Physician profile
Christian A Hettinger
NPI 1245249044
$13,741.33
in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025
57 companies · $1,508 in 2025
The $1,508 reported for 2025 was more than what a typical Urology provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $631).
Payments by year
General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.
General payments by year: 2019: $4,475 · 2020: $3,755 · 2021: $1,053 · 2022: $891 · 2023: $814 · 2024: $1,246 · 2025: $1,508.
What the payments were for
Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.
Food and Beverage: $3,568.
View as a table
| Payment type | Amount (2023-2025) |
|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $3,567.83 |
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.
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical, INC. | $6,010.90 | 2019-2023 | Da Vinci Surgical System |
| Mevion_medical_systems_inc | $823.46 | 2020-2021 | |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | $712.64 | 2019-2024 | Provenge |
| Janssen Biotech, INC. | $697.02 | 2019-2025 | Erleada |
| Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals INC. | $469.18 | 2019-2025 | |
| Astellas Pharma US INC | $457.71 | 2019-2023 | Myrbetriq |
| Coloplast Corp | $328.82 | 2019-2024 | Stenostent |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | $305.84 | 2019-2025 | Posluma |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | $303.60 | 2022-2025 | Aquabeam System |
| Abbvie INC. | $301.76 | 2019-2024 | |
| Histosonics, INC. | $297.44 | 2025 | |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, INC. | $218.15 | 2022-2025 | Pylarify |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $204.58 | 2023-2025 | |
| Medtronic, INC. | $204.44 | 2025 | Signia, Ligasure |
| Teleflex LLC | $198.96 | 2021-2025 | Urolift |
Show all 57 companies
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Pharma America, INC. | $190.18 | 2023-2025 | Orgovyx |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals INC. | $155.89 | 2019-2025 | Adstiladrin |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $146.04 | 2019 | |
| Urogen Pharma, INC. | $135.04 | 2021-2025 | |
| 180 Medical, INC. | $115.78 | 2019-2025 | Gentlecath Glide |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries INC. | $111.26 | 2022-2025 | |
| Pfizer INC. | $109.61 | 2019-2025 | |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, INC. | $108.75 | 2021-2025 | Prolaris |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals INC. | $101.36 | 2019-2022 | |
| Baxter Healthcare | $89.44 | 2024 | Perclot |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $79.32 | 2022-2025 | Keytruda, Keytruda Qlex, Bridion |
| Rochester Medical Corporation | $77.58 | 2019-2020 | |
| Biotissue Holdings INC. | $55.27 | 2023 | |
| Olympus America INC. | $47.96 | 2021-2025 | Itind System |
| Kerecis Limited | $45.29 | 2023-2024 | Kerecis Omega3 Surgiclose, Kerecis Omega3 Marigen, Kerecis Omega3 Graftguide |
| Myovant Sciences INC. | $41.83 | 2021-2022 | |
| Innovation Technologies INC | $39.41 | 2022 | |
| Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $34.73 | 2022-2023 | Lynparza |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, INC. | $34.72 | 2025 | Azmiro |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $33.65 | 2021 | |
| Amgen INC. | $33.41 | 2019-2023 | Prolia |
| Accord Healthcare, INC. | $32.84 | 2022-2025 | |
| Eisai INC. | $31.45 | 2025 | |
| Axonics, INC. | $28.21 | 2024 | Bulkamid |
| Acera Surgical, INC. | $27.87 | 2025 | Restrata Wound Matrix |
| Cook Medical LLC | $27.83 | 2019-2021 | |
| Ambu INC. | $25.51 | 2021 | |
| Therapeuticsmd, INC. | $25.46 | 2019 | |
| Antares Pharma, INC. | $19.48 | 2022 | |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals INC. | $19.44 | 2023 | Oxlumo |
| Tolmar, INC. | $19.18 | 2024 | |
| Civco Medical Instruments | $19.02 | 2025 | |
| C. R. Bard, INC. & Subsidiaries | $18.98 | 2019 | |
| Menarini Silicon Biosystems, INC. | $16.67 | 2025 | |
| Verity Pharmaceuticals INC. | $14.57 | 2025 | Trelstar |
| Baudax Bio INC. | $14.52 | 2021 | |
| Cycle Pharmaceuticals INC | $14.38 | 2025 | Venxxiva |
| Convatec INC. | $13.98 | 2020 | |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, INC. | $13.87 | 2022 | |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | $13.12 | 2024 | Integra, Primatrix, Integra Dermal Regeneration Template |
| Allergan, INC. | $12.32 | 2020 | |
| Clarus Therapeutics INC. | $11.61 | 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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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.