---
title: What industry pays physicians in Utah (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: Utah
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 29251228
physicians: 8578
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — Utah (2024)

In Utah, drug and device makers reported **$29,251,228** in general payments to **8,578** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $3,410 each), plus $100,037,231 tied to research and $12,692,724 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 | $9,789,847 | 175 | $55,942 |
| Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $1,827,583 | 16 | $114,224 |
| Family | $1,328,263 | 916 | $1,450 |
| Foot & Ankle Surgery | $1,150,449 | 83 | $13,861 |
| Physician Assistant | $866,763 | 826 | $1,049 |
| Internal Medicine | $744,419 | 203 | $3,667 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | $683,312 | 85 | $8,039 |
| Neurology | $646,896 | 98 | $6,601 |
| Sports Medicine | $636,028 | 55 | $11,564 |
| Family Medicine | $620,284 | 530 | $1,170 |
| Nurse Practitioner | $539,903 | 431 | $1,253 |
| Hematology & Oncology | $518,897 | 53 | $9,791 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aaron Hofmann | Orthopaedic Surgery | $2,596,819 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
| Hugh West | Orthopaedic Surgery | $2,045,274 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| Jeremy Gililland | Orthopaedic Surgery | $1,504,272 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
| Christopher Peters | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $1,288,125 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
| Thomas Calton | Orthopaedic Surgery | $579,414 | Ortho Development Corporation |
| Thomas Rosenberg | Sports Medicine | $573,559 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
| Robert Tashjian | Orthopaedic Surgery | $550,839 | Stryker Corporation |
| Nathan Momberger | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $530,909 | Ortho Development Corporation |
| Willard Dere | Internal Medicine | $485,760 | BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. |
| Jeffrey Jackson | Orthopaedic Surgery | $469,316 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| Joshua Hickman | Orthopaedic Surgery | $420,580 | Ortho Development Corporation |
| Peter Stevens | Orthopaedic Surgery | $393,747 | OrthoPediatrics Corp. |
| Michael Measom | Psychiatry | $376,076 | Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. |
| John Ryan | Cardiovascular Disease | $349,027 | Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. |
| Riley Worth | Family | $328,617 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Brian Liljenquist | Foot & Ankle Surgery | $263,192 | Convatec Inc. |
| Richard Lemons | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology | $254,062 | CSL Behring |
| Douglas Toole | Foot & Ankle Surgery | $251,372 | Convatec Inc. |
| Gregory Anderson | Foot & Ankle Surgery | $249,643 | Stryker Corporation |
| Michael Cobble | Family Medicine | $241,343 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Zachary Leitze | Orthopaedic Surgery | $222,145 | Catalyst OrthoScience |
| Iqbal Ahmed | Ophthalmology | $209,457 | Glaukos Corporation |
| Thomas Higgins | Orthopaedic Surgery | $207,268 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| David Gamble | Nurse Practitioner | $193,484 | Lilly USA, LLC |
| Jill Erickson | Physician Assistant | $178,448 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, 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/

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