Tal David, MD
Sports Medicine · San Diego, CANPI 1629092473
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 543 payments — averaging $963.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$507K
- DJO, LLC$6K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- Impactortho, Inc.$2K
- Elevate Surgical Co$2K
- Sportstek Medical, Inc$678
- plus $3K from 28 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $9721.21 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Arthrex$10K
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 403 | $506,956 |
| DJO, LLC | 6 | $5,693 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 11 | $3,251 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 10 | $1,927 |
| Elevate Surgical Co | 22 | $1,540 |
| Sportstek Medical, Inc | 6 | $678 |
| Stryker | 7 | $396 |
| Smith+Nephew | 10 | $337 |
| BREG, Inc | 1 | $251 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 9 | $205 |
| Vericel Corporation | 4 | $188 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $186 |
| Acumed LLC | 3 | $184 |
| Amgen | 10 | $159 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $158 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $143 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $118 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $116 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $103 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| ERMI LLC | 4 | $92 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $75 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 5 | $74 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $67 |
| Conformis, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| OPUM Technologies | 2 | $49 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $28 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 2 | $24 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
How this compares
$523,318 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 662 sports medicine 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.
Other sports medicine in San Diego
- Okechukwu AnakwenzeSan Diego$623K
- Michelle LookSan Diego$225K
- Neal ElattracheLos Angeles$51M
- Nathaniel CohenLos Gatos$6.4M
- Thomas KnappSanta Monica$2.5M
- Seth ShermanStanford$1.8M
- Michael FreehillStanford$1.7M
- Deryk JonesSan Carlos$1.6M
- Allan MishraMenlo Park$1.5M
- Heinz Hoeneckela Jolla$1.4M
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.