Justin van Backer
Surgery · New Britain, CTNPI 1396139762
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (37.7%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 48.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $16,680, 7.1 times the $2,339 reported in 2022. 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 63 payments — averaging $415.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$13K
- Medtronic$9K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Davol Inc.$112
- plus $53 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,86038%
- Travel & lodging$7,13727%
- Food & beverage$1,6806%
- Education$7,50029%
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 | 27 | $12,610 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $8,577 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $2,132 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $1,534 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $1,158 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $39 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$9,335
- DAVINCI XI$3,000
- IMFINZI$1,989
- Monarch Platform$1,230
- MONARCH$927
- TAGRISSO$127
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$112
How this compares
$26,177 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lidocaine | 13 | $1,043 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 19 | $450 |
| Pregabalin | 14 | $390 |
| Gabapentin | 30 | $283 |
| Omeprazole | 21 | $222 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in New Britain
- Jennifer McCallisterNew Britain$12K
- Terrence DonahueNew Britain$11K
- John MortonNew Haven$970K
- Joseph AferzonPortland$712K
- Andrew DuffyNew Haven$256K
- Sherard ChiuFairfield$148K
- Nikhilesh SekharFairfield$140K
- Anees ChagparNew Haven$121K
- Roselle CrombieFairfield$113K
- Craig FlochNorwalk$88K
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.