Top Dentist - General Practice in Washington by Industry Payments

This analysis ranks the top dentist - general practice practitioners in Washington by total payments received from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, based on CMS Open Payments data. The 20 providers listed here collectively received $2,069,195 over the covered period.

Data source: CMS Open Payments + Medicare Part B Coverage: 2018–2024 Providers analyzed: 20 State: Washington
$2,069,195
Total Industry Payments
Across all providers in this analysis
20
Providers Analyzed
With at least one payment on record
$40,225
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 — Washington

CMS Open Payments
# Provider Total Payments Companies Years Active
1
Bill Wong
Bellevue, WA
$598,933
7 2018–2024
2
Bret Jacobson
Federal Way, WA
$488,673
5 2018–2024
3
Michael Silverman
Seattle, WA
$302,730
2 2018–2024
4
Michael Koceja
Vancouver, WA
$109,155
4 2018–2023
5
David Clark
Tacoma, WA
$99,114
4 2018–2024
6
Perry Jones III
Seattle, WA
$67,270
1 2022–2022
7
Kevin Brown
Bellevue, WA
$58,090
8 2018–2024
8
Mike Clark
Yakima, WA
$48,643
10 2018–2023
9
Michael Melkers
Spokane Valley, WA
$40,473
4 2018–2024
10
John Hodges
Covington, WA
$40,225
6 2018–2024
11
Benjamin Johnson
Renton, WA
$40,183
10 2018–2024
12
Monroe, WA
$37,026
5 2018–2024
13
Arvind Petrie
Spokane, WA
$28,515
13 2018–2024
14
Corie Vitkovic
Yakima, WA
$18,276
4 2018–2024
15
Mark Dire
Bellevue, WA
$17,868
5 2018–2024
16
Timothy Hess
Auburn, WA
$16,639
14 2018–2024
17
Gurinderpal Bajwa
Covington, WA
$15,692
4 2018–2024
18
Evyenia Kollia
Seattle, WA
$15,603
11 2018–2024
19
Terri Zweber
Bellingham, WA
$13,852
9 2018–2024
20
Daniel Wilson
Vancouver, WA
$12,236
8 2018–2024

State payment context — Dentist - General Practice in Washington

CMS Open Payments

Beyond the top recipients listed above, 2,098 dentist - general practice providers in Washington have at least one disclosed industry payment, totaling $3,485,759 (2018–2024).

The median dentist - general practice provider in Washington received $220 in total payments, versus a national median of $229 for the same specialty.

Payments to this specialty in Washington peaked in 2018, when $607,107 changed hands across 3,497 transactions. Align Technology, Inc. has been the largest single payer over the period, and Bellevue leads all Washington cities in payment volume for this specialty.

Top companies paying Dentist - General Practice providers in Washington

Company Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Align Technology, Inc. $689,155 520 2,143
Hiossen, Inc. $607,097 2 8
Strategic Dentistry LLC $253,579 7 528
A-dec, Inc. $182,334 270 1,086
Dentsply Sirona Inc $172,440 652 1,742
Straumann USA LLC $143,834 574 1,582
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $138,010 174 330
BIOLASE, INC. $134,292 55 158

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

Year Total payments Providers paid Transactions
2018 $607,107 1,046 3,497
2019 $548,112 964 3,048
2020 $348,270 700 1,637
2021 $525,796 856 2,466
2022 $490,057 882 2,528
2023 $503,464 908 2,670
2024 $462,953 942 2,368

Top Washington cities for Dentist - General Practice industry payments

City Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Bellevue $781,466 109 1,052
Seattle $547,494 273 2,490
Federal Way $525,330 55 766
Vancouver $194,739 107 963
Tacoma $135,128 72 518
Spokane $97,543 94 816
Yakima $83,358 46 342
Renton $74,649 42 496
Methodology Providers filtered to Washington-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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