Byron Dodson, DO
Surgery · Morgantown, WVNPI 1558757435
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (45.3%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 70.7% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $4,218 and has fallen 89.5% since, to $443 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in WV 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 82 payments — averaging $147.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$9K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- Davol Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$435
- Dilon Technologies, Inc.$235
- Conmed Corporation$89
- plus $336 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,47645%
- Food & beverage$3,59430%
- Education$3,00025%
- Gifts$150%
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 | 41 | $8,543 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 8 | $1,313 |
| Davol Inc. | 7 | $1,134 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 8 | $435 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $235 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $89 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $86 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $59 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $12 |
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$7,609
- GORE BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$1,100
- Phasix Mesh$1,036
- Surgicel Powder$129
- Mega Soft$129
- HARMONIC Product Family$122
- VISTASEAL Fibrin Sealant (Human)$122
- STRATAFIX$122
How this compares
$12,085 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 162 surgery providers in West 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 26 | $175 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 54 | $88 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Morgantown
- Matthew Cunningham-HillMorgantown$30K
- Maxwell AlmenoffMorgantown$23K
- Todd TallmanMorgantown$15K
- Kimberly BaileyMorgantown$7K
- David HofiusMorgantown$5K
- Mustapha DaouadiMorgantown$5K
- Rajeev SharmaMorgantown$5K
- Ferdinand MartinezMorgantown$4K
- Darren NeaseCharleston$107K
- Farzad AmiriHuntington$66K
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.