Steven Nelson, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Phoenix, AZNPI 1902890064
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $153,261 of the $159,082 with a category attached, or 96.3%. Organon accounts for 71.0% of it on its own, with 35 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $48,201 and has fallen 79.5% since, to $9,901 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in AZ 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 386 payments — averaging $412.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Organon$113K
- Merck$44K
- AbbVie$247
- Bayer$190
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$187
- Millicent US Inc$169
- plus $1K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$153,26196%
- Travel & lodging$1,3871%
- Food & beverage$4,4203%
- Education$130%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Organon | 186 | $113,018 |
| Merck | 85 | $43,946 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 12 | $247 |
| Bayer | 12 | $190 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 9 | $187 |
| Millicent US Inc | 10 | $169 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 7 | $106 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $104 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 4 | $100 |
| Amgen | 5 | $99 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 4 | $82 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 4 | $81 |
| Biogen | 3 | $74 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $64 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 3 | $41 |
| Channel Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $34 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Mycovia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $21 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $20 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Meditrina | 1 | $15 |
| Alydia Health | 1 | $15 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $15 |
| BD | 1 | $14 |
| Lupin Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- NEXPLANON$148,180
- JADA SYSTEM$130
How this compares
$159,082 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 757 obstetrics & gynecology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 68 | $2,987 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 14 | $499 |
| Fluoxetine Hcl | 12 | $64 |
| Fluconazole | 11 | $48 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 12 | $42 |
| Lorazepam | 12 | $34 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Phoenix
- Bj HoPhoenix$134K
- Chijioke SoribePhoenix$117K
- Heather ZechmanPhoenix$92K
- David GlassmanPhoenix$90K
- Meghan MacclearyPhoenix$87K
- John DavittPhoenix$45K
- Richard WilsonPhoenix$34K
- Jamal MouradPhoenix$33K
- Cassandra FossPhoenix$22K
- Jeffrey HigleyPhoenix$18K
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.