 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$81,188
- DA VINCI SP$6,650
- Signia$315
- Endo GIA$310
- 1588 HD 3 CHIP CAMERA$299
- INTERSTIM$282
- AIRSEAL$269
- SPY-PHI SYSTEM$146
- Irrisept$145
- Axonics$137
- VAC VERAFLO$129
- PREVENA$129
- NPseal$127
- NPSEAL MEDIUM$127
- NPSEAL LARGE$127
- BIODESIGN$126
- Phasix Mesh$126
- Olympus GI Accessories$125
- FLOSEAL$119
- Entyvio$117
How this compares
$131,304 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 549 surgery providers in Washington.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 79 | $5,113 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 11 | $60 |
| Metronidazole | 13 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Matthew KleinSeattle$328K
- Adnan AlseidiSeattle$240K
- Zeljka JutricSeattle$100K
- Andrew TingSeattle$56K
- David MulliganSeattle$24K
- Shane OttmannSeattle$23K
- Brian SungSeattle$21K
- Jonathan ShamSeattle$20K
- Theresa WangSeattle$20K
- Anirban GuptaSeattle$19K
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.