Raul Rosenthal, MD
Surgery · Los Angeles, CANPI 1487617270
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.7%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Diagnostic Green GmbH at 49.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $38,241 and has fallen 85.0% since, to $5,735 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in CA 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 135 payments — averaging $1086.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Diagnostic Green GmbH$72K
- Medtronic$36K
- Covidien LP$15K
- Arthrex$13K
- KARL Storz Endoscopy-america$3K
- KARL Storz Endoscopia Mexico, S.A.$2K
- plus $5K from 10 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $4523.47 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.
- KARL Storz Endoscopy-america$59K
Across 1 payment — averaging $4602.40 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Endolumik, Inc.$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$86,13859%
- Speaking & faculty fees$49,60134%
- Travel & lodging$3,3042%
- Food & beverage$6,8455%
- Education$8331%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic Green GmbH | 2 | $72,000 |
| Medtronic | 70 | $36,184 |
| Covidien LP | 18 | $15,475 |
| Arthrex | 16 | $12,793 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 5 | $3,109 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopia Mexico, S.A. | 1 | $2,000 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $1,598 |
| Olympus Corporation | 1 | $1,300 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $833 |
| Stryker | 11 | $725 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $256 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $186 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $134 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $94 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 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.
- Signia$8,087
- Sonicision$3,730
- TELESCOPE, HOPKINS II, 45, ENLARGED$2,000
- VS3 IRIDIUM - FLUORESCENCE HIGH DEFINITION CAMERA (CAMERA-IR)$1,635
- PROMO VIDEO GASTROSCOPE, 9.3MM x 110CM$1,000
- RELINE$833
- BASE$833
- XLIF$833
- Endo GIA$303
- NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT$261
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$240
- SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforcement$186
- AbsorbaTack$160
- 1788$157
- Endo Stitch$150
- Signet$142
- FLOSEAL$128
- TISSEEL$128
- LigaSure$122
- iDrive$112
How this compares
$146,721 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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.
Other surgery in Los Angeles
- John LiphamLos Angeles$942K
- Caitlin HoughtonLos Angeles$569K
- Nikolai BildzukewiczLos Angeles$319K
- Namir KatkhoudaLos Angeles$187K
- Jonathan SalutaLos Angeles$150K
- Timothy ChuterSan Francisco$8.8M
- Santiago HorganSan Diego$2.8M
- Rock LiuHayward$1.6M
- David LouriePasadena$1.4M
- Andrea PakulaThousand Oaks$1.4M
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.