Brandon Gough
Orthopaedic Surgery · Scottsdale, AZNPI 1053537779
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $26,625 of the $42,145 with a category attached, or 63.2%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 46.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $14,745 and has fallen 93.4% since, to $973 in 2025.
Across 174 payments — averaging $242.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$20K
- Zimmer Biomet$13K
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- Think Surgical, Inc.$2K
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$707
- plus $1K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26,62563%
- Travel & lodging$5,34113%
- Food & beverage$9,78723%
- Education$3931%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 48 | $19,501 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 39 | $13,423 |
| Smith+Nephew | 50 | $3,096 |
| Think Surgical, Inc. | 8 | $2,289 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $2,000 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $707 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $547 |
| Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | 3 | $303 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $102 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $96 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $20 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- MAKO$12,138
- ROSA$9,775
- TRIATHLON$4,088
- VARIAX$2,400
- Tsolution One Surgical System$2,232
- Zynrelef$2,000
- ROSA-Knee$905
- PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS$800
- Persona$514
- PlasmaBlade$443
- Journey II CR$387
- Velys$352
- BIRMINGHAM HIP$335
- PICO 7 Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy$294
- EVOS$278
- CORI$276
- PICO 7$271
- Navio Surgical System$269
- Legion$247
- REGENESORB$147
How this compares
$42,145 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 377 orthopaedic surgery providers in Arizona.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 17 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Scottsdale
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- Bertrand KaperScottsdale$482K
- David CamarataScottsdale$406K
- David BailieScottsdale$249K
- Shane MartinScottsdale$244K
- Sherwood DuhonScottsdale$229K
- John BradwayScottsdale$219K
- Krishna MallikScottsdale$79K
- Timothy KavanaughScottsdale$71K
- Laura ProkuskiScottsdale$58K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.