Surgery in Montana
96 providers, $747,658 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $2,656.
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 Montana
Across 78 surgery clinicians in Montana who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $5,446,820 in total — an average of $69,831 each, of which $69,831 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
- 1John MeansKalispell$71,893
- 2Matthew SilvaMissoula$59,440
- 3Michael WilcoxBillings$44,895
- 4James CromieKalispell$34,772
- 5Jacob OpferBozeman$28,673
- 6Bret MurrayBillings$26,915
- 7Ryan GunliksonWhitefish$25,746
- 8Emily BubbersHelena$22,553
- 9Katie DawsonButte$22,139
- 10Robin HapeBozeman$19,639
- 11Kathryn HatchBillings$18,707
- 12Dana OsborneHelena$17,407
- 13Michael HillBillings$17,143
- 14Christopher MakiMissoula$17,005
- 15Thomas McMahonAnaconda$15,929
- 16Deron LudwigMissoula$14,819
- 17James VerlanicHelena$14,074
- 18Eric DringmanBillings$13,675
- 19William HarperHelena$12,731
- 20John PickhardtMissoula$12,615
- 21George BentzelBillings$12,484
- 22Sydney LillardKalispell$11,092
- 23Petro YousefHavre$11,007
- 24Chad EnganGreat Falls$10,671
- 25Debra KontnyHelena$10,464
- 26Lynn ClewleyBillings$10,017
- 27Jennifer Rogers StevaneBozeman$9,961
- 28Louis KattineMissoula$9,608
- 29David ParksBozeman$9,484
- 30Stacie CampoMissoula$9,345
- 31Damian YmzonHavre$9,316
- 32Justin RobertsLivingston$8,883
- 33David NapolielloLewistown$8,640
- 34Michael ZehnpfennigMissoula$8,111
- 35Brenna FanningButte$7,842
- 36Tarin WorrestMissoula$7,267
- 37Dillon MorrisMissoula$7,126
- 38Garth OldsBozeman$6,991
- 39Kelsi SwansonMissoula$6,861
- 40Luke ChannerHamilton$6,302
- 41Rachel OttBillings$5,008
- 42Dale MortensonGreat Falls$4,256
- 43Randall ZuckermanKalispell$4,193
- 44Jacob BreedingBozeman$3,801
- 45Barry McKenzieBillings$3,675
- 46John GregoryBillings$3,275
- 47Kelly DinnanGlendive$2,965
- 48Matthew GoldesHelena$2,656
- 49David BellamahMissoula$2,188
- 50Matthew MaunuDillon$2,146
- 51Joshua WaggenerHamilton$2,069
- 52Jacqueline StephensonBozeman$1,949
- 53Ida WilsonKalispell$1,796
- 54Timothy RichardsMissoula$1,345
- 55Timothy DernbachBillings$1,288
- 56Rebecca PhuocGreat Falls$1,256
- 57Glenn WinslowGreat Falls$1,173
- 58Peter DeveauxSidney$1,048
- 59Thad KandelLibby$880
- 60Garrett TaylorLewistown$715