Orthopaedic Surgery in Hawaii
83 providers, $32,165,348 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $2,101.
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 Hawaii
Across 52 orthopaedic surgery clinicians in Hawaii who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $4,872,548 in total — an average of $93,703 each, of which $86,840 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
- 1Robert MedoffKailua$28,820,217
- 2David RovinskyLihue$1,113,875
- 3Cass NakasoneHonolulu$956,541
- 4Darin AwayaHonolulu$445,121
- 5Christian KikuchiHonolulu$141,823
- 6Paul MortonHonolulu$82,617
- 7Gary OkamuraHonolulu$69,360
- 8Andrew RichardsonHonolulu$54,732
- 9Kyle MitsunagaHonolulu$51,738
- 10Kanu OkikeHonolulu$47,132
- 11Brian ManninoHonolulu$43,090
- 12Morris MitsunagaHonolulu$31,644
- 13Mariya OpanovaAiea$28,212
- 14Anthony BarciaHonolulu$26,673
- 15Liang ZhouTripler Army Medical Center$21,769
- 16Patrick MurrayHonolulu$19,488
- 17Michael HeffnerWailuku$19,019
- 18William RoachTripler Amc$15,523
- 19Christopher LauHonolulu$14,044
- 20Joseph VarcadipaneHonolulu$13,648
- 21Sam ChenHonolulu$10,886
- 22Kyong MinHonolulu$9,143
- 23Thomas LynchTripler Amc$8,636
- 24Adam MannTripler Army Medical Center$8,440
- 25Paul LambertiWailuku$7,679
- 26James ScogginHonolulu$7,583
- 27Ian HasegawaHonolulu$7,387
- 28John LivingstoneHonolulu$7,105
- 29Spencer ChangHonolulu$6,810
- 30William DanerTripler Army Medical Center$6,548
- 31Peter MatsuuraHilo$5,743
- 32Matthew BurnhamHonolulu$5,531
- 33Mickey TsengHonolulu$5,235
- 34Brandee BlackKailua$4,576
- 35Lance MitsunagaHonolulu$4,351
- 36Kenneth SmithKailua-Kona$4,212
- 37Ashley ArataniAiea$3,604
- 38Kenneth KatoHonolulu$3,571
- 39Kenneth HeidaTripler Amc$3,234
- 40Sean ChanHonolulu$2,121
- 41Timothy FeiAiea$2,108
- 42Alyssa CarnegieLihue$2,101
- 43Timothy BerneyWailuku$1,942
- 44Sean KellyTripler Amc$1,796
- 45William HillerKamuela$1,762
- 46Morgan HasegawaHonolulu$1,410
- 47Krister FreeseHonolulu$1,395
- 48Devin GaneshKailua$1,327
- 49Lorrin LeeHonolulu$1,111
- 50Catherine ShinLihue$991
- 51Jonathan HorngHonolulu$884
- 52Wade BantaHonolulu$883
- 53Warren AyersWailuku$755
- 54Douglas ChingKahului$743
- 55Jonathan PellettHonolulu$701
- 56Alison KinslerTripler Army Medical Center$670
- 57Scott CrawfordHonolulu$551
- 58Lisa WilliamsHonolulu$519
- 59Gregory LattaHonolulu$473
- 60Mark SantiHonolulu$471