Top Dentist - General Practice in California by Industry Payments

This analysis ranks the top dentist - general practice practitioners in California by total payments received from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, based on CMS Open Payments data. The 20 providers listed here collectively received $12,256,904 over the covered period.

Data source: CMS Open Payments + Medicare Part B Coverage: 2018–2024 Providers analyzed: 20 State: California
$12,256,904
Total Industry Payments
Across all providers in this analysis
20
Providers Analyzed
With at least one payment on record
$301,796
Median Total Payments
Half of providers received more, half received less
Context: Industry payments to physicians are legally required to be disclosed under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. Payments may reflect consulting expertise, research participation, or speaking engagements. This data is provided to support transparency, not to render clinical judgments.

Top Dentist - General Practice by Total Industry Payments — California

CMS Open Payments
# Provider Total Payments Companies Years Active
1
Nathan Li
Lancaster, CA
$5,141,637
1 2018–2024
2
Bradley Ching
Upland, CA
$1,489,749
5 2018–2024
3
Marc Geissberger
Greenbrae, CA
$627,685
19 2018–2024
4
Robert Campbell
Long Beach, CA
$564,700
10 2018–2024
5
Sam Halabo
Chula Vista, CA
$454,510
20 2018–2024
6
Varo Boyer
North Hills, CA
$428,977
10 2018–2024
7
Apolinar Madrigal
Ceres, CA
$412,097
4 2018–2024
8
Deepak Shetty
San Jose, CA
$334,549
5 2018–2024
9
Kiwoon Kim
Carmichael, CA
$319,612
3 2019–2024
10
Brian Toorani
Huntington Beach, CA
$301,796
10 2018–2023
11
Kyle Stanley
Los Angeles, CA
$279,916
11 2018–2024
12
Abdi Sameni
Los Angeles, CA
$256,578
11 2018–2024
13
Andrea Gamble
Redondo Beach, CA
$244,723
10 2018–2024
14
Kent Hwang
Los Angeles, CA
$236,190
2 2019–2024
15
Matthew Nejad
West Hollywood, CA
$218,836
6 2018–2024
16
Payam Ataii
Laguna Hills, CA
$199,190
13 2018–2024
17
Daniel Vasquez
Oceanside, CA
$191,338
18 2018–2024
18
Dhaval Patel
Roseville, CA
$190,682
13 2018–2024
19
James Klim
Santa Rosa, CA
$184,786
8 2018–2024
20
David Hornbrook
La Mesa, CA
$179,356
12 2018–2024

State payment context — Dentist - General Practice in California

CMS Open Payments

Beyond the top recipients listed above, 11,534 dentist - general practice providers in California have at least one disclosed industry payment, totaling $23,302,017 (2018–2024).

The median dentist - general practice provider in California received $202 in total payments, versus a national median of $229 for the same specialty.

Payments to this specialty in California peaked in 2019, when $3,721,093 changed hands across 17,496 transactions. Tulsa Dental Products LLC has been the largest single payer over the period, and Lancaster leads all California cities in payment volume for this specialty.

Top companies paying Dentist - General Practice providers in California

Company Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Tulsa Dental Products LLC $5,169,364 265 450
Hiossen, Inc. $1,680,630 21 56
Dentsply Sirona Inc $1,197,483 4,010 11,804
Straumann USA LLC $1,180,934 3,435 14,135
Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. $1,119,187 1 2
Align Technology, Inc. $1,087,864 3,403 16,823
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $926,390 760 1,641
BIOLASE, INC. $916,665 549 1,116

Industry payments to Dentist - General Practice providers in California by year

Year Total payments Providers paid Transactions
2018 $3,533,577 5,512 16,932
2019 $3,721,093 5,248 17,496
2020 $3,193,301 4,074 11,468
2021 $3,151,254 4,595 13,958
2022 $3,360,796 4,989 16,582
2023 $3,251,127 5,139 16,906
2024 $3,090,870 5,312 16,396

Top California cities for Dentist - General Practice industry payments

City Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Lancaster $5,146,500 27 159
Upland $1,500,569 36 226
Los Angeles $1,205,970 514 4,240
San Jose $652,362 410 3,943
San Diego $646,511 443 5,387
Greenbrae $631,007 8 390
Long Beach $628,699 109 1,359
Chula Vista $553,155 85 1,442
Methodology Providers filtered to California-licensed dentist - general practice practitioners (NPI taxonomy code 1223G0001X) with at least one Open Payments record. Payments aggregated across all years and all payment types. Rankings reflect cumulative totals, not annualized figures. Data source: CMS Open Payments, accessed via doctransparency.com database.
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