Brian Cho, MD
Surgery of the Hand · Owings Mills, MDNPI 1356769533
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,463 of the $2,224 with a category attached, or 65.8%. Arthrex accounts for 65.8% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,482 and has fallen 89.8% since, to $151 in 2025.
Across 13 payments — averaging $171.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$1K
- AbbVie$142
- Globus Medical$131
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$123
- Endo USA, Inc.$121
- Trimed, Inc.$100
- plus $145 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,46366%
- Food & beverage$76134%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 1 | $1,463 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $142 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $131 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 1 | $123 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $31 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
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.
- NATRELLE$142
- CREO S2AI$131
- COALITION AGX / AGX RP$131
- MARS 3V/3VL$131
- CREO ONE Robotic Screw$131
- XIAFLEX$121
How this compares
Too few surgery of the hand providers in Marylandto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ibuprofen | 21 | $91 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 15 | $52 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery of the hand in Owings Mills
- Brian JanzCatonsville$17K
- Aviram GiladiBaltimore$14K
- Ean SaberskiBethesda$2K
- Cassandra DriscollBethesda$2K
- Scott LifchezBaltimore$1K
- James HigginsBaltimore$830
- Bruce WolockTowson$544
- James CarltonBaltimore$89
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.