Jason Lowe, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Tucson, AZNPI 1669588802
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (43.1%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Stryker accounts for 82.6% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $125,153, 4.0 times the $31,482 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic trauma clinicians in AZ 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 206 payments — averaging $1310.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$223K
- Synthes GmbH$46K
- Smith+Nephew$700
- Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA$305
- Illuminoss Medical, Inc.$136
- Johnson & Johnson$125
- plus $58 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$116,23243%
- Consulting fees$88,89533%
- Speaking & faculty fees$30,28511%
- Travel & lodging$30,21111%
- Food & beverage$4,2462%
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 | 150 | $222,866 |
| Synthes GmbH | 47 | $45,680 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $700 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $305 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $125 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $58 |
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.
- PANGEA$120,057
- AXSOS$51,976
- GAMMA$33,700
- T2$26,405
- ADAPT$14,255
- VARIAX$11,194
- HOFFMANN$10,625
- PELVIS II$9,800
- PRO$5,178
- MINI MAXLOCK EXTREME$3,461
- TRAUMA$3,061
- Q-FIX$457
- Acufex$457
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$425
- REUNION$425
- OMEGA$425
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$425
- RHEAD$350
- COMBOGESIC IV$305
- Photodynamic Bone Stabilization Procedure Pack$136
How this compares
$269,870 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 30 orthopaedic trauma 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 | 38 | $395 |
| Methocarbamol | 30 | $248 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Tucson
- Brianna PattiTucson$15K
- Nicholas AndringTucson$6K
- John RuthTucson$963
- Lisa TruchanTucson$664
- Joseph Longo IiiScottsdale$268K
- Shasta HendersonGlendale$174K
- Gilbert OrtegaScottsdale$83K
- Ammar KarimChandler$23K
- Christina BoultonTuscon$19K
- Adam KantorChandler$18K
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.