Suresh Nayar, MD
Hand Surgery · Oakland, CANPI 1760805055
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (44.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Acumed LLC at 44.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $19,813 and has fallen 96.3% since, to $743 in 2025. Among hand 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 75 payments — averaging $503.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Acumed LLC$17K
- Trimed, Inc.$9K
- Arthrex$5K
- Axogen$2K
- Kairos Surgical Inc$1K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$1K
- plus $3K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,1206%
- Grants$16,66744%
- Travel & lodging$5,42114%
- Food & beverage$6,93018%
- Education$6,62518%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $16,667 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 24 | $8,510 |
| Arthrex | 17 | $5,454 |
| Axogen | 6 | $1,711 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 2 | $1,219 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| Stryker | 9 | $657 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $625 |
| BD | 1 | $620 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $390 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $301 |
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 3 | $245 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $123 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $26 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Tools - WFS$2,785
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,630
- Tools - FPS$1,500
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$390
- XIAFLEX$301
- T2$249
- HYDROSET$130
- BioBrace 23mm$123
- VARIAX$119
- HOFFMANN$119
- INFINITY$112
How this compares
$37,763 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 249 hand 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ibuprofen | 82 | $620 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 119 | $528 |
| Meloxicam | 19 | $112 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $54 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 20 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Oakland
- Wayne PanOakland$423K
- Steven ShinLos Angeles$2.8M
- Amy LaddStanford$1.4M
- Emilie CheungStanford$1.1M
- Andrew HartmanOceanside$957K
- Nancy LynchSan Mateo$862K
- Jeffrey YaoRedwood City$622K
- Prosper BenhaimLos Angeles$492K
- Nathan HoekzemaClovis$400K
- Robin KamalStanford$343K
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.