Paul Tender, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Chandler, AZNPI 1326159088
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.1% of the total across 40 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. That places this record below the midpoint for colon & rectal surgery clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $5,787.
Across 40 payments — averaging $26.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$207
- Intuitive Surgical$178
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$111
- Johnson & Johnson$97
- AbbVie$96
- Baxter Healthcare$62
- plus $294 from 13 others
Across 34 payments — averaging $1951.76 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.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$66K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,02498%
- Education$192%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 10 | $207 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $178 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $97 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $96 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $62 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $31 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $30 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $24 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Otto Bock Healthcare LP | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 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.
How this compares
$1,044 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 50 colon & rectal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 17 | $319 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 17 | $96 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Chandler
- Hekmat HakimanChandler$57K
- Clarence ClarkChandler$19K
- Arpit PatelChandler$11K
- Deborah KellerScottsdale$195K
- Eugene KimPhoenix$189K
- Sushil PandeySurprise$125K
- Ashley CasanoPhoenix$48K
- Debora Fox-McclaryPhoenix$41K
- Michael BuckmireMesa$36K
- Nasrin GhalyaiePhoenix$22K
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.