Kurtis Staples, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Scottsdale, AZNPI 1063638633
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (55.4%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. accounts for 82.4% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,683 and has fallen 87.6% since, to $458 in 2025.
Across 178 payments — averaging $78.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Osteocentric Technologies, Inc.$12K
- Stryker$672
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$541
- Johnson & Johnson$320
- Smith+Nephew$222
- Onkos Surgical, Inc.$197
- plus $514 from 12 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $84,975 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Osteocentric Technologies, Inc.$595K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,00014%
- Travel & lodging$7,73255%
- Food & beverage$4,23430%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 32 | $11,501 |
| Stryker | 24 | $672 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 81 | $541 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 8 | $320 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $222 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 7 | $197 |
| DJO, LLC | 4 | $105 |
| Abbott | 3 | $66 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $56 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $50 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $46 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Vertex | 1 | $20 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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
$13,966 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th 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 | 17 | $118 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Thomas FishlerScottsdale$9K
- Heather ColeScottsdale$3K
- Gregory EvangelistaScottsdale$928
- Jason LoweTucson$270K
- Shasta HendersonGlendale$174K
- 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.