Christopher Stevens, MD
Hand Surgery · Oro Valley, AZNPI 1760685226
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 49.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $811, 5.2 times the $156 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for hand surgery clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $1,634.
Across 26 payments — averaging $56.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$735
- Stryker$293
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$148
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$140
- Johnson & Johnson$61
- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$44
- plus $53 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$69147%
- Education$78453%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $735 |
| Stryker | 4 | $293 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $148 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 4 | $140 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $61 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $13 |
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.
- COMPREHENSIVE$711
- MAKO$100
How this compares
$1,474 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 60 hand surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 44 | $266 |
| Methylprednisolone | 36 | $252 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 19 | $223 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 14 | $120 |
| Prednisone | 22 | $71 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 14 | $62 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $37 |
| Meloxicam | 17 | $36 |
| Diazepam | 12 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Oro Valley
- Damon AdamanySun City West$1.7M
- Joshua HustedtPhoenix$118K
- Philip ToPhoenix$97K
- Scott EdwardsPhoenix$39K
- Joel GoodeTucson$38K
- Sean MitchellPhoenix$37K
- Robert WalkerScottsdale$25K
- Paul MahoneyPeoria$16K
- Mark LeberPhoenix$16K
- Michael MontagueGilbert$12K
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.