Robert Shin, MD
Surgery · Charleston, WVNPI 1306063219
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (31.8%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 47.3% of the total. 2024 is the largest year on record at $15,902, 4.9 times the $3,275 reported in 2019. Among surgery clinicians in WV 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 237 payments — averaging $125.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$14K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$5K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$3K
- Biogen$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Enterra Medical, Inc.$1K
- plus $2K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,55012%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,1007%
- Travel & lodging$6,85823%
- Food & beverage$9,47332%
- Education$7,76526%
- Gifts$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 138 | $14,063 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $5,482 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 23 | $2,661 |
| Biogen | 5 | $2,324 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 38 | $2,262 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 6 | $1,393 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 12 | $626 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $366 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $151 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $112 |
| TEI Biosciences Inc | 1 | $104 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $85 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $32 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$7,750
- Da Vinci Surgical System$4,147
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$3,932
- TECFIDERA$2,100
- GORE BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$933
- GORE SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforce$686
- VISTASEAL$539
- Harmonic$517
- GORE ENFORM Preperitoneal Biomaterial$280
- SURGIMEND$212
- Phasix Mesh$153
- TITAN SGS STANDARD GASTRIC STAPLER$151
- SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforcement$149
- GORE ENFORM Biomaterial$126
- Enseal$123
- Enseal X1$122
- Echelon Circular$122
- PHASIX$121
- ECHELON ENDOPATH Stapler$118
- HARMONIC Product Family$118
How this compares
$29,754 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 162 surgery providers in West Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 66 | $517 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 77 | $217 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 18 | $143 |
| Famotidine | 11 | $107 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $76 |
| Cyanocobalamin InjectionCyanocobalamin (Vitamin B-12) | 14 | $68 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 12 | $56 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Charleston
- Darren NeaseCharleston$107K
- Saad AjmalCharleston$31K
- Ahmad BaliCharleston$13K
- Bryan RichmondCharleston$12K
- Luke MartinCharleston$7K
- Brandon RadowCharleston$7K
- Andrew WalkerCharleston$7K
- Jacob MinorCharleston$4K
- John DelucaCharleston$4K
- Ronald RosenCharleston$3K
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.