Peter Garas, MD
Hand Surgery · Melbourne, FLNPI 1790104396
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (56.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Axogen at 35.4% of the total.
Across 49 payments — averaging $186.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Axogen$3K
- Trimed, Inc.$2K
- Acumed LLC$1K
- Reel Surgical, Inc.$1K
- Arthrex$704
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$143
- plus $282 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,12256%
- Food & beverage$2,81131%
- Education$1,20013%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axogen | 12 | $3,238 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 4 | $2,174 |
| Acumed LLC | 4 | $1,338 |
| Reel Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $1,255 |
| Arthrex | 15 | $704 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $143 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $118 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $72 |
| Stryker | 1 | $31 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $21 |
| Joint Active Systems, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- AXOGUARD$2,826
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,571
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$1,413
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$1,413
- Acu-Loc Wrist Plating System$1,232
- Acutrak Headless Compression Screw System$1,232
- Hand Fracture System$1,232
- Osteotomy System$605
- Geminus$118
- Align$118
- IJS$118
- Implate$118
- XIAFLEX$111
- Acu-Loc/Acu-Loc 2 Wrist Plating System$106
- Hand Plates$106
How this compares
$9,134 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 173 hand surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 57 | $236 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 20 | $222 |
| Methylprednisolone | 25 | $170 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Melbourne
- Jorge Orbay-CerratoMiami$12.5M
- Peter EvansStuart$525K
- Nirav GuptaOcala$491K
- Francisco RubioMiami$345K
- Justin ZumstegOrlando$133K
- Maria-Carolina Orbay AranMiami$108K
- Paul PatersonVero Beach$104K
- Helen Hui-ChouMiami$95K
- Philipp StreubelWeston$81K
- Roy CardosoCoral Gables$79K
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.