Santiago Rodriguez, MD
Surgery of the Hand · Norfolk, VANPI 1528417847
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $4,800 of the $5,391 with a category attached, or 89.0%. Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC accounts for 89.5% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,652 and has fallen 88.2% since, to $313 in 2023.
Across 12 payments — averaging $449.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC$5K
- Smith+Nephew$252
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$137
- Trimed, Inc.$97
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$64
- Fortis Surgical, LLC$16
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$59111%
- Education$4,80089%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 5 | $4,825 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $252 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $64 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 1 | $16 |
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.
- XIAFLEX$137
- LOQTEQ$119
- First Choice DRUJ System$119
How this compares
Too few surgery of the hand providers in Virginiato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 35 | $238 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 56 | $189 |
| Meloxicam | 28 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery of the hand in Norfolk
- Ramon de JesusNorfolk$4K
- Wyndell MerrittHenrico$13K
- Wayne ChenVirginia Beach$10K
- Hatcher CoxSalem$6K
- Peter ThomasAlexandria$6K
- Alexander CroogMc Lean$4K
- David GalpernRichmond$4K
- Arjun DhayalanChesapeake$444
- Stephen LeibovicRichmond$436
- Raymond MorganCharlottesville$118
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.