Jonathan Aranow, MD
Surgery · Middletown, CTNPI 1922176825
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (55.0%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 60.0% of the total. Among surgery clinicians in CT 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 81 payments — averaging $349.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$17K
- Covidien LP$10K
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Novo Nordisk$209
- Smith+Nephew$69
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$55
- plus $190 from 8 others
Across 19 payments — averaging $934.23 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.
- Medtronic$18K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,21333%
- Speaking & faculty fees$15,56055%
- Travel & lodging$1,6866%
- Food & beverage$1,8517%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 39 | $16,977 |
| Covidien LP | 9 | $9,570 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 8 | $1,239 |
| Novo Nordisk | 10 | $209 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $69 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $55 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $40 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $27 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $24 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 2 | $16 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Signia$6,467
- Da Vinci Surgical System$990
How this compares
$28,309 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 289 surgery providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sucralfate | 18 | $2,901 |
| Aprepitant | 18 | $1,650 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 27 | $751 |
| Omeprazole | 39 | $554 |
| Ibuprofen | 13 | $126 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 16 | $113 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 22 | $102 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 31 | $83 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 18 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Middletown
- Jonathan BlancaflorMiddletown$47K
- Peter RomeynMiddletown$27K
- Kenneth SchwartzMiddletown$15K
- John MortonNew Haven$970K
- Joseph AferzonPortland$712K
- Andrew DuffyNew Haven$256K
- Sherard ChiuFairfield$148K
- Nikhilesh SekharFairfield$140K
- Anees ChagparNew Haven$121K
- Roselle CrombieFairfield$113K
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.