Andrew Gardner
Physician Assistant · Denver, CONPI 1720454796
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $53,105 of the $67,539 with a category attached, or 78.6%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 96.8% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $66,951, more than ten times the $147 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in CO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 220 payments — averaging $306.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$65K
- Vericel Corporation$879
- Smith+Nephew$839
- Stryker$408
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$23
- Ossur Americas, Inc.$19
- plus $16 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$11,23517%
- Food & beverage$3,1995%
- Education$53,10579%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 199 | $65,355 |
| Vericel Corporation | 4 | $879 |
| Smith+Nephew | 9 | $839 |
| Stryker | 5 | $408 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
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.
How this compares
$67,539 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,849 physician assistant providers in Colorado.
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.
Other physician assistant in Denver
- Kristen LervikDenver$131K
- Emily FrischDenver$79K
- Ethan MytingerDenver$19K
- Karen WilderDenver$16K
- Mariam MikeladzeDenver$12K
- Laura MurrayDenver$10K
- Corbin RogersDenver$10K
- Donald MooreEnglewood$246K
- Neekan AeiniGreenwood Village$234K
- Korby HowellCortez$182K
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.