RxDoctor Payments Data

Niloofar Dehghan, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery · Phoenix, AZNPI 1295272334

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.7%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Stryker accounts for 67.3% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $54,271, more than ten times the $2,696 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in AZ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$134,902in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 221 payments — averaging $610.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Stryker$91K
  • Acumed LLC$15K
  • Tyber Medical, LLC$15K
  • US Implant Solutions, LLC$5K
  • Exactech, Inc.$3K
  • Davol Inc.$1K
  • plus $5K from 13 others
$58,948in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 18 payments — averaging $3274.89 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Stryker$59K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$72,42554%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$16,06512%
  • Travel & lodging$32,74424%
  • Food & beverage$13,65410%
  • Education$140%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Stryker(2 entities)166$90,855
Acumed LLC4$15,200
Tyber Medical, LLC2$14,797
US Implant Solutions, LLC11$5,078
Exactech, Inc.3$3,166
Davol Inc.1$1,103
Medtronic7$890
Arthrex5$886
Impactortho, Inc.4$717
Solventum Corporation1$425
Johnson & Johnson3$381
My01 Inc.4$355
Smith+Nephew4$333
Illuminoss Medical, Inc.1$162
Catalyst Orthoscience1$145
Medartis Inc.1$122
Goode Surgical Inc1$118
Terumo BCT, Inc.1$110
Orthofix Medical, Inc.1$59

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

$134,902 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 377 orthopaedic surgery providers in Arizona.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$135,540
Medicare patients
150
Services billed
432

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.

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