Basil Skenderis, MD
General Surgery · Virginia Beach, VANPI 1164477469
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (35.4%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 57.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,939 and has fallen 98.9% since, to $89 in 2025. Among general surgery clinicians in VA 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 78 payments — averaging $153.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- Lifenet Health$3K
- Davol Inc.$604
- C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries$449
- Bioventus LLC$146
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$61
- plus $412 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,25010%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6956%
- Travel & lodging$4,24635%
- Food & beverage$2,81523%
- Education$3,00025%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 26 | $6,922 |
| Lifenet Health | 13 | $3,411 |
| Davol Inc. | 6 | $604 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 4 | $449 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $146 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $61 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $58 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $45 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $38 |
| Bayer | 2 | $38 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $31 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Abbott | 1 | $25 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $18 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $13 |
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$6,379
- TheraGenesis Wound Matrix$3,203
- PHASIX$900
How this compares
$12,005 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 40 general surgery providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 11 | $79 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 27 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other general surgery in Virginia Beach
- Beryl BrownVirginia Beach$3K
- Jeffrey BergerVirginia Beach$1K
- Matthew BrengmanRichmond$156K
- Claire CarmanNorfolk$13K
- Gregory SchroderRichmond$12K
- Anthony TerracinaNewport News$2K
- George HubbardNorfolk$709
- Scott OneilMartinsville$515
- James MehaffeyCharlottesville$436
- Luciano D'amatoBig Stone Gap$47
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.