Kirk Hippensteel, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Phoenix, AZNPI 1609133719
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $22,916 of the $36,539 with a category attached, or 62.7%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 38.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $12,625 and has fallen 59.7% since, to $5,085 in 2025.
Across 130 payments — averaging $281.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$14K
- Stryker$7K
- Impactortho, Inc.$5K
- Arthrex$5K
- Vericel Corporation$2K
- Sportstek Medical, Inc$2K
- plus $2K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,79521%
- Food & beverage$5,82816%
- Education$22,91663%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $14,203 |
| Stryker | 55 | $7,450 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 14 | $4,813 |
| Arthrex | 31 | $4,700 |
| Vericel Corporation | 13 | $1,725 |
| Sportstek Medical, Inc | 2 | $1,540 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 3 | $1,322 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $410 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Abbott | 1 | $102 |
| Moximed, Inc | 1 | $75 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 1 | $51 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $22 |
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.
- MACI$1,605
- MAKO$1,574
- HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET$1,234
- OMEGA$954
- SALVATION$777
- INSPACE$541
- EQUINOXE$410
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$227
- NANOTACK FLEX$170
- GAMMA$165
- NANO TACT FLEX$145
- CINCHLOCK SS$145
- FLOWPORT CANNULA SYSTEM$145
- NANOPASS$145
- PIVOT PORTAL ENTRY KIT$145
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$132
- CITREFIX$129
- PROstep$129
- ARTHROTUNNELER TUNNELPRO SYSTEM$129
- Photodynamic Bone Stabilization Procedure Pack$127
How this compares
$36,539 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 67 | $197 |
| Celecoxib | 13 | $181 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 21 | $116 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 11 | $34 |
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.