Scott Samona, MD
Surgery of the Hand · Dearborn, MINPI 1861736027
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,406 of the $2,258 with a category attached, or 62.3%. Trimed, Inc. accounts for 74.6% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,822 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $19 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery of the hand clinicians in MI, where the typical reported total is $3,724.
Across 22 payments — averaging $102.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Trimed, Inc.$2K
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$229
- Stryker$174
- Globus Medical$51
- Endo USA, Inc.$19
- Amgen$17
- plus $84 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$85238%
- Food & beverage$1,40662%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trimed, Inc. | 2 | $1,684 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $229 |
| Stryker | 2 | $174 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $51 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 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
$2,258 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 41 surgery of the hand providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ibuprofen | 199 | $624 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 180 | $375 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 78 | $94 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 12 | $65 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 16 | $33 |
| Cephalexin | 15 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery of the hand in Dearborn
- Edward HaassDearborn$8K
- Richard SingerDearborn$1K
- Leslie WongGrand Rapids$185K
- Alberto AvilesWarren$22K
- Ara BushShelby Township$18K
- Emily AbbottWarren$14K
- Michael FitzsimmonsYpsilanti$13K
- Andrew TsaiDetroit$11K
- Caroline WurtzelChelsea$10K
- Edmund GradyWarren$9K
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.