Samara Shipon
Anesthesiology · Phoenix, AZNPI 1487893152
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,838 of the $5,926 with a category attached, or 64.8%. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vertiflex, Inc. at 30.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,899 and has fallen 92.8% since, to $354 in 2023. Among anesthesiology 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 146 payments — averaging $40.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertiflex, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Boston Scientific$565
- Abbott$526
- Tersera Therapeutics LLC$172
- Nevro Corp.$156
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,08735%
- Food & beverage$3,83865%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 12 | $1,788 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 21 | $1,642 |
| Boston Scientific | 32 | $565 |
| Abbott | 19 | $526 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 5 | $172 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $156 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $147 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $146 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $138 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $73 |
| Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $66 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $55 |
| West Therapeutics Development, LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Novartis | 2 | $38 |
| Shionogi Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $24 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Superion ISS$1,704
- ACTIVOS$897
- INTELLIS$230
- COOLIEF* COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY$146
- Senza$143
- Proclaim IPG$137
- PRIALT$110
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$110
How this compares
$5,926 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,166 anesthesiology providers in Arizona.
Other anesthesiology in Phoenix
- Neil GreenPhoenix$22K
- S BrownPhoenix$22K
- Delbert BlackPhoenix$11K
- Masoud SultaniPhoenix$11K
- Christopher WiePhoenix$10K
- Roy O'NeilPhoenix$10K
- John WallacePhoenix$8K
- Ryan HuffmanPhoenix$7K
- Brigitte FlanaganPhoenix$7K
- Brandon MinzerPhoenix$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.