Stephen Thon, MD
Sports Medicine · Denver, CONPI 1417376120
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (44.2%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 44.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $27,203 and has fallen 97.9% since, to $579 in 2025.
Across 108 payments — averaging $418.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$20K
- Smith+Nephew$15K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$7K
- Stryker$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$262
- Medacta USA, Inc.$204
- plus $875 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$20,00044%
- Travel & lodging$9492%
- Food & beverage$4,44710%
- Education$19,85444%
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 | 1 | $20,000 |
| Smith+Nephew | 31 | $15,326 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 8 | $7,415 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 28 | $1,169 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 8 | $262 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 3 | $204 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $199 |
| Bioventus LLC | 10 | $177 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $90 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $89 |
| Moximed, Inc | 3 | $82 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $70 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $32 |
| Vertex | 1 | $28 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $14 |
| Acumed LLC | 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.
- NOVOSTITCH PRO$862
- FAST-FIX FLEX$862
- BIOSURE REGENESORB$862
- ACUFEX Knee$862
- Meniscal Root Repair System$862
- Q-FIX$457
- MICRORAPTOR$323
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$323
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$291
- Healicoil$281
- Mini-Open Latarjet$269
- Miami J$199
- Fast-Fix 360$184
- ULTRABUTTON$184
- INSPACE$173
- T-Fix$170
- Journey II BCS$170
- PICO 7 Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy$170
- REDAPT Revision Hip System$170
- Regeneten$134
How this compares
$45,251 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 196 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 17 | $303 |
| Meloxicam | 57 | $194 |
| Methocarbamol | 16 | $181 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 32 | $125 |
| Omeprazole | 15 | $95 |
| Prednisone | 19 | $85 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 13 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Denver
- Alan NgDenver$1.4M
- Michael CrincoliDenver$153K
- Herbert ParrisDenver$152K
- Steven SwinehartDenver$34K
- Peter MillettVail$21.6M
- Matthew ProvencherVail$3.4M
- Rachel FrankAurora$1.6M
- David WeinsteinColorado Springs$1.5M
- James GenuarioParker$720K
- David SchneiderGolden$709K
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.