---
title: What industry pays physicians in Michigan (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: Michigan
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 67328794
physicians: 32076
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — Michigan (2024)

In Michigan, drug and device makers reported **$67,328,794** in general payments to **32,076** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $2,099 each), plus $181,483,371 tied to research and $25,229,554 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 | $8,120,048 | 635 | $12,787 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | $2,880,309 | 274 | $10,512 |
| Neurology | $2,840,339 | 403 | $7,048 |
| Internal Medicine | $2,773,619 | 2,161 | $1,283 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | $2,653,454 | 572 | $4,639 |
| Dermatology | $2,652,870 | 294 | $9,023 |
| Physician Assistant | $2,461,304 | 2,768 | $889 |
| Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $2,240,734 | 29 | $77,267 |
| Surgery | $1,970,763 | 715 | $2,756 |
| Urology | $1,941,848 | 310 | $6,264 |
| Neurological Surgery | $1,843,170 | 199 | $9,262 |
| Family Medicine | $1,770,303 | 2,077 | $852 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Richard Chesbrough | Diagnostic Radiology | $2,356,281 | Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. |
| Asheesh Bedi | Orthopaedic Surgery | $2,310,337 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| Michael Masini | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $1,060,934 | Stryker Corporation |
| Ashok Reddy | Urology | $1,055,987 | Boston Scientific Corporation |
| Jeffrey Declaire | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $940,002 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
| Robert Bartlett | Surgery | $822,727 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Cory Rubin | Clinical & Laboratory Dermatological Immunology | $810,419 | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. |
| Kyle Anderson | Orthopaedic Surgery | $758,279 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| Mark Pinto | Orthopaedic Surgery | $589,910 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| Frank Lamarca | Neurological Surgery | $560,380 | Globus Medical, Inc. |
| Andreas Sidiropoulas | Psychiatry | $558,499 | Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
| Jerome Wiater | Orthopaedic Surgery | $546,994 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| Linda Stein Gold | Dermatology | $538,347 | Pfizer Inc. |
| David Altman | Dermatology | $455,892 | Amgen Inc. |
| David Markel | Orthopaedic Surgery | $414,830 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
| Kristi Hawley | Dermatology | $412,744 | Genzyme Corporation |
| Terry Smith | Internal Medicine | $357,166 | Amgen Inc. |
| Nicolas Mouawad | Vascular Surgery | $310,953 | Inari Medical, Inc. |
| Jad Khalil | Orthopaedic Surgery | $309,918 | Stryker Corporation |
| Anil Prasad | General Practice | $306,988 | CSL Plasma Inc. |
| Amar Majjhoo | Rheumatology | $305,798 | Amgen Inc. |
| Steven Pipe | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology | $303,788 | BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. |
| Welton Washington | Psychiatry | $291,257 | ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) |
| Dinesh Khanna | Rheumatology | $279,114 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP |
| Wade Cooper | Neurology | $276,741 | AbbVie 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/mi.jsonld` · National: `/care/open-payments`