Jeffrey Sugandi, MD
Surgery · Waterloo, IANPI 1477992279
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $906 of the $1,386 with a category attached, or 65.4%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 68.8% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,037, more than ten times the $13 reported in 2019.
Across 16 payments — averaging $86.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$954
- Endomagnetics Ltd$195
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$74
- Johnson & Johnson$51
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$42
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$41
- plus $30 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$90665%
- Food & beverage$48035%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $954 |
| Endomagnetics Ltd | 1 | $195 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 3 | $74 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $51 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Vertex | 1 | $17 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $13 |
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.
- AdvantageRib$784
- Magseed$195
- Magtrace$195
How this compares
$1,386 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 331 surgery providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 17 | $84 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 17 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Waterloo
- Christopher HealeyWaterloo$140K
- Scott HinzeWaterloo$25K
- Melissa GarrettWaterloo$25K
- Andrew RikkersWaterloo$18K
- David HenryWaterloo$15K
- Jason KasenbergWaterloo$9K
- Brian GerreltsWaterloo$9K
- Amy ReppertWaterloo$8K
- Teresa LamastersWest Des Moines$188K
- Vincent ReidCedar Rapids$103K
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.