Craig Amshel, MD
Surgery · Sun City Center, FLNPI 1356339675
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (48.9%), travel and lodging and gifts — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 26.7% of the total.
Across 90 payments — averaging $77.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Davol Inc.$1K
- THD America, Inc.$959
- Axonics, Inc.$922
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$633
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.$405
- plus $1K from 13 others
Across 35 payments — averaging $3826.44 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.
- Pfizer$134K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,84941%
- Food & beverage$3,41149%
- Education$20%
- Gifts$71510%
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 | 9 | $1,860 |
| Davol Inc. | 10 | $1,035 |
| THD America, Inc. | 14 | $959 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 19 | $922 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 5 | $633 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 12 | $405 |
| Tosoh Bioscience, Inc. | 1 | $382 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 2 | $369 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $118 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $80 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $20 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $13 |
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- 1788$1,692
- Phasix Mesh$588
- SYNECOR Biomaterial$485
- PHASIX$473
- PA, AIA-PACK Calibrator Set$382
- PA, ST AIA-PACK$382
- Axonics r-SNM System$344
How this compares
$6,977 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,569 surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SuflavePeg 3350/Sod Sulf,chlr/Pot/Mag | 16 | $2,008 |
| Lubiprostone | 14 | $876 |
| Prochlorperazine Maleate | 14 | $614 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 23 | $242 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 22 | $193 |
| Sucralfate | 11 | $135 |
| Metoclopramide Hcl | 21 | $78 |
| Alprazolam | 12 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc.Suflave | $405 | $2,00816 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 65th percentile of 1,569 surgery providers in Florida.
Other surgery in Sun City Center
- Jorge FlorinWinter Garden$2.2M
- Amit TaggarTampa$1.4M
- Keith KimCelebration$1.1M
- Richard DiciccoTampa$964K
- Elizabeth DovecLakeland$870K
- Christopher DucoinTampa$808K
- Andre TeixeiraOcala$731K
- Jose ErbellaBradenton$718K
- Anthony GonzalezMiami$686K
- Natan ZundelNorth Miami Beach$596K
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.