Joshua Stevens, MD
Anesthesiology · Augusta, GANPI 1598325995
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $7,500 of the $11,535 with a category attached, or 65.0%. Medtronic accounts for 89.3% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $9,089 and has fallen 98.1% since, to $176 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in GA 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 46 payments — averaging $250.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$10K
- Curonix LLC$401
- Abbott$318
- Edwards Lifesciences$164
- Globus Medical$158
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$81
- plus $115 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$7,50065%
- Travel & lodging$2,66423%
- Food & beverage$1,37112%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 29 | $10,298 |
| Curonix LLC | 3 | $401 |
| Abbott | 4 | $318 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $164 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $158 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $81 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $48 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$11,535 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,137 anesthesiology providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 32 | $926 |
| Gabapentin | 62 | $612 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 36 | $411 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $329 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $251 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 18 | $177 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 11 | $153 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Augusta
- Miguel Plaza LloretAugusta$13K
- Caryl BaileyAugusta$7K
- Chinar SanghviAugusta$6K
- Sami HafsaAugusta$6K
- Andy TruongAugusta$4K
- Jasmeen KaurAugusta$3K
- Stevin DubinAugusta$2K
- Ashish SakharpeAugusta$2K
- Margaret HoltzMarietta$622K
- Mark HamiltonAtlanta$351K
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.