Aaron Gipsman, MD
Sports Medicine · Pasadena, CANPI 1669854923
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (45.4%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 51.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $27,875 and has fallen 92.8% since, to $1,996 in 2025.
Across 88 payments — averaging $550.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$25K
- Smith+Nephew$20K
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$560
- Zimmer Biomet$192
- Globus Medical$184
- plus $600 from 15 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $2643.00 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Lazurite Inc.$11K
What the payments were for
- Grants$20,00041%
- Travel & lodging$3,2857%
- Food & beverage$3,1777%
- Education$21,99645%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 26 | $24,994 |
| Smith+Nephew | 19 | $19,527 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 2 | $2,400 |
| Stryker | 9 | $560 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $192 |
| Globus Medical | 5 | $184 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $147 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $86 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $21 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $20 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Q-FIX$2,797
- ACUFEX Meniscal Root Repair$1,731
- CAP-FIX$1,569
- Healicoil$1,569
- NOVOSTITCH$1,569
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$1,521
- MICRORAPTOR$1,228
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$402
- AXSOS$166
- DJO SURGICAL$147
- Mini-Open Latarjet$144
How this compares
$48,458 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 662 sports medicine providers in California.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 49 | $655 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 11 | $631 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 30 | $156 |
| Naproxen | 13 | $77 |
| Meloxicam | 33 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Pasadena
- Neal ElattracheLos Angeles$51M
- Nathaniel CohenLos Gatos$6.4M
- Thomas KnappSanta Monica$2.5M
- Michael FreehillStanford$1.6M
- Allan MishraMenlo Park$1.5M
- Heinz Hoeneckela Jolla$1.4M
- Seth ShermanStanford$1.1M
- Stephan YacoubianBurbank$1M
- Stephen Snydervan Nuys$922K
- Deryk JonesSan Carlos$915K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.