Matthew Lublin, MD
Surgery · Santa Monica, CANPI 1992741813
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (49.2%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 50.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $16,840 and has fallen 98.3% since, to $292 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in CA 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 66 payments — averaging $461.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$15K
- Applied Medical Resources Corporation$14K
- Stryker$260
- Medtronic$142
- Davol Inc.$138
- Teleflex LLC$94
- plus $557 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,04443%
- Travel & lodging$1,0073%
- Food & beverage$1,4075%
- Education$15,00049%
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 | 19 | $15,425 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 19 | $13,841 |
| Stryker | 1 | $260 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $142 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $138 |
| Teleflex LLC | 3 | $94 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $86 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $63 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $57 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $50 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $46 |
| Distalmotion US | 1 | $38 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Amgen | 1 | $28 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $27 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $19 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 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.
- STAPLER$9,313
- Da Vinci Surgical System$9,135
- DAVINCI XI$6,000
- VOYANT$3,185
- Gelport Laparoscopic System$2,600
- EPIX LAPA GRASPER$2,475
- STAPLING$1,875
- ALEXIS CONTAINED EXTRACTION SYSTEM$1,875
- GelPOINT V-Path$1,125
- EPIX LAPA SCISSOR$450
- EPIX INLINE DISSCT$450
- FIOS ADVANCED FIXATION$450
- KII FIOS$450
- Voyant fine fusion device$281
- Voyant open fusion device$281
- Voyant 5mm fusion device$281
- Voyant maryland fusion device$281
- 1588 HD 3 CHIP CAMERA$260
- EEA$109
How this compares
$30,457 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,363 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 84 | $126 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Santa Monica
- David ChenSanta Monica$288K
- Timothy ChuterSan Francisco$8.8M
- Santiago HorganSan Diego$2.8M
- Rock LiuHayward$1.6M
- David LouriePasadena$1.4M
- Andrea PakulaThousand Oaks$1.4M
- Siew-Ming LeeFresno$1.3M
- Beemen KhalilPalo Alto$1.1M
- John LiphamLos Angeles$942K
- Alexander NedopilLodi$682K
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.