Hung Ho, MD
Surgery · Sacramento, CANPI 1417930785
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (55.5%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by TELA Bio, Inc. at 35.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,455, 2.0 times the $3,709 reported in 2019. Among surgery clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 140 payments — averaging $178.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- TELA Bio, Inc.$9K
- Intuitive Surgical$8K
- Davol Inc.$4K
- BD$2K
- KCI USA, Inc.$875
- Conmed Corporation$540
- plus $1K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8003%
- Travel & lodging$13,90756%
- Food & beverage$7,29829%
- Education$3,04212%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 38 | $8,929 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 35 | $7,919 |
| Davol Inc. | 31 | $3,990 |
| BD | 14 | $1,544 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $875 |
| Conmed Corporation | 5 | $540 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $384 |
| TEI Biosciences Inc | 5 | $375 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $118 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $49 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 1 | $45 |
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$7,262
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$5,659
- Phasix Mesh$2,383
- OviTex 2S$1,363
- Ovitex$1,183
- VAC VERAFLO$800
- SURGIMEND$502
- AIRSEAL$350
- FIBRYGA$126
- ESOPHYX$118
How this compares
$25,047 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,363 surgery 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 surgery in Sacramento
- Michael BenekeSacramento$234K
- David BeffaSacramento$131K
- Timothy ChuterSan Francisco$8.8M
- Santiago HorganSan Diego$2.8M
- Rock LiuHayward$1.6M
- David LouriePasadena$1.4M
- Andrea PakulaThousand Oaks$1.4M
- Siew-Ming LeeFresno$1.3M
- Beemen KhalilPalo Alto$1.1M
- John LiphamLos Angeles$942K
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.