Aaron Teufel
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Fayetteville, ARNPI 1609288984
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,464 of the $3,545 with a category attached, or 69.5%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Paragon 28, Inc. at 37.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,689 and has fallen 87.6% since, to $209 in 2025.
Across 49 payments — averaging $72.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Paragon 28, Inc.$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$414
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$355
- Johnson & Johnson$142
- Organogenesis Inc.$61
- plus $50 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,46470%
- Food & beverage$1,08130%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 7 | $1,345 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $1,179 |
| Stryker | 14 | $414 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 5 | $355 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $142 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $18 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $13 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Lapiplasty System$271
- ANCHORAGE$144
- ALLOWRAP$144
How this compares
$3,545 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 35 foot & ankle surgery providers in Arkansas.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 46 | $397 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 24 | $263 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 36 | $231 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 14 | $115 |
| Gabapentin | 19 | $56 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 12 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Fayetteville
- Jason PleimannFayetteville$38K
- Gregory ArdoinLittle Rock$101K
- Frederick DaySpringdale$83K
- Tyler McKeeFort Smith$64K
- Kenneth SeiterFort Smith$46K
- Derrick HenryLittle Rock$18K
- Robert MartinLittle Rock$8K
- Spencer MortensenFort Smith$7K
- Zane MooreConway$5K
- Michael HaugheyJonesboro$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.