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

STEPHEN GARDNER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1871753392
CMS profile
85395
Location
MISSION VIEJO, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$12,374.90

  • Reported across 95 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,009.24

13 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
Food and Beverage $1,009.24 13

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $661.24 8
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $312.97 4
Medtronic, Inc. $35.03 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $4,693.25 15
PY2019 $1,648.61 24
PY2020 $1,890.00 2
PY2021 $822.93 12
PY2022 $510.35 7
PY2023 $1,800.52 22
PY2024 $1,009.24 13

Payment records · PY2024 (13)

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

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 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
Medtronic, Inc. $35.03 08/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526386 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $117.64 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149572409 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $36.80 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149572403 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $41.55 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149572405 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $116.98 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149572407 CMS
Stryker Corporation $12.44 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834071 CMS
Stryker Corporation $65.42 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834073 CMS
Stryker Corporation $67.99 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834075 CMS
Stryker Corporation $155.26 10/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834077 CMS
Stryker Corporation $133.33 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834079 CMS
Stryker Corporation $128.70 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834081 CMS
Stryker Corporation $28.52 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834083 CMS
Stryker Corporation $69.58 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834085 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, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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