Kent Yinger, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Santa Rosa, CANPI 1093815110
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.4% of the total across 20 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 11 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $363 and has fallen 65.9% since, to $124 in 2025.
Across 20 payments — averaging $40.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Evolution Surgical, Inc$177
- Arthrex$154
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$139
- Stryker$133
- Johnson & Johnson$46
- Bioventus LLC$44
- plus $117 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7810%
- Food & beverage$73190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Evolution Surgical, Inc | 3 | $177 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $154 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $139 |
| Stryker | 5 | $133 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $46 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $44 |
| Derma Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Hydrocision, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$809 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 130 orthopedic surgery providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 11 | $170 |
| Meloxicam | 64 | $165 |
| Ibuprofen | 12 | $93 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $32 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopedic surgery in Santa Rosa
- Kevin HoweSanta Rosa$2K
- Marshall ChingOroville$17.8M
- Ran SchwarzkopfOrange$2M
- Brian ChingOroville$1.4M
- Peter KurzweilLong Beach$494K
- Scott Hackerla Mesa$434K
- Richard NussbaumSherman Oaks$238K
- William KimTorrance$164K
- Peter BordenTorrance$111K
- Raymond FolmarIrvine$70K
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.