Antonio Ripepi
Surgery · Bethel Park, PANPI 1659372985
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (39.4%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Davol Inc. at 58.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,829 and has fallen 94.1% since, to $345 in 2023. Among surgery clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 194 payments — averaging $78.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Davol Inc.$9K
- C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries$3K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$529
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$256
- Stryker$209
- plus $518 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,00020%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,00039%
- Travel & lodging$8375%
- Food & beverage$4,65831%
- Education$7505%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Davol Inc. | 120 | $8,966 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $3,000 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 12 | $1,767 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 26 | $529 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 12 | $256 |
| Stryker | 5 | $209 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 8 | $146 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $115 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $41 |
| BD | 2 | $30 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $21 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $16 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- PHASIX$3,427
- Capsure$3,000
- 3DMAX$3,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$818
- DAVINCI XI$750
- Phasix Mesh$130
- 1688$124
- VISTASEAL$100
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$100
How this compares
$15,245 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,424 surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
Other surgery in Bethel Park
- Andy KiserPittsburgh$1M
- Glenn SteeleDanville$698K
- Maher El ChaarAllentown$667K
- George EidPittsburgh$619K
- Paul CesanekAllentown$469K
- Clark GerhartPlains$317K
- Irina YermilovPlymouth Meeting$315K
- Eric PauliHershey$202K
- Ariel AballayPittsburgh$198K
- Ann RogersHershey$198K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.