Christopher Kepros, DDS
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery · Iowa City, IANPI 1154511434
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (49.9%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Axogen accounts for 77.3% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,997, more than ten times the $135 reported in 2019.
Across 24 payments — averaging $107.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Axogen$2K
- Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc.$215
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$149
- Straumann USA LLC$132
- Henry Schein, Inc.$41
- Johnson & Johnson$33
- plus $16 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$823%
- Travel & lodging$1,28950%
- Food & beverage$1,16145%
- Education$502%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axogen | 9 | $1,997 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 4 | $215 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 6 | $149 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 2 | $132 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $33 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 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.
- AXOGUARD$3,253
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$1,626
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$1,626
How this compares
$2,583 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 78 oral and maxillofacial surgery providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 17 | $56 |
| Amoxicillin | 20 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other oral and maxillofacial surgery in Iowa City
- Jeffrey MarschallIowa City$8K
- Chad PfohlIowa City$6K
- Timothy AlbrightIowa City$3K
- Richard BurtonIowa City$3K
- Todd JuhlinIowa City$2K
- Timothy HoltonIowa City$1K
- Kirk FridrichIowa City$1K
- Andrew HartwigIowa City$1K
- Majd HaddadIowa City$982
- Douglas KendrickIowa City$466
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.