Stephen Smith, MD
Vascular Surgery · Surprise, AZNPI 1063632149
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (34.3%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 51 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 29.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $21,160 and has fallen 62.2% since, to $7,999 in 2025.
Across 474 payments — averaging $104.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$15K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$8K
- Bolton Medical Inc$6K
- Cook Incorporated$4K
- Penumbra, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- plus $12K from 45 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $29,010 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.
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$29K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,80014%
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,44033%
- Grants$1,6673%
- Travel & lodging$3,1166%
- Food & beverage$16,95534%
- Education$4,5009%
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.
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.
- XARELTO$13,706
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$7,561
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$7,449
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$7,066
- ENROUTE .014 Guidewire$7,066
- Relay Grafts$4,794
- Cook Medical AFEN$3,500
- Indigo System$2,834
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$538
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$456
- Barostim Neo System$405
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$355
- ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$292
- AQUAMANTYS$278
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$259
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$227
- Torus Stent Graft System$196
- ENDOCROSS Device$196
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$190
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft$170
How this compares
$49,478 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 105 vascular 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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 106 | $71,970 |
| EliquisApixaban | 31 | $38,586 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 188 | $1,950 |
| Cilostazol | 42 | $1,005 |
| Gabapentin | 16 | $413 |
| Pregabalin | 17 | $351 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 20 | $94 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $14,802 | $71,970106 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $83 | $38,58631 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 85th percentile of 105 vascular surgery providers in Arizona.
Other vascular surgery in Surprise
- Marc EckhauserSurprise$45K
- Adam CalareseSurprise$15K
- Venkatesh RamaiahScottsdale$452K
- Jeromy BrinkPhoenix$392K
- Luis LeonPhoenix$185K
- Hammad AmerMesa$169K
- Baljeet UppalSun City$166K
- Scott BermanTuscon$150K
- Martin ZomayaPhoenix$139K
- Joshua BaldermanTucson$135K
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.