Garth Lecheminant, MD
Surgery · Wasilla, AKNPI 1023076007
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.3%), travel and lodging and gifts — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 74.5% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2022 is the largest year on record at $1,212, more than ten times the $49 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery clinicians in AK, where the typical reported total is $2,982.
Across 15 payments — averaging $94.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$164
- Davol Inc.$130
- Olympus America Inc.$49
- Masimo Corporation$20
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$69449%
- Food & beverage$71750%
- Gifts$141%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 9 | $1,062 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $164 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $130 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $20 |
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$992
- STRATAFIX$125
- BD MAX$109
How this compares
$1,425 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 68 surgery providers in Alaska.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 17 | $1,043 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 32 | $165 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Wasilla
- Nicholas BahlWasilla$16K
- David MorrowWasilla$12K
- Heather ZeznockWasilla$8K
- Iuliana BobangaWasilla$7K
- Joseph LlewellynWasilla$49
- John MuffolettoAnchorage$55K
- Justin ClarkJber$24K
- David WrigleyAnchorage$20K
- Harrison BurmanKetchikan$18K
- Gregory HoughEagle River$18K
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.