Brandon Grooms, MD
Sports Medicine · Tucson, AZNPI 1215426952
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $15,500 of the $25,739 with a category attached, or 60.2%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 50.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $16,152 and has fallen 98.8% since, to $200 in 2025.
Across 66 payments — averaging $389.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$13K
- Smith+Nephew$8K
- Stryker$2K
- Saxum Surgical, Inc.$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$901
- Johnson & Johnson$162
- plus $736 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$15,50060%
- Travel & lodging$4,41117%
- Food & beverage$2,82911%
- Education$3,00012%
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 | 3 | $12,951 |
| Smith+Nephew | 19 | $7,872 |
| Stryker | 19 | $1,961 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $1,156 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $901 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $162 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $149 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $129 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $90 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $69 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $18 |
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.
- MICRORAPTOR$2,002
- Healicoil$1,349
- Q-FIX$1,001
- Ultrabraid$1,001
- INSPACE$666
- MAKO$587
- SALVATION$164
- Arsenal Sinus Support Plate$149
- NOVOSTITCH$142
- Portfolio$134
- MACI$129
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$125
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$125
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$125
How this compares
$25,739 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 152 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 63 | $139 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Tucson
- Chris LutherTucson$71K
- William PrickettTucson$30K
- John KleinTucson$5K
- Preston SmithTucson$4K
- Robert LystrupTucson$4K
- Bradley NorrisTucson$4K
- Brett HaywoodTucson$4K
- Anup ShahPhoenix$1.3M
- Amon FerryScottsdale$482K
- John TokishScottsdale$387K
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.