Farhad Darbandi, MD
Hand Surgery · Phoenix, AZNPI 1639437908
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 43.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,209 and has fallen 98.8% since, to $40 in 2025.
Across 49 payments — averaging $156.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Impactortho, Inc.$2K
- Medartis Inc.$780
- Axogen$699
- Smith+Nephew$304
- Trimed, Inc.$226
- plus $482 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,00952%
- Food & beverage$3,68248%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 21 | $3,329 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 11 | $1,870 |
| Medartis Inc. | 4 | $780 |
| Axogen | 1 | $699 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $304 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 2 | $226 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $171 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $139 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $120 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $52 |
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.
- PRO$2,080
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$699
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$699
- APTUS$664
- VARIAX$516
- EVOS WRIST$289
- AXSOS$164
- HemiCAP Wrist$120
- XIAFLEX$116
How this compares
$7,691 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naproxen | 45 | $366 |
| Methylprednisolone | 33 | $255 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 38 | $247 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 31 | $192 |
| Gabapentin | 13 | $94 |
| Meloxicam | 20 | $42 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $21 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Phoenix
- Joshua HustedtPhoenix$118K
- Philip ToPhoenix$97K
- Scott EdwardsPhoenix$39K
- Sean MitchellPhoenix$37K
- Mark LeberPhoenix$16K
- Garrison WhitakerPhoenix$9K
- Robert BeckenbaughPhoenix$8K
- Justin WongPhoenix$4K
- Paul ZidelPhoenix$2K
- Vimala RamachandranPhoenix$2K
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.