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Orthopaedic Surgery in California

1,808 providers, $189,848,041 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $2,444.

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 orthopaedic surgery clinicians in California

Part B allowed per clinician, 2024
$189,311
Of which, services
$171,297
Clinicians billing Part B
1,097

Across 1,097 orthopaedic surgery clinicians in California who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $207,674,387 in total — an average of $189,311 each, of which $171,297 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

  1. 1Bradford HackArcadia$18,296,082
  2. 2Robert GorabOrange$13,572,448
  3. 3Kelly VinceLos Angeles$9,552,585
  4. 4Stephen HowellSacramento$9,425,246
  5. 5Thomas CoonRed Bluff$9,168,934
  6. 6Nirav AminPlacentia$5,612,402
  7. 7Tom NorrisSan Francisco$5,318,368
  8. 8Jay LiebermanLos Angeles$4,803,558
  9. 9Peter NewtonSan Diego$4,229,909
  10. 10Sigurd BervenSan Francisco$4,073,660
  11. 11Brad PenenbergBeverly Hills$3,997,735
  12. 12Thomas SchmalzriedLos Angeles$3,962,120
  13. 13Robert Eastlackla Jolla$3,884,522
  14. 14Christopher KreulenSacramento$3,757,400
  15. 15Alan HiraharaSacramento$3,352,199
  16. 16Stefano BiniOakland$3,210,720
  17. 17Vedat DevirenSan Francisco$2,912,957
  18. 18Behrooz Akbarniala Jolla$2,626,700
  19. 19Joseph JankiewiczSan Diego$2,601,290
  20. 20Mark McBrideSan Diego$2,584,922
  21. 21David SkaggsLos Angeles$2,568,369
  22. 22David ThordarsonLos Angeles$2,532,991
  23. 23Jeffrey MastMammoth Lakes$2,180,621
  24. 24Ben Duboisla Mesa$2,007,002
  25. 25Amandeep BhallaLong Beach$1,836,531
  26. 26Patrick St PierreRancho Mirage$1,718,204
  27. 27Andrew WassefLakewood$1,525,333
  28. 28John CostourosRedwood City$1,494,226
  29. 29Tiffany RogersTorrance$1,235,806
  30. 30Edward McPhersonLos Angeles$1,213,286
  31. 31Erik SpaydeThousand Oaks$1,177,674
  32. 32James Bruffeyla Jolla$1,073,799
  33. 33Daniel AllisonLos Angeles$1,073,368
  34. 34Connor TellesFresno$1,044,733
  35. 35Eugene WolfSan Francisco$988,011
  36. 36Erik SchnaserRancho Mirage$947,752
  37. 37Hafiz KassamNewport Beach$914,176
  38. 38Justin SalimanLos Angeles$911,829
  39. 39Stuart GoldTorrance$872,264
  40. 40James KellySan Francisco$826,228
  41. 41Steven BarnettOrange$796,751
  42. 42John SkubicRedlands$764,235
  43. 43Charles MoonLos Angeles$759,780
  44. 44Andrew SpitzerLos Angeles$738,071
  45. 45Alexander TheologisSan Francisco$718,982
  46. 46Yashar JavidanLos Angeles$684,563
  47. 47Christopher ProctorSanta Barbara$672,630
  48. 48Jonah Hebert DaviesOrange$652,621
  49. 49Paul BurtonRedlands$645,532
  50. 50Ariel PalancaStanford$625,075
  51. 51Geoffrey MarecekLos Angeles$624,268
  52. 52Armen MartirosianClovis$586,305
  53. 53John ItamuraPasadena$561,718
  54. 54Eric Ferkelvan Nuys$524,297
  55. 55Daniel MartinSanta Clara$517,515
  56. 56Utku KandemirSan Francisco$483,795
  57. 57Deniz BaysalClovis$464,449
  58. 58Julia LeeFresno$458,019
  59. 59David JonesRedding$439,866
  60. 60Edward NomotoLos Angeles$439,591
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