Brian Ward, MD
Surgery · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1487944724
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $12,317 of the $15,195 with a category attached, or 81.1%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 58.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $6,800 and has fallen 95.5% since, to $307 in 2025.
Across 60 payments — averaging $253.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$9K
- Arthrex$5K
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$361
- Smith+Nephew$302
- Johnson & Johnson$163
- TELA Bio, Inc.$84
- plus $140 from 4 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $3089.60 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.
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$15K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,2538%
- Food & beverage$1,62511%
- Education$12,31781%
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 | 15 | $8,896 |
| Arthrex | 18 | $5,249 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 5 | $361 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $302 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $163 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 2 | $60 |
| Lifenet Health | 2 | $28 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $25 |
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$5,560
- DAVINCI XI$3,000
- Restrata Wound Matrix$293
- PICO$143
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$132
How this compares
$15,195 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 209 surgery providers in Nevada.
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 surgery in Las Vegas
- Arthur FuscoLas Vegas$155K
- Ovunc BardakciogluLas Vegas$128K
- Jiashou XuLas Vegas$79K
- Charles ChesnutLas Vegas$76K
- Damon SchroerLas Vegas$74K
- Craig IwamotoLas Vegas$48K
- Arnold ChungLas Vegas$48K
- Stefan ChockLas Vegas$46K
- Matthew JohnsonLas Vegas$40K
- Clyde EllisLas Vegas$39K
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.