Christopher Stees, DO
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Greenwood Village, CONPI 1063489466
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $15,457 of the $21,214 with a category attached, or 72.9%. It is spread thinly across 50 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.8%.
Across 440 payments — averaging $48.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$3K
- Cardiofocus, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$1K
- plus $7K from 44 others
Across 38 payments — averaging $772.42 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medtronic$17K
- Atricure, Inc.$13K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,97214%
- Food & beverage$15,45773%
- Education$700%
- Other$2,71513%
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.
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.
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$2,715
- HeartLight System$2,096
- OPTIMIZER$1,871
- Farapulse$851
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$516
- LINQ II$486
- ESPRIT$342
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS$294
- Reveal LINQ$285
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$215
- Ovation iX Iliac Stent Graft$197
- Ranger$162
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$162
- SYMPLICITY G3$160
- RESOLUTE ONYX$160
- Assurity Pacemaker$154
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$153
- Rhythmia Mapping System$150
- Resolute$143
- WATCHMAN Access System$142
How this compares
$21,214 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 66 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Colorado.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 397 | $386,735 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 92 | $94,950 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 50 | $51,867 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 15 | $30,860 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 44 | $29,969 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 16 | $19,477 |
| Dofetilide | 40 | $9,019 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 13 | $6,128 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 77 | $4,552 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 86 | $4,208 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 20 | $1,020 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 78 | $833 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 45 | $775 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Xr)Diltiazem Hcl | 18 | $769 |
| Losartan Potassium | 78 | $715 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $302 | $386,735397 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $305 | $94,95092 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $383 | $51,86750 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $286 | $30,86015 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $58 | $19,47716 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 60th percentile of 66 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Colorado.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Greenwood Village
- Srikanth SundaramLittleton$493K
- Bradley MikaelianColorado Springs$364K
- Wendy TzouAurora$350K
- Christopher PorterfieldAurora$340K
- Lohit GargAurora$147K
- Ethan EllisFort Collins$144K
- Ganesh VenkataramanLakewood$127K
- Margot VlokaAurora$104K
- Benjamin SteinbergDenver$98K
- Shu ChangColorado Springs$82K
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.