Matthew Brengman, MD
General Surgery · Richmond, VANPI 1326096272
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (40.4%), education and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 45.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $75,343, more than ten times the $1,140 reported in 2019. Among general surgery clinicians in VA 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 180 payments — averaging $868.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$70K
- Enterra Medical, Inc.$58K
- Boston Scientific$12K
- Medtronic$10K
- Davol Inc.$3K
- Reshape Lifesciences Inc.$2K
- plus $991 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$63,05040%
- Speaking & faculty fees$18,43012%
- Travel & lodging$7,4085%
- Food & beverage$9,3986%
- Education$57,69537%
- Entertainment$2620%
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 | 73 | $70,440 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 40 | $57,507 |
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $12,457 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 24 | $10,401 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $2,939 |
| Reshape Lifesciences Inc. | 11 | $1,508 |
| Covidien LP | 4 | $473 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 2 | $240 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $136 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $69 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
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$67,191
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System$11,000
- ENTERRA$7,000
- DA VINCI SP$2,500
- INTERSTIM$1,784
- GENERAL ENDOCHOICE$1,207
- Signia$409
- Sonicision$277
- DISPOSABLE DISTAL ATTACHMENT$223
- Olympus$223
- Bravo$218
- PHASIX$139
- LigaSure$103
How this compares
$156,243 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 40 general surgery providers in Virginia.
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.
Other general surgery in Richmond
- Gregory SchroderRichmond$12K
- Alan RossiRichmond$0
- Claire CarmanNorfolk$13K
- Basil SkenderisVirginia Beach$12K
- Beryl BrownVirginia Beach$3K
- Anthony TerracinaNewport News$2K
- Jeffrey BergerVirginia Beach$1K
- George HubbardNorfolk$709
- Scott OneilMartinsville$515
- James MehaffeyCharlottesville$436
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.