Clifford Jones, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Phoenix, AZNPI 1548258031
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $162,541 of the $237,322 with a category attached, or 68.5%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Tyber Medical, LLC at 24.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $78,845, 3.7 times the $21,140 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in AZ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 191 payments — averaging $1242.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Tyber Medical, LLC$58K
- Smith+Nephew$48K
- Zimmer Biomet$42K
- Stryker$41K
- US Implant Solutions, LLC$36K
- Osteocentric Technologies, Inc.$8K
- plus $5K from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$4,0372%
- Consulting fees$162,54168%
- Speaking & faculty fees$26,55011%
- Travel & lodging$19,5568%
- Food & beverage$9,2574%
- Education$15,3816%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tyber Medical, LLC | 6 | $57,780 |
| Smith+Nephew | 46 | $48,229 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 51 | $42,306 |
| Stryker | 26 | $40,802 |
| US Implant Solutions, LLC | 15 | $35,754 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 29 | $7,890 |
| Synthes GmbH | 4 | $3,419 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $794 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $225 |
| My01 Inc. | 2 | $106 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- EVOS$77,684
- Tyber Medical Anatomical Plating System$57,780
- ALPS Plating System$57,780
- EVOS MINI$27,356
- T2$27,332
- TRIGEN InterTAN$25,234
- AXSOS$21,859
- VARIAX$18,650
- Taylor Spatial Frame$15,509
- HOFFMANN$15,500
- TRIGEN$12,963
- GAMMA$12,750
- TRIGEN Meta-Nail$9,750
- NCB$7,854
- mymobility Platform$6,000
- A.L.P.S.$5,014
- ADAPT$5,000
- Unifi Technology$4,069
- Avitus Bone Harvester$3,000
- OsteoCentric 4.0 x 130mm LOCKING BONE SCREW FASTENER ST$2,898
How this compares
$237,322 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 377 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 16 | $425 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $160 |
| Meloxicam | 18 | $142 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $134 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Phoenix
- Evan LedermanPhoenix$12M
- James ChowPhoenix$6.1M
- Michael McKeePhoenix$3.4M
- Henry ClarkePhoenix$1.9M
- Samuel HarmsenPhoenix$735K
- Anthony HedleyPhoenix$415K
- Matthew SeidelPhoenix$397K
- David OttPhoenix$380K
- Michael WilminkPhoenix$347K
- Judd CummingsPhoenix$269K
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.