Andrew Sobel, MD
Hand Surgery · Philadelphia, PANPI 1598025488
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Synthes USA Products LLC at 40.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,617 and has fallen 89.6% since, to $582 in 2025.
Across 45 payments — averaging $260.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes USA Products LLC$5K
- Axogen$2K
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Medartis Inc.$751
- Smith+Nephew$253
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,99651%
- Travel & lodging$9999%
- Food & beverage$3,38529%
- Education$1,36012%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes USA Products LLC | 3 | $4,700 |
| Axogen | 7 | $1,861 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $1,360 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $1,316 |
| Medartis Inc. | 6 | $751 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $253 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $237 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $234 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $234 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $178 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $153 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $125 |
| Stryker | 2 | $81 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $76 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 3 | $61 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $57 |
| Novus Surgical Solutions LLC | 1 | $43 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $20 |
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.
- LCP$5,996
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$1,633
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$1,633
- APTUS$602
- INTEGRA$419
- XIAFLEX$234
- VersaWrap$218
- ROSA$156
- Checkpoint Stimulators$153
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$140
- PRIMATRIX$140
- GRAFIX PL$126
- Oasis$126
- STRAVIX PL$126
- STRAVIX MESH$126
- OASIS MICRO$126
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS HAND & WRIST ANCHORS$100
How this compares
$11,740 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 110 hand surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naproxen | 32 | $268 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 30 | $90 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Philadelphia
- Adam StrohlPhiladelphia$175K
- Eon ShinPhiladelphia$44K
- Neal ChenPhiladelphia$24K
- Matthew WilsonPhiladelphia$22K
- Praveen MurthyPhiladelphia$20K
- Brandon BoydPhiladelphia$18K
- Nikolas KazmersPhiladelphia$16K
- Jessica IntraviaPhiladelphia$15K
- Dana CruzPhiladelphia$7K
- Christopher PinkowskiPhiladelphia$6K
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.