Christopher Lykins, MD
Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck · Scottsdale, AZNPI 1477540292
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,607 of the $2,059 with a category attached, or 78.0%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. at 31.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $574 and has fallen 74.8% since, to $145 in 2025.
Across 74 payments — averaging $27.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$645
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$324
- Sanofi$275
- Optinose US, Inc.$255
- GSK$249
- Aerin Medical Inc.$118
- plus $193 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$45222%
- Food & beverage$1,60778%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $645 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 17 | $324 |
| Sanofi | 15 | $275 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 12 | $255 |
| GSK | 13 | $249 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 3 | $118 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $37 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $33 |
| Stryker | 2 | $27 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $25 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $19 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $15 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $12 |
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
$2,059 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 26 plastic surgery within the head & neck providers in Arizona.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 13 | $48,350 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 93 | $2,740 |
| Pilocarpine Hcl | 19 | $2,596 |
| Omeprazole | 117 | $1,548 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 73 | $1,082 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 107 | $864 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 25 | $731 |
| Ofloxacin | 32 | $570 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 51 | $333 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 35 | $273 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 19 | $228 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 11 | $165 |
| Prednisone | 49 | $159 |
| Mupirocin | 22 | $158 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 24 | $153 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery within the head & neck in Scottsdale
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- Nathan JowettScottsdale$2K
- Samuel BaileyScottsdale$2K
- Austin SwisherScottsdale$728
- Simon BeattyScottsdale$512
- Diego RazuraScottsdale$384
- Darby KeirnsScottsdale$350
- David HechtScottsdale$317
- India CasadayScottsdale$270
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.