Colon & Rectal Surgery in California
176 providers, $4,803,581 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $3,373.
Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.
What Medicare pays colon & rectal surgery clinicians in California
Across 126 colon & rectal surgery clinicians in California who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $17,638,635 in total — an average of $139,989 each, of which $139,989 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
Ranked by reported payments
- 1Sang LeeLos Angeles$2,415,709
- 2Pamela LeeSan Diego$543,663
- 3Elizabeth RaskinSacramento$126,045
- 4Shohrat AnnaberdyevRoseville$101,347
- 5Alessio PigazziLos Angeles$99,526
- 6Joseph CarmichaelOrange$99,120
- 7Phillip FleshnerWest Hollywood$95,118
- 8Zuri MurrellBeverly Hills$85,616
- 9Lorenc MalellariBakersfield$77,638
- 10Ankit SarinSacramento$60,184
- 11Kevork KazanjianLos Angeles$37,036
- 12Tam leFountain Valley$36,779
- 13Samuel EisensteinSan Diego$33,783
- 14Petar VukasinGlendale$33,690
- 15Alexandra EliasBakersfield$29,564
- 16Autar WaliPomona$27,114
- 17Julio Garcia-AguilarDuarte$25,415
- 18Erik NorenSacramento$25,264
- 19Joongho ShinLos Angeles$25,135
- 20Ran KimWalnut Creek$23,817
- 21Clifford KoLos Angeles$23,503
- 22Robert Brookoverla Jolla$21,744
- 23Elizabeth ArcilaIrvine$21,340
- 24Deepa SharmaFresno$20,374
- 25Mathew IshoSan Diego$19,087
- 26Valery VilchezOrange$18,323
- 27Juliane GolanPasadena$18,053
- 28Dhruvil GandhiVista$17,161
- 29Hueylan ChernSan Francisco$16,790
- 30Lynn Westonla Jolla$16,666
- 31Andreas KaiserDuarte$16,593
- 32Vemuru Sunil ReddyEncino$16,589
- 33Sarah KollerLos Angeles$15,978
- 34Jennifer McNeilStockton$14,939
- 35Michael AbelSan Francisco$14,746
- 36Anamaria McElrath GarzaGlendale$14,286
- 37Anne LinLos Angeles$13,948
- 38Carmen RuizGlendale$13,183
- 39Keith Beiermeisterla Jolla$12,942
- 40Lisa ParkLarkspur$12,914
- 41David KollerTorrance$12,778
- 42Ziyad JabajiThousand Oaks$12,778
- 43Gabriel AkopianPasadena$12,545
- 44Poornima VanguriWalnut Creek$12,246
- 45Anita GregoryOrange$11,693
- 46Christine HsiehLos Angeles$11,234
- 47Marjun DuldulaoLos Angeles$11,137
- 48Glenn AultLos Angeles$11,103
- 49Mudjianto ChandraTarzana$11,030
- 50Roy WonFullerton$10,353
- 51Daniel NgNewport Beach$10,189
- 52Carlos Esparza MonzaviIrvine$10,015
- 53Mark HannaUpland$9,960
- 54Kyle CologneLos Angeles$9,905
- 55Dong Hum YoonFullerton$9,609
- 56Stephen YooBeverly Hills$9,145
- 57Allison AkaLoma Linda$9,125
- 58Piyush AggarwalWalnut Creek$8,893
- 59Anil BahadursinghAnaheim$8,836
- 60Skandan ShanmuganOrange$8,103