Santosh Mathen, MD
Hand Surgery · Plainview, NYNPI 1558596809
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 70 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Stryker accounts for 62.3% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 70 payments — averaging $42.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$315
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$177
- DJO, LLC$160
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$151
- Arthrosurface Incorporated$77
- plus $232 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,946100%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 41 | $1,834 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $315 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $177 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $160 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $151 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $77 |
| Axogen | 2 | $75 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $25 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Abbott | 1 | $18 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $17 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 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.
- T2$272
- VARIAX$263
- GAMMA$225
- INHANCE$150
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$147
- VAPR$147
- RIGIDLOOP$147
- TRUESPAN ORTHOCORD$147
- FLEXIBLE GUIDE PIN (STRYKER ACL VERSITOMIC)$133
- AXSOS$120
- CMF OL1000$117
- CMF SPINALOGIC$117
How this compares
$2,946 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 178 hand surgery providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 70 | $207 |
| Methylprednisolone | 33 | $177 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $106 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Plainview
- Scott WolfeNy$251K
- Nader PaksimaNew York$171K
- Peter SteinGreat Neck$131K
- Michael HausmanNew York$128K
- Otis BarronNew York$122K
- Kevin SetterEast Syracuse$118K
- Nathan EverdingSyracuse$98K
- David TuckmanGreat Neck$96K
- Dan ZlotolowNew York$91K
- Andrew GreenbergGreat Neck$86K
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.