Jason Samona, DO
Hand Surgery · Troy, MINPI 1639510613
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $5,677 of the $8,437 with a category attached, or 67.3%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pinnacle, Inc at 37.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $6,193 and has fallen 97.6% since, to $148 in 2025.
Across 105 payments — averaging $80.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pinnacle, Inc$3K
- Arthrex$2K
- MVP Orthopedics Inc$784
- Encore Medical, LP$467
- Axogen$318
- Amgen$297
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3074%
- Food & beverage$2,45329%
- Education$5,67767%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle, Inc | 8 | $3,143 |
| Arthrex | 16 | $2,182 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $784 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 7 | $467 |
| Axogen | 4 | $318 |
| Amgen | 37 | $297 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $224 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 2 | $180 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $127 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $124 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $98 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $91 |
| Stryker | 2 | $88 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 6 | $87 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $71 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $61 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $49 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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
$8,437 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 55 hand surgery providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 121 | $2,309 |
| Methylprednisolone | 137 | $1,287 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 273 | $1,067 |
| Cephalexin | 106 | $1,003 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 117 | $649 |
| Meloxicam | 151 | $370 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 79 | $333 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 155 | $328 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 13 | $222 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 13 | $182 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 11 | $54 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Troy
- Christina EndressTroy$7K
- John LienYpsilanti$56K
- Jeffrey LawtonAnn Arbor$46K
- Randy LovellGrand Rapids$40K
- Hussein HamidSouthfield$33K
- Alexander KelsheimerHolland$30K
- Janelle GreeneYpsilanti$20K
- Emily TanPort Huron$15K
- Andrew BaronDetroit$15K
- Jourdan GardWarren$14K
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.