Sports Medicine in California
662 providers, $86,521,147 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $1,585.
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 sports medicine clinicians in California
Across 459 sports medicine clinicians in California who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $76,596,966 in total — an average of $166,878 each, of which $139,033 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
- 1Neal ElattracheLos Angeles$50,973,415
- 2Nathaniel CohenLos Gatos$6,442,102
- 3Thomas KnappSanta Monica$2,453,331
- 4Michael FreehillStanford$1,600,371
- 5Allan MishraMenlo Park$1,483,958
- 6Heinz Hoeneckela Jolla$1,398,566
- 7Seth ShermanStanford$1,148,203
- 8Stephan YacoubianBurbank$1,018,526
- 9Stephen Snydervan Nuys$921,606
- 10Deryk JonesSan Carlos$915,499
- 11Scott GrahamLaguna Woods$878,258
- 12Carleton VangsnessLos Angeles$872,117
- 13Samir SharmaLos Gatos$860,093
- 14Wesley PhipatanakulLoma Linda$669,421
- 15Marc SafranPalo Alto$589,437
- 16Michael BanffyLos Angeles$577,711
- 17Seth GamradtLos Angeles$566,555
- 18Amit Alexander NathaniSanta Barbara$519,013
- 19Bradley ThomasManhattan Beach$517,791
- 20Jeffrey HalbrechtSan Francisco$502,123
- 21Tal DavidSan Diego$478,515
- 22Chunbong MaSan Francisco$438,540
- 23Reza OmidLos Angeles$400,428
- 24Alberto PaneroSacramento$389,275
- 25Joseph DonahueStanford$363,387
- 26Andrew ConcoffFullerton$353,337
- 27Orr LimpisvastiLos Angeles$334,567
- 28Michael GerhardtSanta Monica$327,991
- 29Cassandra LeeSacramento$306,740
- 30Okechukwu AnakwenzeSan Diego$304,062
- 31Mark Getelmanvan Nuys$279,714
- 32Matthew PiferSanta Barbara$257,484
- 33George HatchLos Angeles$254,561
- 34Alan ZhangSan Francisco$246,671
- 35Todd PetersIrvine$216,302
- 36Michelle LookSan Diego$205,815
- 37David McAllisterLos Angeles$185,737
- 38Brian Rebolledola Jolla$175,045
- 39Asghar HusainRancho Cucamonga$158,982
- 40James ChenSan Francisco$151,593
- 41Tianyi Tim WangStanford$141,384
- 42Hunter GreeneCarmichael$117,368
- 43Marlon MathewsPalm Springs$115,718
- 44Frank PetriglianoSanta Monica$115,216
- 45Carlos GuancheTarzana$112,297
- 46Amol SaxenaPalo Alto$109,694
- 47Christopher LeeBurbank$86,009
- 48Alexander WeberLos Angeles$81,766
- 49Dean WangOrange$78,905
- 50James TiboneLos Angeles$74,314
- 51Evan Velliosvan Nuys$69,053
- 52Carlos UquillasLos Angeles$67,896
- 53Sean KellyUkiah$67,019
- 54Kevin ParvareshOrange$67,000
- 55Yung HanAnaheim$66,468
- 56Sean RobinsonFolsom$65,995
- 57Jason CorbanLos Angeles$60,892
- 58Sharon HameLos Angeles$58,472
- 59Richard Ferkelvan Nuys$58,026
- 60Adam RivadeneyraOrange$57,515