Gerson Florez, MD
Hand Surgery · Stuart, FLNPI 1205097896
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (36.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC at 38.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,319 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $15 in 2025.
Across 71 payments — averaging $106.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC$3K
- Arthrex$2K
- Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$234
- Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.$128
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$125
- plus $472 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,50033%
- Food & beverage$2,30731%
- Education$2,74236%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 13 | $2,930 |
| Arthrex | 37 | $2,133 |
| Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc. | 2 | $1,528 |
| Stryker | 3 | $234 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 3 | $128 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $114 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $99 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $44 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Amgen | 2 | $25 |
| Axogen | 1 | $20 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$7,550 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 21 | $143 |
| Ibuprofen | 14 | $107 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $94 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Stuart
- Peter EvansStuart$525K
- Jorge Orbay-CerratoMiami$12.5M
- 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.