Armin Arshi, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Los Alamitos, CANPI 1790148070
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $6,250 of the $9,645 with a category attached, or 64.8%. Smith+Nephew accounts for 69.6% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,361 and has fallen 79.2% since, to $907 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $9,645.
Across 53 payments — averaging $181.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$7K
- Stryker$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$202
- Davol Inc.$159
- Vertex$81
- Bioventus LLC$39
- plus $83 from 3 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $9552.91 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.
- Stryker$19K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6737%
- Food & beverage$2,72228%
- Education$6,25065%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $6,709 |
| Stryker | 31 | $2,372 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $202 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $159 |
| Vertex | 3 | $81 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $37 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Amgen | 1 | $23 |
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.
- MAKO$1,401
- INSIGNIA$347
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$159
- CORI$142
- Journey II$142
- TRIATHLON$129
- POLARSTEM$109
How this compares
$9,645 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 136 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in California.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 351 | $43,453 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 12 | $2,666 |
| Meloxicam | 155 | $491 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $189 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 44 | $94 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $72 |
| Amoxicillin | 62 | $61 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 18 | $26 |
| Famotidine | 11 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Los Alamitos
- William MaloneyStanford$11.1M
- James CaillouetteNewport Beach$4.8M
- William LongLos Angeles$2.8M
- John DearbornMenlo Park$2.5M
- William Bugbeela Jolla$2.1M
- James HuddlestonStanford$1.5M
- Alexander SahFremont$1.2M
- John DianaNapa$981K
- Thomas DonaldsonColton$893K
- Derek AmanatullahStanford$828K
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.