Giovanni Begossi, MD
Surgical Oncology · Oakland, CANPI 1053460873
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 21 payments — averaging $135.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Histosonics, Inc.$2K
- Covidien LP$139
- Medtronic$115
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$113
- Intuitive Surgical$91
- AbbVie$66
- plus $135 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,70460%
- Food & beverage$1,13340%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Histosonics, Inc. | 3 | $2,179 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $139 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $115 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $113 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $91 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $66 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $42 |
| Cardinal Health 414 LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $20 |
| Clovis Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $16 |
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.
- LigaSure$115
How this compares
$2,837 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 209 surgical oncology providers in California.
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.
Other surgical oncology in Oakland
- Laura EssermanSan Francisco$60.9M
- Robina SmithFullerton$5.8M
- Afshin BahadorSan Diego$701K
- Thomas Lomisvan Nuys$612K
- Trevan FischerSanta Monica$341K
- Amir FathiFresno$285K
- Mark GirgisLos Angeles$243K
- Alexander ChristSanta Monica$239K
- Sepideh GholamiSacramento$237K
- Yanghee WooDuarte$131K
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.