RxDoctor Payments Data

Roger Gaskins, MD

Hand Surgery · Tampa, FLNPI 1598022717

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (56.8%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 34.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,772 and has fallen 80.5% since, to $735 in 2025.

$11,763in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 256 payments — averaging $45.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Stryker$4K
  • MVP Orthopedics Inc$4K
  • Arthrex$2K
  • Smith+Nephew$1K
  • Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$326
  • Bioventus LLC$166
  • plus $561 from 17 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$3923%
  • Food & beverage$6,67857%
  • Education$4,69340%

Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Stryker137$4,090
MVP Orthopedics Inc11$3,649
Arthrex13$1,914
Smith+Nephew46$1,056
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.20$326
Bioventus LLC4$166
Coastal Medical Technologies LLC2$68
Amgen3$58
Johnson & Johnson2$53
Heron Therapeutics, Inc.1$53
Axogen1$50
Endo USA, Inc.2$44
Polynovo North America LLC1$42
Integra Lifesciences Corporation2$39
Biocomposites Inc1$25
Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.1$24
KCI USA, Inc.1$21
Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.2$17
Skeletal Dynamics Inc2$16
Dynasplint Systems Inc.1$13
Avanos Medical1$13
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.1$12
Orthofix Medical, Inc.1$12

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.

How this compares

$11,763 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 173 hand surgery providers in Florida.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$260,658
Medicare patients
538
Services billed
1,939

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Diclofenac Sodium54$1,498
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen121$1,231
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen66$873
Ondansetron OdtOndansetron35$513
Meloxicam148$365
Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate22$288
Ondansetron Hcl11$201
Tramadol Hcl53$167
Methylprednisolone21$160
Gabapentin25$141
Cephalexin11$82
Cyclobenzaprine Hcl27$62

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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