Melissa Payson, PA
Surgical · Issaquah, WANPI 1306877477
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 53.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,048 and has fallen 90.1% since, to $301 in 2025. Among surgical clinicians in WA 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 52 payments — averaging $103.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$224
- Baxter Healthcare$22
Across 1 payment — averaging $210.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medtronic$210
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,85653%
- Food & beverage$2,50547%
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 | 19 | $2,889 |
| Medtronic | 31 | $2,226 |
| Abbott | 1 | $224 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $22 |
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.
- VERCISE$1,851
- ACTIVA$686
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$562
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$380
- Infinity DBS Pulse Generators$224
- SenSight$129
How this compares
$5,361 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 404 surgical providers in Washington.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $136 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 18 | $112 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Issaquah
- Carolyn PolcariIssaquah$2K
- Gretchen ThornerYakima$612K
- Jana FlenerRenton$93K
- Jeffrey StepanianKirkland$52K
- Jin Lo TomblinSpokane$21K
- Philip HujdicRenton$17K
- Mark MashitaEverett$16K
- Lee Or RutenbergSeattle$13K
- Wesley SumrallBremerton$8K
- Corbin BrokawSeattle$8K
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.