Joseph Spataro
Gastroenterology · Richmond, VANPI 1922494863
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $17,000 of the $19,055 with a category attached, or 89.2%. US Endoscopy accounts for 89.2% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $13,279, more than ten times the $370 reported in 2021. Among gastroenterology clinicians in VA 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 26 payments — averaging $732.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- US Endoscopy$17K
- Steris Corporation$1K
- Sanofi$322
- Medtronic$252
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$124
- Exact Sciences$100
- plus $247 from 4 others
Across 19 payments — averaging $14,026 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.
- Bristol Myers Squibb$228K
- Lucid Diagnostics Inc.$38K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17,00089%
- Travel & lodging$7194%
- Food & beverage$1,2376%
- Education$991%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| US Endoscopy | 5 | $17,000 |
| Steris Corporation | 8 | $1,011 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $322 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $252 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $124 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $100 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $99 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $80 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $36 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
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.
- TRUFREEZE$13,474
- DUPIXENT$228
- GI Genius$155
- XIFAXAN$124
- Cologuard Collection Kit$100
- The Cologuard Plus Collection Kit$100
How this compares
$19,055 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 473 gastroenterology providers in Virginia.
Other gastroenterology in Richmond
- Arun SanyalRichmond$855K
- Michael FuchsRichmond$126K
- Michael ManetasRichmond$125K
- Jasmohan BajajRichmond$72K
- Binu JohnRichmond$33K
- Arthi SanjeeviRichmond$22K
- Henry EllettRichmond$22K
- Ray KeateRichmond$22K
- Tilak ShahRichmond$20K
- Richard SterlingRichmond$14K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.