Shawn Stevens, MD
Otolaryngology · Phoenix, AZNPI 1033430335
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Cochlear Americas accounts for 63.6% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $13,321, 9.9 times the $1,350 reported in 2019. Among otolaryngology 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 82 payments — averaging $403.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cochlear Americas$21K
- Alcon$10K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$1K
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$529
- Med-el Corporation$244
- Stryker$230
- plus $302 from 4 others
Across 137 payments — averaging $6916.68 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.
- Cochlear Americas$948K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,30046%
- Travel & lodging$13,61641%
- Food & beverage$4,16013%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cochlear Americas | 47 | $21,051 |
| Alcon | 8 | $9,720 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 6 | $529 |
| Med-el Corporation | 9 | $244 |
| Stryker | 3 | $230 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $138 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $79 |
| Oticon Medical, LLC | 1 | $49 |
| Iotamotion, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
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.
- Baha$20,087
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$16,714
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$16,714
- Constellation$9,171
- NGENUITY$7,971
- Nucleus$2,429
- Cochlear$1,886
- Osia$1,500
- KINEVO$1,000
- HIRES ULTRA CI HIFOCUS MS ELECTRODE$160
- HiResolution Bionic Ear System$141
- CORE$135
How this compares
$33,077 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 150 otolaryngology 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 | 97 | $794 |
| Ofloxacin | 25 | $265 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 107 | $259 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Phoenix
- Peter KaiserPhoenix$114K
- Farhan TaghizadehPhoenix$46K
- Richard PearlsteinPhoenix$10K
- Devyani LalPhoenix$8K
- Christian PaquetPhoenix$8K
- Alyson KaplanPhoenix$6K
- Manikandan SugumaranPhoenix$6K
- Robert BridgePhoenix$6K
- Jeffrey TaffetPhoenix$6K
- Michael GutmanPhoenix$4K
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.