Bryant Mercado
Podiatrist · Newport Beach, CANPI 1295297778
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.4%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 29.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,214 and has fallen 57.8% since, to $933 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in CA 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 98 payments — averaging $72.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Novus Surgical Solutions LLC$1K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$922
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$613
- Smith+Nephew$382
- Inari Medical, Inc.$301
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,04729%
- Food & beverage$3,59750%
- Education$1,20017%
- Other$2934%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 22 | $2,134 |
| Novus Surgical Solutions LLC | 2 | $1,344 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 5 | $922 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 9 | $613 |
| Smith+Nephew | 13 | $382 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 3 | $301 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 7 | $224 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 5 | $210 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $195 |
| Abbott | 3 | $164 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $93 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $88 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $69 |
| Lifenet Health | 3 | $44 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $42 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $32 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Vertex | 1 | $23 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- PROstep$1,282
- Portfolio$800
- INTEGRA$412
- MICROMATRIX$293
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$226
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$226
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$148
- INFINITY$145
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$137
- PRIMATRIX$137
- Lapiplasty System$122
- KRYSTEXXA$122
- ETERNA$120
- SALVATION$117
How this compares
$7,138 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 721 podiatrist providers in California.
Other podiatrist in Newport Beach
- Shannon RushPleasanton$1.9M
- Babak BaravarianSanta Monica$1.1M
- Robert KleimanCalexico$913K
- Bruce LawrenceOceanside$810K
- David ArmstrongLos Angeles$695K
- Philip WrotslavskyPoway$269K
- Travis WestermeyerEncinitas$158K
- Adrienne EstesPomona$129K
- Ronald LiebermanEncinitas$109K
- Matthew DoyleMountain View$92K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.