Amun Makani, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · St Petersburg, FLNPI 1376705830
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (51.6%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 75.3% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $5,564.
Across 41 payments — averaging $85.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Coastal Medical Technologies LLC$226
- MVP Orthopedics Inc$178
- Intuitive Surgical$99
- Stryker$70
- Johnson & Johnson$69
- plus $221 from 7 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $282.00 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.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$564
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$48814%
- Food & beverage$1,19834%
- Education$1,80052%
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 | 12 | $2,624 |
| Coastal Medical Technologies LLC | 3 | $226 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 7 | $178 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $99 |
| Stryker | 3 | $70 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $69 |
| Amgen | 4 | $69 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Foundation Medicine, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Orthogenrx Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$3,487 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron Hcl | 37 | $350 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 58 | $294 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $236 |
| Meloxicam | 40 | $178 |
| Prednisone | 15 | $94 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in St Petersburg
- Brett BolhofnerSt Petersburg$3M
- Andrew CooperClearwater$102M
- Richard HynesMelbourne$34.8M
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- George HaidukewychOrlando$10M
- Robert SantrockFernandina Beach$7.3M
- Martin RocheFt. Lauderdale$7.1M
- Steven LyonsTampa$6.7M
- Thomas BernasekTemple Terrace$6.4M
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.