Nathan Ambrose, PA
Surgical · Vancouver, WANPI 1285229500
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $986 of the $1,540 with a category attached, or 64.0%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Steelhead Surgical Inc at 43.9% of the total.
Across 20 payments — averaging $77.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Steelhead Surgical Inc$676
- Arthrex$616
- Vertex$125
- Solventum Corporation$52
- Bioventus LLC$34
- Atricure, Inc.$23
- plus $14 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$98664%
- Food & beverage$55436%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 4 | $676 |
| Arthrex | 11 | $616 |
| Vertex | 1 | $125 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $52 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- JOURNAVX$125
How this compares
$1,540 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 | 62 | $332 |
| Celecoxib | 23 | $312 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 19 | $160 |
| Meloxicam | 37 | $130 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $67 |
| Dexamethasone | 22 | $66 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $55 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 11 | $50 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Vancouver
- Vivian ChanVancouver$5K
- Angel NguyenVancouver$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
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.