Stefan Moldovan, MD
Surgery · Escondido, CANPI 1245291624
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $42,222 of the $45,710 with a category attached, or 92.4%. Angiodynamics, Inc. accounts for 92.4% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $13,356 and has fallen 54.2% since, to $6,119 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 56 payments — averaging $816.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$42K
- Medtronic$2K
- Intuitive Surgical$895
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$249
- Boston Scientific$178
- Baxter Healthcare$104
- plus $444 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,7814%
- Food & beverage$1,6324%
- Education$750%
- Other$42,22292%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 8 | $42,222 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 12 | $1,619 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 10 | $895 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 3 | $249 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $178 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $104 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 4 | $89 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $75 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $33 |
| Misonix Inc | 2 | $26 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Legend Biotech USA Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Prescient Surgical | 1 | $14 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $14 |
| Acell, 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
$45,710 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,363 surgery providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 32 | $204 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Escondido
- Alexander ChangEscondido$148K
- Timothy ChuterSan Francisco$8.8M
- Santiago HorganSan Diego$2.8M
- Rock LiuHayward$1.6M
- David LouriePasadena$1.4M
- Andrea PakulaThousand Oaks$1.4M
- Siew-Ming LeeFresno$1.3M
- Beemen KhalilPalo Alto$1.1M
- John LiphamLos Angeles$942K
- Alexander NedopilLodi$682K
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.