Joseph Passaro
Dentist · Davidsonville, MDNPI 1447274204
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $64,104 of the $76,526 with a category attached, or 83.8%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 75.7% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $28,778 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $52 in 2025. Among dentist clinicians in MD with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 181 payments — averaging $422.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$58K
- Zimvie Inc.$17K
- Patterson Companies, Inc.$995
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$69
- Benco Dental Supply Co.$67
- Straumann USA LLC$61
- plus $151 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$64,10484%
- Travel & lodging$8,94412%
- Food & beverage$2,4333%
- Education$500%
- Gifts$9951%
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 | 99 | $57,929 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 69 | $17,256 |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 1 | $995 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 2 | $69 |
| Benco Dental Supply Co. | 1 | $67 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 1 | $61 |
| Orapharma, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $38 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $36 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| 3M Company | 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.
- Zimmer Biomet Instruments and Implants$33,533
- All T3 Implants$11,916
- T3$5,257
- Diem2$4,073
- Tapered Screw-Vent$1,734
- 3i T3$522
- Bellatek$136
How this compares
$76,526 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,289 dentist providers in Maryland.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 21 | $67 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dentist in Davidsonville
- James WooddellDavidsonville$57K
- Joshua WeintraubBaltimore$182K
- Ian ShumanPasadena$81K
- Radi MasriRockville$55K
- Omar de OliveiraHagerstown$42K
- Toussaint CrawfordSilver Spring$39K
- Ashley IzadiBaltimore$27K
- Michael RosenPikesville$26K
- Gary ImmWestminster$26K
- Kira EvansOwings Mills$23K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.