Stephanie Stopka
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery · Aurora, CONPI 1619380904
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (30.3%), grants and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 63.9% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $37,354 and has fallen 62.9% since, to $13,858 in 2025.
Across 153 payments — averaging $494.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$48K
- Smith+Nephew$13K
- Team 1, LLC$5K
- Fortis Surgical, LLC$4K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$900
- plus $1K from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9001%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,50023%
- Grants$20,00026%
- Travel & lodging$10,21014%
- Food & beverage$4,0665%
- Education$22,92430%
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 | 93 | $48,343 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $12,968 |
| Team 1, LLC | 25 | $5,109 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 17 | $4,470 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 3 | $2,637 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $900 |
| Stryker | 2 | $476 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $202 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $147 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $140 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $122 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 1 | $89 |
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
$75,600 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 23 pediatric orthopaedic surgery providers in Colorado.
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Other pediatric orthopaedic surgery in Aurora
- Klane WhiteAurora$107K
- Sumeet GargAurora$21K
- Ryan SefcikAurora$10K
- Julia SandersAurora$9K
- Emily SweeneyAurora$5K
- Erika ValentineAurora$5K
- Jason RhodesAurora$2K
- Curtis VandenbergAurora$2K
- Sarah SibbelAurora$631
- Nathan DonaldsonAurora$458
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.