Benjamin Schneider, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Lexington, KYNPI 1750721965
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (44.8%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 29.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,803, more than ten times the $300 reported in 2019.
Across 129 payments — averaging $70.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Arthrex$3K
- Medline Industries LP$905
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$814
- Legacy Ortho LLC$660
- Blue Surgical LLC$317
- plus $1K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,80542%
- Food & beverage$4,05945%
- Education$1,20013%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 36 | $2,696 |
| Arthrex | 14 | $2,522 |
| Medline Industries LP | 6 | $905 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 7 | $814 |
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 6 | $660 |
| Blue Surgical LLC | 4 | $317 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $209 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 8 | $141 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $131 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 5 | $73 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $65 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $65 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $51 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $35 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $32 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Celularity Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Amgen | 2 | $28 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $22 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $21 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $13 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$1,024
- INFINITY$453
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$344
- PROPHECY$312
- INVISION$157
- INBONE$157
- Stravix$150
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$128
How this compares
$9,065 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 141 foot & ankle surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 80 | $824 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 109 | $638 |
| Meloxicam | 60 | $550 |
| Gabapentin | 23 | $420 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 25 | $259 |
| Methylprednisolone | 32 | $170 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 16 | $137 |
| Cephalexin | 23 | $111 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Lexington
- Bradford FineLexington$82K
- Jeremy KalmaLexington$23K
- Michelle HurlessLexington$14K
- Victoria SainLexington$6K
- Ali AhmedLexington$4K
- William Adams IiPaducah$485K
- Sofie PinneyCynthiana$130K
- Carl KihmLouisville$89K
- Nicholas LacoLouisville$60K
- Jay LechnerLouisville$29K
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.