Hand Surgery in California
249 providers, $12,254,644 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $1,876.
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 hand surgery clinicians in California
Across 183 hand surgery clinicians in California who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $35,652,100 in total — an average of $194,820 each, of which $180,261 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
- 1Steven ShinLos Angeles$2,805,312
- 2Amy LaddStanford$1,390,321
- 3Emilie CheungStanford$1,112,969
- 4Andrew HartmanOceanside$956,665
- 5Nancy LynchSan Mateo$861,726
- 6Jeffrey YaoRedwood City$622,141
- 7Prosper BenhaimLos Angeles$492,193
- 8Wayne PanOakland$422,780
- 9Nathan HoekzemaClovis$399,923
- 10Robin KamalStanford$343,096
- 11Raymond RavenLos Angeles$309,817
- 12Barth RiedelPomona$244,532
- 13Mark ElzikMission Viejo$219,644
- 14James MatikoRedlands$218,388
- 15Ranjan GuptaOrange$209,794
- 16David NelsonGreen Brea$206,190
- 17Christopher BayneSacramento$139,960
- 18Luke NicholsonLos Angeles$116,898
- 19Ryan DellamaggioraLos Angeles$61,153
- 20Kalpit ShahOceanside$52,529
- 21Lorenzo Pacellila Jolla$46,007
- 22Gregory RafijahOrange$42,330
- 23Eric HofmeisterChula Vista$40,463
- 24Amir MostofiPasadena$39,730
- 25Suresh NayarOakland$37,763
- 26David Auerbachvan Nuys$36,535
- 27Jesse KaplanOrange$29,924
- 28Eugene TsaiLos Angeles$25,563
- 29Justin KohTarzana$21,274
- 30Ali AzadLos Angeles$19,204
- 31Donald LewisWalnut Creek$18,842
- 32Michael PomerantzSan Diego$17,472
- 33Nicolas LeeSan Francisco$16,812
- 34Tennyson BlockDavis$16,454
- 35Robert SzaboSacramento$16,301
- 36Ryan TantoneMission Hills$16,189
- 37Andrew LimTorrance$15,505
- 38Amelia SorensenSacramento$15,343
- 39Igor ImmermanSan Francisco$14,549
- 40Milan StevanovicLos Angeles$14,451
- 41David WrightOrange$13,780
- 42Christoher WilsonSacramento$13,570
- 43Gregory AlbertonSan Diego$13,309
- 44Joanne ZhangNewport Beach$13,070
- 45Hassan AzimiSan Diego$13,014
- 46Evan GuerreroMission Viejo$12,516
- 47Sahil VohraVentura$11,782
- 48Eric HentzenSan Diego$11,365
- 49Joanne WangSimi Valley$10,916
- 50Nicole SchroederSan Francisco$10,762
- 51Reid AbramsSan Diego$10,648
- 52Margaret CookeStanford$10,479
- 53Avreeta SinghTorrance$10,435
- 54Jesse DasheSan Leandro$10,425
- 55Aditya ChawlaSacramento$10,391
- 56Brian YangCulver City$10,043
- 57M Ramin ModabberSanta Monica$9,832
- 58Neil JonesLos Angeles$9,169
- 59Yen Hsun ChenAlhambra$9,033
- 60Amar PatelLaguna Woods$8,565