Surgery in Hawaii
109 providers, $655,207 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $443.
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 surgery clinicians in Hawaii
Across 58 surgery clinicians in Hawaii who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $2,849,465 in total — an average of $49,129 each, of which $49,129 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
- 1Daniel MurariuHonolulu$238,298
- 2Steven NishidaHonolulu$71,464
- 3Nathan TomitaKailua Kona$34,231
- 4Dean MikamiHonolulu$32,997
- 5Carl TadakiHonolulu$24,259
- 6Gregorio MaldiniHonolulu$20,334
- 7Chan ParkHonolulu$18,904
- 8Steven FowlerHonolulu$17,903
- 9Jason SpikerHonolulu$15,705
- 10Patrick PedroHonolulu$14,413
- 11Joshua PierceHilo$13,339
- 12Brian WongHonolulu$12,881
- 13Andrew OishiHonolulu$11,519
- 14Daniel HudakHilo$10,572
- 15Mark YamamuraHonolulu$9,989
- 16Ross SimafrancaEwa Beach$9,238
- 17Daphne HemmingsHonolulu$8,838
- 18Matthew KawaharaHonolulu$8,714
- 19Chad CryerKailua$7,955
- 20Felix YongHonolulu$5,474
- 21Reid MahoneyHonolulu$5,015
- 22Jose MadambaHonolulu$4,762
- 23Andrew FedderKailua-Kona$3,963
- 24Sylvia KooHonolulu$3,398
- 25Simon CheHonolulu$3,371
- 26Anna ElsethHonolulu$2,833
- 27Kathleen ClementHonolulu$2,831
- 28Terry RestivoWailuku$2,800
- 29Alistair BairosKamuela$2,193
- 30Christopher YheulonTripler Army Medical Center$2,183
- 31Riley KitamuraHonolulu$2,021
- 32Kenric MurayamaHonolulu$1,952
- 33Malia EischenHonolulu$1,823
- 34Reid SakamotoHonolulu$1,560
- 35Lung-Yi LeeHonolulu$1,483
- 36Shane MoritaHonolulu$1,328
- 37Eva KiezikHonolulu$1,142
- 38Cedric LorenzoHonolulu$1,075
- 39Cameron PatersonJoint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam$1,061
- 40F ParsaHonolulu$1,044
- 41Fredrick YostHonolulu$1,037
- 42Wei-Te LiHonolulu$1,011
- 43Gwendolyn GarnettHonolulu$1,000
- 44Laylah ZelkoKailua Kona$934
- 45Manami OkadoHonolulu$900
- 46Alexandra BritoHonolulu$882
- 47Kurt EdwardsTripler Amc$797
- 48Miriam BrazerTripler Army Medical Center$735
- 49Ashley MarumotoHonolulu$659
- 50Mark GriefAiea$513
- 51Gerald BieniekTripler Army Medical Center$512
- 52Michael MulcahyTripler Army Medical Center$461
- 53Eric ChangHonolulu$458
- 54Genia TaitanoKailua Kona$450
- 55Douglas CookWailuku$443
- 56Wiley BrunelKailua$424
- 57Amy RodriguezLihue$423
- 58Kathleen MahHonolulu$420
- 59Amy LiuHonolulu$395
- 60Stacey WoodruffHonolulu$381