Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

KIRK JAMES HIPPENSTEEL

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1609133719
CMS profile
4221035
Location
PHOENIX, AZ

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$35,625.62

  • Reported across 96 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$3,620.14

27 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Travel and Lodging $2,171.41 5
Food and Beverage $1,319.98 21
Education $128.75 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $2,595.90 18
ImpactOrtho, Inc. $637.27 3
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $165.89 2
Abbott Laboratories $102.39 1
MOXIMED, INC $74.89 1
Vericel Corporation $43.80 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $4,186.52 14
PY2019 $3,223.25 11
PY2020 $3,647.15 3
PY2021 $8,323.37 3
PY2022 $12,625.19 38
PY2024 $3,620.14 27

Payment records · PY2024 (27)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 20182019202020212022 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Abbott Laboratories $102.39 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125148341 CMS
ImpactOrtho, Inc. $49.77 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124796307 CMS
ImpactOrtho, Inc. $237.77 12/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124796310 CMS
ImpactOrtho, Inc. $349.73 12/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124796315 CMS
MOXIMED, INC $74.89 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139262423 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $131.77 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149575334 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $34.12 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149575332 CMS
Stryker Corporation $103.72 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119854964 CMS
Stryker Corporation $894.46 05/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119854966 CMS
Stryker Corporation $24.00 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119854970 CMS
Stryker Corporation $9.64 06/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119854972 CMS
Stryker Corporation $36.00 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119854976 CMS
Stryker Corporation $125.04 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119854980 CMS
Stryker Corporation $18.09 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119854982 CMS
Stryker Corporation $55.47 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119854984 CMS
Stryker Corporation $40.00 06/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119854986 CMS
Stryker Corporation $24.00 06/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119854988 CMS
Stryker Corporation $68.50 06/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119854994 CMS
Stryker Corporation $679.81 07/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119854996 CMS
Stryker Corporation $95.82 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119854998 CMS
Stryker Corporation $102.12 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119855000 CMS
Stryker Corporation $8.20 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119855002 CMS
Stryker Corporation $17.03 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119855004 CMS
Stryker Corporation $128.75 11/12/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119855006 CMS
Stryker Corporation $165.25 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119855008 CMS
Vericel Corporation $25.80 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128574946 CMS
Vericel Corporation $18.00 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128574944 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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