Braiden Heaps, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Gilbert, AZNPI 1245625102
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (32.6%), education and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vericel Corporation at 42.6% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in AZ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 127 payments — averaging $759.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vericel Corporation$41K
- Arthrex$23K
- Micromed Inc$23K
- Smith+Nephew$5K
- Impactortho, Inc.$4K
- Stryker$794
- plus $256 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,7205%
- Speaking & faculty fees$31,44033%
- Grants$20,00021%
- Travel & lodging$5,1935%
- Food & beverage$4,5665%
- Education$30,53032%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vericel Corporation | 36 | $41,111 |
| Arthrex | 34 | $23,152 |
| Micromed Inc | 21 | $22,597 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $4,623 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 18 | $3,917 |
| Stryker | 10 | $794 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $162 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $63 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $32 |
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.
- MACI$40,838
- CINCHLOCK$290
- Dynasplint$162
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS ANATOMIC TOTAL SHOULDER ECLIPSE$148
- NANO TACT FLEX$142
- NA$141
- Q-FIX Hip$141
- Q-FIX Shoulder$141
- Latarjet System$141
- Meniscal Root Repair System$141
- NOVOSTITCH PRO$141
- MICRORAPTOR Knotless Shoulder$125
How this compares
$96,449 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 377 orthopaedic surgery providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 41 | $354 |
| Meloxicam | 68 | $156 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 26 | $111 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 31 | $109 |
| Prednisone | 26 | $78 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Gilbert
- Mario TaylorGilbert$93K
- Kipling SharpeGilbert$88K
- William PatersonGilbert$68K
- Austin SmithGilbert$42K
- Evan LedermanPhoenix$12M
- James ChowPhoenix$6.1M
- Michael McKeePhoenix$3.4M
- Henry ClarkePhoenix$1.9M
- Mark CampbellSun City West$788K
- Samuel HarmsenPhoenix$735K
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.