John Stauffer, MD
Surgical Oncology · Jacksonville, FLNPI 1073752408
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 54.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,030 and has fallen 67.5% since, to $335 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for surgical oncology clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $1,867.
Across 23 payments — averaging $101.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$371
- Boston Scientific$321
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$117
- Olympus America Inc.$67
- Varian Medical Systems, Inc.$62
- plus $121 from 3 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $3665.17 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$22K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$98142%
- Food & beverage$1,34758%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 9 | $1,269 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 4 | $371 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $321 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $117 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $62 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $44 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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$1,144
- Nanoknife$204
- ONIVYDE$117
- SPYGLASS$103
How this compares
$2,328 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 133 surgical oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 16 | $60,034 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical oncology in Jacksonville
- James JakubJacksonville$12K
- William SumnerJacksonville$11K
- Konstantinos ChouliarasJacksonville$5K
- Laila SamiianJacksonville$5K
- Emmanuel GabrielJacksonville$4K
- Carol Bowen-WellsJacksonville$4K
- Neha GoelMiami$200K
- Jonathan ZagerTampa$191K
- Horacio AsbunMiami$161K
- Adrian Legaspi SauterHialeah$116K
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.