Blake Eyberg, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Cedar Rapids, IANPI 1609260777
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.0%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Wardlow Enterprises at 36.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,119 and has fallen 96.2% since, to $157 in 2025.
Across 101 payments — averaging $85.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Wardlow Enterprises$3K
- Arthrex$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$340
- MVP Orthopedics Inc$149
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$35
- plus $81 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,36227%
- Food & beverage$3,89045%
- Education$2,40028%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wardlow Enterprises | 13 | $3,180 |
| Arthrex | 38 | $3,064 |
| Stryker | 34 | $1,803 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $340 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 6 | $149 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $35 |
| Vertex | 2 | $28 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- AXSOS$195
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$175
- REUNION$146
- HOFFMANN$142
- Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation$121
- MAKO$118
- ATTUNE$114
How this compares
$8,652 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 104 | $542 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 18 | $261 |
| Meloxicam | 122 | $229 |
| Pregabalin | 16 | $204 |
| Methocarbamol | 16 | $188 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 24 | $138 |
| Gabapentin | 14 | $49 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 28 | $48 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Cedar Rapids
- Daniel LahrCedar Rapids$15K
- Gregory HillCedar Rapids$9K
- Matthew WhiteCedar Rapids$8K
- Andrea Stitgen PolicanoCedar Rapids$8K
- 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
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.