Bopha Chrea, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Iowa City, IANPI 1942611025
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (56.6%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novastep Inc. at 25.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,261, 5.2 times the $628 reported in 2020.
Across 51 payments — averaging $198.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novastep Inc.$3K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- Arthrex$2K
- Steelhead Surgical Inc$2K
- Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC$267
- Zimmer Biomet$198
- plus $486 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,60016%
- Travel & lodging$5,72957%
- Food & beverage$2,17321%
- Education$6286%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novastep Inc. | 8 | $2,552 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 8 | $2,370 |
| Arthrex | 25 | $2,345 |
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 3 | $1,913 |
| Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC | 2 | $267 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $198 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $182 |
| Stryker | 1 | $135 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $34 |
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.
- PECAPLASTY$1,600
- Portfolio$1,353
- Kerecis SurgiClose$730
- PECA Bunion Correction System$700
- Additive Orthopedics$631
- Bun-Yo-Matic$318
- Trabecular Metal (TM)$198
- Kerecis GraftGuide$182
- INFINITY$135
How this compares
$10,130 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 112 foot and ankle 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.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Iowa City
- Aly FayedIowa City$18K
- Victoria HoelscherIowa City$11K
- George SehlIowa City$4K
- Michael LeeDes Moines$2.1M
- Phinit PhisitkulSioux City$1.4M
- Sean GrambartDes Moines$590K
- Kelsey MillonigDes Moines$330K
- Charles CibulaCedar Falls$38K
- Gregory FooteWaterloo$35K
- Nathan ShumwayCouncil Bluffs$33K
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.