Anthony Tedesco, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Grinnell, IANPI 1275940371
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (43.4%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 49.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $24,453 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $124 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in IA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 80 payments — averaging $487.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$19K
- Smith+Nephew$13K
- Wardlow Enterprises$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Prism Medical$962
- plus $598 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$15,00038%
- Travel & lodging$4,83512%
- Food & beverage$2,2146%
- Education$16,93343%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 20 | $19,238 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $13,369 |
| Wardlow Enterprises | 9 | $2,060 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 15 | $1,520 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 8 | $1,234 |
| Prism Medical | 7 | $962 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $223 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $151 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $113 |
| Vertex | 3 | $50 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Juggerloc$1,077
- BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM$1,006
- EXPAREL$114
How this compares
$38,983 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 219 orthopaedic surgery providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 19 | $716 |
| Mupirocin | 25 | $183 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $182 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 47 | $145 |
| Methylprednisolone | 24 | $128 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $120 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 33 | $99 |
| Meloxicam | 23 | $70 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $69 |
| Amoxicillin | 13 | $5 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Grinnell
- John CallaghanIowa City$23.3M
- Brian AdamsIowa City$865K
- Cesar de Cesar NettoIowa City$693K
- Lynn NelsonBelmond$285K
- Robert WestermannIowa City$182K
- Joseph BuckwalterIowa City$132K
- Brendan PattersonIowa City$122K
- Nicholas BedardIowa City$59K
- Charles ClarkIowa City$50K
- Michael DolphinDavenport$48K
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.