Christopher Russell, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1740289057
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $8,500 of the $11,155 with a category attached, or 76.2%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 92.1% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $8,625 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $31 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in CO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 33 payments — averaging $338.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$10K
- Medtronic$597
- AbbVie$145
- Bayer$78
- Baxter Healthcare$32
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$15
- plus $10 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,46413%
- Food & beverage$1,19111%
- Education$8,50076%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 13 | $10,279 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 12 | $597 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $145 |
| Bayer | 3 | $78 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $32 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Organon | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$10,026
- INTERSTIM$103
How this compares
$11,155 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 705 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 59 | $2,775 |
| Ibuprofen | 27 | $200 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 12 | $127 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 15 | $73 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Colorado Springs
- Jack TubbsColorado Springs$26K
- Lawrence O ConnellColorado Springs$7K
- Taylor WeidmanColorado Springs$6K
- Amit BhavsarColorado Springs$6K
- John CraneLoveland$415K
- James LukbanEnglewood$175K
- Wayne FurrLonetree$106K
- William BrownDenver$76K
- Kristina TocceDenver$57K
- Jill LissAurora$57K
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.