Denny le, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Portland, ORNPI 1285977470
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,452 of the $9,014 with a category attached, or 60.5%. 40 manufacturers reported payments, led by Steelhead Surgical Inc at 38.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,205 and has fallen 83.8% since, to $358 in 2025.
Across 159 payments — averaging $56.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Steelhead Surgical Inc$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$850
- Smith+Nephew$802
- Stryker$773
- Arthrex$538
- Zimmer Biomet$485
- plus $2K from 34 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4645%
- Food & beverage$5,45260%
- Education$3,09834%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 11 | $3,436 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $850 |
| Smith+Nephew | 36 | $802 |
| Stryker | 16 | $773 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $538 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 9 | $485 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 7 | $313 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $273 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 4 | $206 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 5 | $204 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $138 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $78 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $70 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $69 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $66 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $57 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $54 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $49 |
| Abbott | 2 | $46 |
| Amgen | 2 | $37 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $35 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $27 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $27 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $25 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Axogen | 1 | $24 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Apria Healthcare LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $14 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $13 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
| Medline Industries LP | 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.
- VA-LCP$168
- HAMMERLOCK$144
- VAC VERAFLO$125
- Apligraf$117
- Dermagraft$117
- Puraply/Affinity/NuTech$117
- Foot & Ankle-None$116
- PuraPly$114
- Stratum Foot Plating System$112
- PROPHECY$103
How this compares
$9,014 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 113 foot & ankle surgery providers in Oregon.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clotrimazole | 26 | $641 |
| Naproxen | 83 | $550 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 52 | $500 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 20 | $186 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Portland
- Natalie MesnierPortland$339K
- Scott BoyntonPortland$120K
- Andrew ShinabargerPortland$85K
- Kevin DriscollPortland$21K
- John MassoudPortland$14K
- Kenneth HegewaldPortland$11K
- Steven LaxsonPortland$11K
- Lara AtwaterPortland$10K
- Andrew HuPortland$7K
- Paul JonesPortland$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.