Steven Simper, MD
Vascular Surgery · Salt Lake City, UTNPI 1174617336
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 45 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 56.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $386 and has fallen 87.9% since, to $47 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in UT, where the typical reported total is $2,506.
Across 45 payments — averaging $34.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$874
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$213
- Medtronic$200
- Intuitive Surgical$181
- Boston Scientific$29
- Edwards Lifesciences$25
- plus $36 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,559100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 28 | $874 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $213 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $200 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 4 | $181 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $29 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $25 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Microline Surgical Inc | 1 | $5 |
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.
- Echelon Flex$376
- Harmonic$144
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$117
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$101
How this compares
$1,559 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 31 vascular surgery providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 33 | $252 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Salt Lake City
- Craig SelzmanSalt Lake City$11K
- Thomas SerenaSalt Lake City$8K
- Holly RyanSalt Lake City$5K
- Benjamin BrookeSalt Lake City$4K
- Kaohinani LongwolfSalt Lake City$4K
- Alexander SchurmanSalt Lake City$4K
- Ian SchliederSalt Lake City$3K
- Mark SarfatiSalt Lake City$1K
- Luke DegraaffSalt Lake City$881
- Larry KraissSalt Lake City$716
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.