---
title: What industry pays physicians in Montana (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: Montana
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 2616899
physicians: 2667
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — Montana (2024)

In Montana, drug and device makers reported **$2,616,899** in general payments to **2,667** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $981 each), plus $12,755,716 tied to research and $84,846 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pediatric Hematology-Oncology | $449,052 | 1 | $449,052 |
| Nurse Practitioner | $229,230 | 109 | $2,103 |
| Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | $124,508 | 13 | $9,578 |
| Family | $109,250 | 279 | $392 |
| Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $100,222 | 4 | $25,056 |
| Physician Assistant | $90,420 | 289 | $313 |
| Surgery | $87,604 | 65 | $1,348 |
| Neurological Surgery | $80,176 | 21 | $3,818 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $77,578 | 5 | $15,516 |
| General Practice | $76,433 | 142 | $538 |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | $70,769 | 13 | $5,444 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | $67,248 | 48 | $1,401 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Guy Young | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology | $449,052 | Genzyme Corporation |
| Sarah Berg | Nurse Practitioner | $122,933 | Galderma Laboratories, L.P. |
| Carlos Duran | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | $91,523 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Arlon Bennett | Nurse Practitioner | $77,699 | Jubilant HollisterStier LLC |
| Dean Sukin | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $73,616 | Medacta USA, Inc. |
| Jeffrey Rentz | Unspecified | $52,445 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. |
| Raymond Turner | Neurological Surgery | $52,147 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Melissa Robinson | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | $48,504 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. |
| Kristin Scott-Tillery | Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | $43,211 | Genzyme Corporation |
| Joseph Peila | Internal Medicine | $36,149 | Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. |
| Anthony Russo | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $35,156 | Globus Medical, Inc. |
| Kimberly Blakeslee | Family Medicine | $30,516 | Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. |
| Katie Brennan | Primary Care | $30,287 | Galderma Laboratories, L.P. |
| Nicholas Burnham | Emergency Medicine | $27,684 | Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. |
| Erin Amato | Psychiatry | $26,817 | Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc |
| Daniel Spoon | Interventional Cardiology | $26,422 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Troy Stiles | Psychiatry | $24,712 | Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. |
| Anthony Roccisano | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $23,322 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| John Werner | Orthopaedic Surgery | $20,215 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| Amanda Murray | Family | $19,576 | Urgo Medical North America, LLC |
| Barrie Matthews | General Practice | $18,351 | BioHorizons Implant Systems Inc. |
| Julie Adams | Hand Surgery | $18,228 | Stryker Corporation |
| Anthony Caffarelli | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | $17,145 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation |
| Russell Swan | Ophthalmology | $16,700 | Glaukos Corporation |
| Stacey Johnson | Community Health | $15,630 | 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/mt.jsonld` · National: `/care/open-payments`