Top Dentist in Washington by Industry Payments

This analysis ranks the top dentist 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 $1,121,012 over the covered period.

Data source: CMS Open Payments + Medicare Part B Coverage: 2018–2024 Providers analyzed: 20 State: Washington
$1,121,012
Total Industry Payments
Across all providers in this analysis
20
Providers Analyzed
With at least one payment on record
$35,787
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 by Total Industry Payments — Washington

CMS Open Payments
# Provider Total Payments Companies Years Active
1
Kristine Aadland
Vancouver, WA
$161,180
18 2018–2024
2
Timothy Miller
Covington, WA
$157,887
7 2018–2024
3
John Sorensen
Seattle, WA
$118,686
7 2018–2024
4
Washougal, WA
$106,009
11 2018–2024
5
Gregory Gillespie
Vancouver, WA
$95,909
18 2018–2024
6
David Chan
Vancouver, WA
$75,140
10 2018–2024
7
Mark Stockwell
Everett, WA
$71,258
7 2018–2024
8
Douglas Sheets
Federal Way, WA
$43,502
9 2018–2024
9
Oleg Shvartsur
Issaquah, WA
$37,055
9 2018–2024
10
Alaa Yassin
Kirkland, WA
$35,787
5 2018–2024
11
Mark Schubert
Seattle, WA
$33,789
3 2018–2023
12
Sheila Farahani
Bellevue, WA
$31,548
5 2018–2024
13
Jihyon Kim
Gig Harbor, WA
$29,615
5 2018–2024
14
Lindsey Papac
Auburn, WA
$26,754
7 2019–2024
15
Brett Pack
Moses Lake, WA
$23,850
7 2018–2024
16
Bellevue, WA
$19,329
9 2018–2024
17
Spokane, WA
$17,484
5 2018–2024
18
Puyallup, WA
$15,852
8 2018–2024
19
Matthew Epstein
Seattle, WA
$10,658
14 2018–2024
20
Daniel Crossen
Lakewood, WA
$9,722
7 2018–2024

State payment context — Dentist in Washington

CMS Open Payments

Beyond the top recipients listed above, 1,780 dentist providers in Washington have at least one disclosed industry payment, totaling $2,223,331 (2018–2024).

The median dentist provider in Washington received $213 in total payments, versus a national median of $226 for the same specialty.

Payments to this specialty in Washington peaked in 2019, when $373,827 changed hands across 2,444 transactions. Hiossen, Inc. has been the largest single payer over the period, and Vancouver leads all Washington cities in payment volume for this specialty.

Top companies paying Dentist providers in Washington

Company Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Hiossen, Inc. $238,406 5 17
Align Technology, Inc. $202,017 435 1,866
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $176,625 164 338
Dentsply Sirona Inc $149,987 620 1,622
Straumann USA LLC $133,909 507 1,398
A-dec, Inc. $133,789 193 602
Convergent Dental Inc. $94,905 7 9
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $90,289 278 1,201

Industry payments to Dentist providers in Washington by year

Year Total payments Providers paid Transactions
2018 $327,905 845 2,420
2019 $373,827 763 2,444
2020 $241,882 561 1,306
2021 $265,904 668 1,849
2022 $358,825 766 2,145
2023 $342,053 821 2,314
2024 $312,936 885 2,266

Top Washington cities for Dentist industry payments

City Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Vancouver $385,946 85 1,097
Seattle $327,693 229 2,171
Covington $163,482 9 80
Bellevue $106,928 87 779
Washougal $106,692 3 65
Everett $97,197 52 448
Issaquah $66,297 27 354
Spokane $63,754 82 653
Methodology Providers filtered to Washington-licensed dentist practitioners (NPI taxonomy code 122300000X) 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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