William Fulton, DO
Surgery · Fairfield, CANPI 1497831564
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (41.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 63.9% of it on its own, with 38 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $14,773 and has fallen 89.5% since, to $1,556 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 240 payments — averaging $146.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$23K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$4K
- Davol Inc.$3K
- BD$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$685
- Covidien LP$522
- plus $4K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$11,38132%
- Food & beverage$9,21426%
- Education$14,66742%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 58 | $22,527 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 32 | $4,047 |
| Davol Inc. | 37 | $2,690 |
| BD | 8 | $1,171 |
| Johnson & Johnson(4 entities) | 16 | $685 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $522 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $485 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 4 | $449 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $278 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $227 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $192 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 8 | $184 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $172 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $170 |
| Vertex | 3 | $164 |
| GSK | 6 | $157 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $153 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $142 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $125 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| CSL Behring | 4 | $80 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $75 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $53 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Bluewind Medical | 1 | $34 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 2 | $32 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Stryker | 1 | $16 |
| Sagent Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $15 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$20,516
- OviTex 2S$2,727
- PHASIX$1,865
- Phasix Mesh$1,086
- DAVINCI XI$1,000
- Signia$508
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$332
- ANDEXXA$234
- Echelon Flex$188
- PROGEL$150
- AIRSEAL$142
- Renal - PD$125
- XARELTO$122
- JOURNAVX$122
- GATTEX$119
- PREVENA$111
How this compares
$35,262 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 Hcl | 12 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Fairfield
- 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
- Barry GardinerSan Ramon$602K
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.