Clayton Petro, MD
Surgery · Cleveland, OHNPI 1821387549
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (35.0%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 40.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $34,148 and has fallen 80.8% since, to $6,544 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 132 payments — averaging $389.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$21K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$15K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$6K
- Davol Inc.$3K
- Intuitive Surgical$3K
- Momentis Surgical Inc.$1K
- plus $2K from 12 others
Across 33 payments — averaging $32,694 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.
- Medtronic$844K
- Merck$235K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17,99035%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,36628%
- Travel & lodging$8,73517%
- Food & beverage$7,29314%
- Education$3,0006%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 63 | $20,887 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 10 | $15,011 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 12 | $5,789 |
| Davol Inc. | 17 | $3,390 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 7 | $3,371 |
| Momentis Surgical Inc. | 2 | $1,000 |
| Distalmotion US | 1 | $366 |
| Covidien LP | 5 | $308 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $231 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $163 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $157 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $153 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $145 |
| BD | 1 | $136 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $69 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $60 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $32 |
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.
- OviTex 2S$14,601
- GORE SYNECOR Biomaterial$5,549
- GORE SYNECOR Preperitoneal Biomaterial$4,940
- Da Vinci Surgical System$3,122
- ANOVA SURGICAL SYSTEM$1,000
- PHASIX$544
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$488
- ProGrip$422
- Phasix Mesh$376
- DEXTER L6 ROBOT$366
- Signia$335
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$326
- Dextile$298
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$163
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$163
- Irrisept$157
- EXPAREL$153
- Zynrelef$117
- STRATAFIX$114
- DERMABOND$114
How this compares
$51,384 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 988 surgery providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium Chloride0.9 % Sodium Chloride | 13 | $526 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Cleveland
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- Neilendu KunduCleveland$808K
- Chase WehrleCleveland$741K
- Craig JarrettCleveland$622K
- Ihya GorgunCleveland$527K
- Gareth Morris-StiffCleveland$250K
- Alan SaberCleveland$204K
- Eren BerberCleveland$191K
- Leena KhaitanCleveland$187K
- Ali AminianCleveland$147K
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.