Marcel Bas Aguilar, MD
Hand Surgery · Bay Shore, NYNPI 1558725226
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.4%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 51.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $8,893 and has fallen 95.2% since, to $425 in 2025.
Across 81 payments — averaging $146.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$6K
- Stryker$2K
- Acumed LLC$1K
- Liberty Surgical Inc.$356
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$278
- BD$270
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,17218%
- Food & beverage$6,09951%
- Education$3,60030%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 20 | $6,053 |
| Stryker | 26 | $2,194 |
| Acumed LLC | 10 | $1,008 |
| Liberty Surgical Inc. | 1 | $356 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 3 | $278 |
| BD | 2 | $270 |
| Exsomed Corporation | 1 | $236 |
| Medartis Inc. | 2 | $198 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $191 |
| Axogen | 3 | $179 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $172 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $154 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $129 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $123 |
| Polaris Technology Solutions LLC | 2 | $109 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
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.
- ACUMED$1,632
- INnate Implant$607
- VARIAX$536
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$424
- INTEGRA$369
- PANGEA$271
- InFrame Implant$236
- ArrowPhix System$236
- ArcPhix System$236
- AXSOS$146
- GAMMA$146
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$146
- PRIME SERIES$145
- REVERSE SHOULDER$136
- COMPREHENSIVE$129
- Geminus$129
- Align$129
- IJS$129
- Implate$129
- ICONIX$126
How this compares
$11,870 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 178 hand surgery providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 73 | $120 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $99 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Bay Shore
- Scott WolfeNy$251K
- Nader PaksimaNew York$171K
- Peter SteinGreat Neck$131K
- Michael HausmanNew York$128K
- Otis BarronNew York$122K
- Kevin SetterEast Syracuse$118K
- Nathan EverdingSyracuse$98K
- David TuckmanGreat Neck$96K
- Dan ZlotolowNew York$91K
- Andrew GreenbergGreat Neck$86K
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.