Dzi-Viet Nguyen, DO
Hand Surgery · St Petersburg, FLNPI 1265698294
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (55.1%), speaking fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Tulavi Therapeutics, Inc. at 38.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $6,192, 6.7 times the $925 reported in 2019.
Across 165 payments — averaging $74.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Tulavi Therapeutics, Inc.$5K
- Acumed LLC$1K
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- MVP Orthopedics Inc$850
- Axogen$821
- Arthrex$700
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,00032%
- Food & beverage$6,79855%
- Education$1,52012%
- Entertainment$280%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tulavi Therapeutics, Inc. | 11 | $4,765 |
| Acumed LLC | 34 | $1,477 |
| Smith+Nephew | 50 | $1,372 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $850 |
| Axogen | 15 | $821 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $700 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 15 | $648 |
| Coastal Medical Technologies LLC | 3 | $360 |
| Stryker | 4 | $283 |
| Argentum Medical | 1 | $198 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $127 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $81 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Amgen | 4 | $62 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $61 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $26 |
| Neuros Medical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $25 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $24 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $22 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 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.
- ALLAY NERVE CAP - SMALL NERVE SET$4,573
- ACUMED$647
- Novosorb BTM$384
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$349
- VARIAX$148
- Physio-Stim$144
- SurgX$127
- Xperience$127
- BlastX$127
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$125
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$125
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$125
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$125
How this compares
$12,347 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 173 hand 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 350 | $7,076 |
| Ibuprofen | 361 | $3,653 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 276 | $3,075 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 206 | $2,548 |
| Cephalexin | 305 | $1,594 |
| Naproxen | 127 | $1,075 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 73 | $913 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 32 | $332 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 72 | $324 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 47 | $214 |
| Gabapentin | 27 | $195 |
| Mupirocin | 14 | $111 |
| Meloxicam | 45 | $94 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $90 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in St Petersburg
- Jorge Orbay-CerratoMiami$12.5M
- Peter EvansStuart$525K
- Nirav GuptaOcala$491K
- Francisco RubioMiami$345K
- Justin ZumstegOrlando$133K
- Maria-Carolina Orbay AranMiami$108K
- Paul PatersonVero Beach$104K
- Helen Hui-ChouMiami$95K
- Philipp StreubelWeston$81K
- Roy CardosoCoral Gables$79K
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.