Matthew Skinner, MD
Gastroenterology · la Jolla, CANPI 1609133750
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (43.1%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 69.0% of it on its own, with 29 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $21,338, 6.9 times the $3,099 reported in 2019. Among gastroenterology 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 231 payments — averaging $145.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$23K
- Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc.$4K
- Icotec Medical Inc.$2K
- AbbVie$922
- Endogastric Solutions, Inc$622
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$567
- plus $3K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,00021%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,45043%
- Travel & lodging$4,82114%
- Food & beverage$7,27222%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 44 | $23,135 |
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 4 | $3,956 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 9 | $1,769 |
| AbbVie | 45 | $922 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 9 | $622 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 25 | $567 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 7 | $431 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 21 | $421 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $273 |
| Conmed Corporation | 5 | $252 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $237 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $143 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $141 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $136 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $96 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $62 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $49 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Vivus LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $36 |
| Merck | 2 | $35 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $33 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pentax Of America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$19,409
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System$1,584
- AXIOS$861
- ESOPHYX$433
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$236
- LesionHunter$200
- icotec BlackArmor Spine System$160
- Resolution 360 ULTRA Clip$159
- ECHOTIP INSIGHT$138
- CONMED BILIARY$128
- Hemospray$117
- EchoTip$117
- Olympus EMR & ESD Devices$116
- GENERAL METAL STENTS GI$108
How this compares
$33,543 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,885 gastroenterology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 160 | $10,050 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 11 | $4,946 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 134 | $2,027 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 14 | $1,293 |
| Rabeprazole Sodium | 15 | $997 |
| Omeprazole | 46 | $669 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 15 | $452 |
| Famotidine | 26 | $394 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 19 | $179 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 12 | $162 |
| Cefdinir | 12 | $153 |
| Levofloxacin | 12 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in la Jolla
- Quan Nhula Jolla$641K
- Catherine Frenettela Jolla$342K
- Paul Pockrosla Jolla$318K
- Walter Coylela Jolla$269K
- Bennett RothLos Angeles$2.8M
- Douglas NguyenMission Viejo$2M
- Sammy SaabLos Angeles$1.9M
- Kenneth ChangNewport Beach$1.3M
- Joo HwangStanford$1M
- Drew SchembreWalnut Creek$659K
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.