Orthopaedic Surgery in Florida
1,263 providers, $322,887,116 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $5,564.
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 Florida
Across 917 orthopaedic surgery clinicians in Florida who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $207,003,118 in total — an average of $225,739 each, of which $200,388 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
- 1Andrew CooperClearwater$101,955,793
- 2Richard HynesMelbourne$34,832,967
- 3Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31,046,674
- 4Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19,637,079
- 5George HaidukewychOrlando$10,012,969
- 6Robert SantrockFernandina Beach$7,318,131
- 7Martin RocheFt. Lauderdale$7,113,283
- 8Steven LyonsTampa$6,663,816
- 9Thomas BernasekTemple Terrace$6,355,070
- 10Bryan SpringerJacksonville$6,296,237
- 11Kenneth GustkeTemple Terrace$5,222,758
- 12Jonathan LevyBoca Raton$4,760,549
- 13Mark MighellTemple Terrace$4,299,175
- 14Derek CuffVenice$4,089,314
- 15Gary HarterVero Beach$3,616,188
- 16Jorge AcevedoJacksonville$3,273,191
- 17Dror PaleyWest Palm Beach$3,066,094
- 18Brett BolhofnerSt Petersburg$2,976,051
- 19James GuerraNaples$2,651,630
- 20Tom MinasWest Palm Beach$2,468,413
- 21Charles LawrieMiami$1,717,471
- 22Howard RoutmanAtlantis$1,137,906
- 23Michael GarciaTemple Terrace$1,112,309
- 24Christopher HodgkinsCoral Gables$1,071,531
- 25Jeffrey KerinaLeesburg$1,059,297
- 26William HodgeFort Myers$1,052,168
- 27Rolando GarciaMiami$1,036,581
- 28Andrew PetrellaLecanto$998,885
- 29Charles TomanBoca Raton$975,768
- 30Dan CohenMiami Beach$935,164
- 31Alfred DesimoneWeston$866,655
- 32Charles JordanMiami$817,128
- 33Rull James ToussaintGainesville$802,487
- 34Francis HornicekMiami$790,400
- 35Richard VlasakGainesville$773,209
- 36Kevin FarmerGainesville$771,670
- 37Rahul DeshmukhJacksonville$768,870
- 38Jaime Carvajal AlbaClermont$760,271
- 39Stephen QuinnanWest Palm Beach$738,882
- 40Aldo RiesgoMiami$709,263
- 41John UribeCoral Gables$697,779
- 42Steven SteinlaufHollywood$671,041
- 43Anjan ShahBrandon$664,522
- 44Mary OconnorJacksonville Beach$646,122
- 45Jon DounchisNaples$620,598
- 46Thomas McCoyLady Lake$611,708
- 47Christopher BakerTemple Terrace$574,784
- 48Daryl OsbahrWinter Park$558,920
- 49Jonathan HydeMiami Beach$528,652
- 50Juan AlvarezSebring$496,235
- 51Mark PowersPort St Lucie$473,906
- 52John SmallTemple Terrace$467,065
- 53Ross SherbanStuart$431,057
- 54Alan ValadieBradenton$415,140
- 55Brian PalumboTemple Terrace$414,110
- 56Richard SteinfeldVero Beach$409,110
- 57Joshua LangfordOrlando$407,300
- 58Kenneth SandsMelbourne$407,284
- 59John MalloyCoconut Creek$403,985
- 60Herbert BertramNaples$349,415