Physician profile

Darren Peterson

Surgery · Amarillo, TX

NPI 1164538914

$51,040.13

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

14 companies · $4,636 in 2025

The $4,636 reported for 2025 was more than what 90% of Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $281).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Consulting Fee$11,949.35
Travel and Lodging$801.84
Food and Beverage$209.80

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Medical Device Business Services, INC. $28,996.41 2019-2024
Medtronic, INC. $11,289.37 2021-2025 Signia
Ethicon US, LLC $6,779.22 2019-2025 Linx Reflux Management System, Echelon Flex, Ethicon
Ethicon INC. $2,202.37 2021-2022
Covidien LP $1,602.14 2019-2020
Abbott Laboratories $32.04 2019
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition INC. $31.07 2022
Shire North American Group INC $20.84 2019
Baudax Bio INC. $20.39 2022
Baxter Healthcare $16.50 2019
Apollo Endosurgery US INC $13.13 2019
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC $12.84 2022
Novo Nordisk INC $12.12 2019
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, INC. $11.69 2021

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

Darren Peterson

$51,040.13

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Medical Device Business Services, INC.
Context
The $4,636 reported for 2025 was more than what 90% of Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $281).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.