Stephanie Rutz, PA
Medical · Lafayette, CONPI 1558545004
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.9%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. at 45.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $14,803 and has fallen 54.9% since, to $6,676 in 2025. Among medical clinicians in CO 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 546 payments — averaging $53.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$13K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$5K
- AbbVie$3K
- Pfizer$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- plus $4K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6752%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,65540%
- Travel & lodging$1,7486%
- Food & beverage$15,18252%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 38 | $13,267 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 77 | $4,648 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 185 | $3,406 |
| Pfizer | 39 | $1,516 |
| Abbott | 33 | $1,424 |
| Medtronic | 16 | $1,260 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 30 | $678 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 14 | $603 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 16 | $336 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $268 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 25 | $267 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 16 | $247 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 8 | $222 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $174 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $164 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 6 | $133 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $120 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 2 | $104 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $87 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $80 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $48 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Vertex | 1 | $22 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 1 | $12 |
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.
- NURTEC ODT$13,766
- Evoke$2,572
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$811
- PROCLAIM$457
- ETERNA$387
- VYEPTI$262
- mild Device Kit$174
- INCEPTIV$165
- QULIPTA$125
- BOTOX$118
How this compares
$29,261 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 766 medical providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 62 | $38,637 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 45 | $37,594 |
| Qudexy XrTopiramate | 11 | $9,855 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 146 | $7,012 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 228 | $5,248 |
| Sumatriptan Succinate | 28 | $4,743 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 83 | $3,229 |
| Fentanyl | 25 | $2,910 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 62 | $2,665 |
| Gabapentin | 73 | $1,817 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 70 | $915 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 40 | $902 |
| Methocarbamol | 34 | $884 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 39 | $832 |
| Tramadol Hcl ErTramadol Hcl | 14 | $814 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Xtampza Er | $247 | $37,59445 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 766 medical providers in Colorado.
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- Lindsey TunstallAurora$87K
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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.