Anthony Watkins, MD
Transplant Surgery · Tampa, FLNPI 1831335603
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (57.7%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. at 27.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,188 and has fallen 51.7% since, to $1,539 in 2025.
Across 49 payments — averaging $127.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Organ Recovery Systems, Inc.$843
- Dilon Technologies, Inc.$398
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$220
- plus $592 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,70027%
- Travel & lodging$93515%
- Food & beverage$3,59958%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $1,700 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $1,301 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 14 | $1,180 |
| Organ Recovery Systems, Inc. | 5 | $843 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 4 | $398 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $220 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $170 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $127 |
| Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $92 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $48 |
| Prodigy Surgical Distribution, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
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$900
- Echelon Flex$698
- HemoBlast Bellows$292
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$260
- Signia$170
- THYMOGLOBULIN$125
- MONOCRYL$116
- DERMABOND PRINEO$116
- Envarsus$114
How this compares
$6,234 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 53 transplant 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.
Other transplant surgery in Tampa
- Amy LuTampa$133K
- Eduardo AlsinaTampa$121K
- Kiran DhanireddyTampa$40K
- Vijay SubramanianTampa$22K
- Ting HuangTampa$8K
- Heidi PearsonTampa$6K
- Marian PorubskyTampa$5K
- Rachel HogenTampa$4K
- Matthew WittTampa$4K
- Abhishek MathurTampa$881
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.