Seth Tebockhorst, MD
Surgery of the Hand · Boulder, CONPI 1639312192
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $2,608 of the $3,861 with a category attached, or 67.6%. Arthrex accounts for 79.3% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,584 and has fallen 95.7% since, to $155 in 2023.
Across 25 payments — averaging $154.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Pylant Medical$524
- Stryker$155
- Polynovo North America LLC$30
- Smith+Nephew$21
- AbbVie$19
- plus $52 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$85922%
- Food & beverage$39310%
- Education$2,60868%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 17 | $3,060 |
| Pylant Medical | 1 | $524 |
| Stryker | 1 | $155 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $21 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Axogen | 1 | $16 |
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.
- VARIAX$310
How this compares
Too few surgery of the hand providers in Coloradoto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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.
Other surgery of the hand in Boulder
- Matthew IorioAurora$252K
- Helene RetrouveyAurora$29K
- Stephanie MalliarisDenver$2K
- Christopher FenderGolden$2K
- Michael GordonAurora$646
- Michael MargolisLafayette$437
- Melissa KlausmeyerAurora$325
- Steven PetersonGrand Junction$23
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.