---
title: What industry pays physicians in Washington (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: Washington
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 41641104
physicians: 15479
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — Washington (2024)

In Washington, drug and device makers reported **$41,641,104** in general payments to **15,479** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $2,690 each), plus $154,385,075 tied to research and $2,024,867 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 | $3,830,511 | 316 | $12,122 |
| Hematology & Oncology | $3,359,461 | 213 | $15,772 |
| Rheumatology | $2,952,560 | 70 | $42,179 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $1,981,531 | 47 | $42,160 |
| Dermatology | $1,473,553 | 173 | $8,518 |
| Medical Oncology | $1,433,745 | 114 | $12,577 |
| Orthopaedic Trauma | $1,275,835 | 23 | $55,471 |
| MOHS-Micrographic Surgery | $1,182,883 | 29 | $40,789 |
| Neurology | $1,145,078 | 203 | $5,641 |
| Endodontics | $1,115,324 | 77 | $14,485 |
| Gastroenterology | $1,091,009 | 223 | $4,892 |
| Psychiatry | $1,040,562 | 152 | $6,846 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stanford Peng | Rheumatology | $2,503,163 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated |
| John Pesando | Hematology & Oncology | $2,366,194 | Beckman Coulter, Inc. |
| Ein Gun Song | MOHS-Micrographic Surgery | $1,166,592 | AbbVie Inc. |
| John West | Endodontics | $1,099,693 | Dentsply Sirona Inc |
| Antoine Tohmeh | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $869,679 | Alphatec Spine, Inc |
| William Barrett | Orthopaedic Surgery | $690,236 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| John Kois | Prosthodontics | $655,650 | Peter Brasseler Holdings, LLC |
| Benjamin Starnes | Vascular Surgery | $616,281 | Bolton Medical Inc |
| Clive Liu | Dermatology | $601,171 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Gust Bardy | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | $480,765 | Boston Scientific Corporation |
| Jeffrey Hansen | Psychiatry | $456,895 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Reza Firoozabadi | Orthopaedic Trauma | $454,525 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
| Hakan Kaya | Medical Oncology | $420,032 | Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. |
| Sean Nork | Orthopaedic Trauma | $418,833 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. |
| Rajiv Sethi | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $392,742 | Stryker Corporation |
| Keith Mayo | Orthopaedic Surgery | $390,537 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| Rod Oskouian | Neurological Surgery | $387,525 | Stryker Corporation |
| Gordana Juric-Sekhar | Neuropathology | $381,501 | Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. |
| Timothy Alton | Orthopaedic Surgery | $369,994 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. |
| Laura Periman | Ophthalmology | $349,312 | Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. |
| Michael Chiorean | Gastroenterology | $313,355 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Matthew Saltzman | Orthopaedic Surgery | $307,943 | Medacta USA, Inc. |
| Fengting Yan | Hematology & Oncology | $279,819 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
| Mark Freeborn | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $279,489 | Globus Medical, Inc. |
| Bart Scott | Medical Oncology | $273,956 | Alexion Pharmaceuticals, 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/wa.jsonld` · National: `/care/open-payments`