---
title: What industry pays physicians in Massachusetts (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: Massachusetts
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 68724018
physicians: 20499
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — Massachusetts (2024)

In Massachusetts, drug and device makers reported **$68,724,018** in general payments to **20,499** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $3,353 each), plus $421,260,170 tied to research and $11,584,615 in ownership interests.

**A payment is a disclosed financial tie, not proof of wrongdoing** — many are research grants, consulting fees, or device royalties. Transparency, not a verdict.

## Top specialties

| Specialty | Total | Physicians | Mean per physician |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | $9,434,039 | 391 | $24,128 |
| Internal Medicine | $4,686,126 | 1,384 | $3,386 |
| Dermatology | $3,709,527 | 330 | $11,241 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | $3,634,233 | 419 | $8,674 |
| Neurology | $2,563,124 | 328 | $7,814 |
| Gastroenterology | $2,183,600 | 333 | $6,557 |
| Medical Oncology | $2,110,953 | 161 | $13,112 |
| Hematology & Oncology | $1,934,060 | 239 | $8,092 |
| Unspecified | $1,612,825 | 628 | $2,568 |
| Pulmonary Disease | $1,607,678 | 215 | $7,478 |
| Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $1,563,496 | 18 | $86,861 |
| Emergency Medicine | $1,531,379 | 177 | $8,652 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paul Tornetta | Orthopaedic Surgery | $3,015,529 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
| Ethan Lerner | Dermatology | $1,678,253 | Incyte Corporation |
| Thomas Thornhill | Orthopaedic Surgery | $1,577,754 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| Jon Warner | Orthopaedic Surgery | $1,294,789 | Stryker Corporation |
| James Bono | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $1,045,197 | Stryker Corporation |
| Ali Nasseh | Endodontics | $1,038,063 | Peter Brasseler Holdings, LLC |
| Sushama Scalera | Emergency Medicine | $950,304 | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
| David Schenkein | Internal Medicine | $829,812 | Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Peter Orio | Radiation Oncology | $777,627 | Teleflex LLC |
| Dennis Ausiello | Nephrology | $698,953 | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
| Stephen Murphy | Orthopaedic Surgery | $686,846 | MicroPort Orthopedics Inc |
| Alan Garber | Internal Medicine | $654,479 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated |
| John Stone | Rheumatology | $544,627 | Amgen Inc. |
| Sarah Grant | Pulmonary Disease | $533,460 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Wael Att | Prosthodontics | $512,169 | Straumann USA LLC |
| Christopher Wright | Neurology | $486,040 | Alkermes, Inc. |
| Ramnik Xavier | Gastroenterology | $440,229 | AbbVie Inc. |
| David Scadden | Unspecified | $412,620 | Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Andrew Jawa | Hand Surgery | $401,110 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| Paul Glazer | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $384,394 | Alphatec Spine, Inc |
| Pasquale Cancelliere | Podiatrist | $327,224 | Convatec Inc. |
| Elad Anter | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | $325,552 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Elizabeth Nabel | Cardiovascular Disease | $317,549 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Asit Parikh | Internal Medicine | $301,913 | Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| James Thrall | Nuclear Radiology | $301,051 | Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. |

RECORDED CMS Open Payments amounts/counts; totals, means, and rankings are DERIVED. A disclosure record — not evidence of improper influence, not a measure of physician quality, not advice. To verify a physician, search openpaymentsdata.cms.gov. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/

Structured data: `/care/open-payments/ma.jsonld` · National: `/care/open-payments`