Varun Singla
Sports Medicine · Los Angeles, CANPI 1295260743
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (39.2%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 51.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $38,539 and has fallen 98.8% since, to $474 in 2025. Among sports medicine 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 168 payments — averaging $303.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$26K
- Saxum Surgical, Inc.$8K
- Smith+Nephew$6K
- Stryker$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- Micromed Inc$2K
- plus $735 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1570%
- Grants$20,00039%
- Travel & lodging$6,49313%
- Food & beverage$7,30814%
- Education$17,02733%
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 | 47 | $26,232 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 17 | $7,966 |
| Smith+Nephew | 16 | $6,240 |
| Stryker | 51 | $3,796 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 22 | $3,603 |
| Micromed Inc | 2 | $2,413 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $277 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 3 | $195 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $135 |
| Evolution Surgical, Inc | 1 | $45 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- DYNACORD$1,988
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$1,046
- PROFYLE$608
- ACUMED$406
- Speedlock$375
- AXSOS$343
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$317
- CINCHLOCK$284
- Accu-pass$283
- NA$281
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$169
- VARIAX$169
- HOFFMANN$169
- GAMMA$169
- ASNIS$160
- SIMPLICITI$159
- AEQUALIS$159
- DJO SURGICAL$148
- TRUESPAN ORTHOCORD$144
- MILAGRO$144
How this compares
$50,985 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 662 sports medicine providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 42 | $260 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Los Angeles
- Neal ElattracheLos Angeles$51M
- Carleton VangsnessLos Angeles$872K
- Michael BanffyLos Angeles$578K
- Seth GamradtLos Angeles$567K
- Reza OmidLos Angeles$400K
- Orr LimpisvastiLos Angeles$335K
- George HatchLos Angeles$255K
- David McAllisterLos Angeles$186K
- Alexander WeberLos Angeles$82K
- James TiboneLos Angeles$74K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.