Nicholas Andring, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Tucson, AZNPI 1093277139
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (39.3%), food and beverage and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 46.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,928, more than ten times the $54 reported in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic trauma clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $7,192.
Across 55 payments — averaging $113.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Synthes GmbH$992
- Arthrex$697
- Johnson & Johnson$376
- Smith+Nephew$369
- Illuminoss Medical, Inc.$299
- plus $603 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,35022%
- Travel & lodging$2,44639%
- Food & beverage$2,12434%
- Education$2995%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $2,883 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $992 |
| Arthrex | 22 | $697 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $376 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $369 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $299 |
| Stryker | 2 | $188 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Evolution Surgical, Inc | 4 | $140 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $54 |
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.
- TFN-Advance$1,323
- Photodynamic Bone Stabilization Procedure Pack$299
- NA$257
- GAMMA$172
- PRECICE Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System$147
- Conquest FN$130
- EVOS$107
- EVOS MINI$107
- TRIGEN$107
How this compares
$6,219 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $107 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 15 | $98 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Tucson
- Jason LoweTucson$270K
- Brianna PattiTucson$15K
- 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.