Stephen Brown, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Phoenix, AZNPI 1558358275
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
21 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 31.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,624 and has fallen 80.8% since, to $312 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for colon & rectal surgery clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $5,787.
Across 42 payments — averaging $67.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$900
- Intuitive Surgical$733
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$223
- Medtronic$208
- Davol Inc.$194
- Boston Scientific$89
- plus $494 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,15341%
- Food & beverage$1,68859%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 3 | $900 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 5 | $733 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $223 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $208 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $194 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $89 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $86 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $48 |
| Palette Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $40 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 2 | $34 |
| Merck | 2 | $31 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Stryker | 1 | $18 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Humira$900
- Da Vinci Surgical System$512
- ARISTA$143
- INTERSTIM$104
How this compares
$2,842 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 50 colon & rectal surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LinzessLinaclotide | 17 | $14,554 |
| Colesevelam Hcl | 13 | $4,074 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 35 | $305 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 19 | $100 |
| Metronidazole | 21 | $65 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLinzess | $900 | $14,55417 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 30th percentile of 50 colon & rectal surgery providers in Arizona.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Phoenix
- Eugene KimPhoenix$189K
- Ashley CasanoPhoenix$48K
- Debora Fox-McclaryPhoenix$41K
- Nasrin GhalyaiePhoenix$22K
- Jonathan DameworthPhoenix$8K
- Jason WeissPhoenix$7K
- Nimesh NaikPhoenix$6K
- Julie DrickenPhoenix$4K
- Aisha AkhtarPhoenix$3K
- Tonia Young-FadokPhoenix$2K
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.