Dr. Gary Stephens, MD

NPI: 1386750289
Total Payments
$9,501
2024 Payments
$185.20
Companies
12
Transactions
81

Payment Breakdown by Category

Education$4,500 (47.4%)
Food & Beverage$2,505 (26.4%)
Travel$2,496 (26.3%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Education $4,500 1 47.4%
Food and Beverage $2,505 67 26.4%
Travel and Lodging $2,496 13 26.3%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. $6,115 13 $0 (2017)
Abbott Laboratories $1,012 39 $0 (2022)
ABIOMED $891.58 11 $0 (2023)
ATRICURE, INC. $485.71 2 $0 (2021)
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $466.67 5 $0 (2024)
Terumo Medical Corporation $125.00 1 $0 (2020)
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation $122.19 2 $0 (2018)
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $87.21 4 $0 (2022)
Cook Medical LLC $77.76 1 $0 (2023)
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $68.18 1 $0 (2017)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $185.20 1 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($185.20)
2023 $298.63 4 ABIOMED ($151.22)
2022 $142.99 10 Abbott Laboratories ($126.17)
2021 $815.70 12 ATRICURE, INC. ($485.71)
2020 $182.77 3 Terumo Medical Corporation ($125.00)
2019 $370.16 22 Abbott Laboratories ($237.72)
2018 $1,060 12 ABIOMED ($646.67)
2017 $6,445 17 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($6,115)

All Payment Transactions

81 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 4

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
02/08/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $185.20 General
12/13/2023 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $55.02 General
09/06/2023 bioMerieux Inc Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.63 General
02/17/2023 Cook Medical LLC COOK (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $77.76 General
Category: Aortic Intervention
02/16/2023 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $151.22 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
10/20/2022 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.12 General
Category: Heart Failure
10/17/2022 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.18 General
Category: Heart Failure
07/08/2022 ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) LifeVest (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $16.82 General
Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus
07/01/2022 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.12 General
Category: Heart Failure
05/30/2022 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.35 General
Category: Heart Failure
04/28/2022 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.54 General
Category: Heart Failure
04/28/2022 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.48 General
Category: Heart Failure
04/28/2022 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $6.39 General
Category: Heart Failure
04/28/2022 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $2.13 General
Category: Heart Failure
04/28/2022 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $1.86 General
Category: Heart Failure
12/20/2021 Abbott Laboratories HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $142.33 General
Category: Heart Failure
12/08/2021 ATRICURE, INC. SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device), ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $362.81 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
11/26/2021 Abbott Laboratories HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.72 General
Category: Heart Failure
11/26/2021 Abbott Laboratories HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.56 General
Category: Heart Failure
11/05/2021 Abbott Laboratories HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.40 General
Category: Heart Failure
10/26/2021 ATRICURE, INC. EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $122.90 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
09/20/2021 Abbott Laboratories HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.54 General
Category: Heart Failure
07/13/2021 Abbott Laboratories HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.79 General
Category: Heart Failure
07/01/2021 ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) LifeVest (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $31.11 General
Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus
03/17/2021 Abbott Laboratories HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.94 General
Category: Heart Failure

About Dr. Gary Stephens, MD

Dr. Gary Stephens, MD is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Brooklyn, New York. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 08/22/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1386750289.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Gary Stephens, MD has received a total of $9,501 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $185.20 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 81 transactions from 12 companies. The most common payment nature is "Education" ($4,500).

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $6,115
  • Impella (Device) $891.58
  • SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $362.81
  • HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev (Device) $339.39
  • HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device (Device) $282.78
  • CentriMag (Device) $263.42
  • EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system (Device) $188.41
  • THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) $126.17
  • MetaCross (Device) $125.00
  • EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX (Device) $122.90
  • Vascutek (Device) $122.19
  • LifeVest (Device) $87.21
  • COOK (Device) $77.76
  • XARELTO (Drug) $68.18
  • Relay Plus (Device) $35.30

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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