Michael Wilmink, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Phoenix, AZNPI 1215921523
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $339,439 of the $347,426 with a category attached, or 97.7%. Nextstep Arthropedix, LLC accounts for 99.0% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $86,982 and has fallen 75.7% since, to $21,178 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery 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 65 payments — averaging $5345.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nextstep Arthropedix, LLC$344K
- Smith+Nephew$849
- Stryker$739
- Conformis, Inc.$626
- Medacta USA, Inc.$246
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$205
- plus $885 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$339,43998%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,4501%
- Travel & lodging$2,4451%
- Food & beverage$2,9241%
- Education$1690%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nextstep Arthropedix, LLC | 12 | $343,876 |
| Smith+Nephew | 9 | $849 |
| Stryker | 7 | $739 |
| Conformis, Inc. | 3 | $626 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 9 | $246 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 10 | $205 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $182 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $155 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $123 |
| Maxx Orthopedics, Inc. | 3 | $96 |
| UOC USA Inc | 1 | $78 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $41 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $41 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Bioventus LLC | 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.
- iNSitu Hip System$343,743
- Journey II$1,161
- REDAPT$730
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$580
- Legion Revision$580
- Identity Imprint CR$572
- Identity Imprint PS$572
- MAKO$528
- RICHPLAT ORTHO PRP SYSTEM$169
- Hymovis$169
- INSIGNIA$163
- UNID_PASS$137
- Photodynamic Bone Stabilization Procedure Pack$127
- Iovera$123
How this compares
$347,426 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 69 | $1,479 |
| Meloxicam | 161 | $729 |
| Methylprednisolone | 72 | $478 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 37 | $454 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 40 | $228 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 12 | $94 |
| Amoxicillin | 47 | $60 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 15 | $15 |
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
- Judd CummingsPhoenix$269K
- Thomas CarterPhoenix$265K
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.