Dirk Steinert, MD
Internal Medicine · Appleton, WINPI 1033137294
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.7%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Pfizer accounts for 68.0% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among internal medicine clinicians in WI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 30 payments — averaging $403.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$8K
- GSK$2K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$1K
- AstraZeneca$397
- Novo Nordisk$220
- Medtronic$153
- plus $26 from 1 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $9811.75 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- GE HealthCare$39K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,01550%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,25043%
- Food & beverage$8157%
- Education$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 17 | $8,229 |
| GSK | 1 | $1,750 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $1,319 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 5 | $397 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $220 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $153 |
| Abbott | 1 | $26 |
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.
- ELIQUIS$3,560
- SHINGRIX$1,750
- JARDIANCE$1,305
- PAXLOVID$600
- NURTEC ODT$600
- ENDURANT IIS$153
- Strensiq$125
- Saxenda$124
How this compares
$12,094 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,411 internal medicine providers in Wisconsin.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MresviaRsv Vaccine, Pref, Mrna/Pf | 1,559 | $490,271 |
| ShingrixVaricella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf | 1,050 | $232,783 |
| ArexvyRsvpref3 Antigen/As01e/Pf | 455 | $137,819 |
| EliquisApixaban | 31 | $9,182 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 13 | $6,797 |
| Sucralfate | 11 | $2,004 |
| Levetiracetam | 27 | $1,326 |
| Gabapentin | 50 | $1,173 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 58 | $1,022 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 12 | $1,019 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 50 | $827 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 84 | $821 |
| Memantine Hcl | 17 | $799 |
| Baclofen | 23 | $665 |
| Mirtazapine | 17 | $633 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| GSKShingrix, Arexvy, Breo Ellipta | $1,750 | $377,3981,518 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $8,229 | $9,18231 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 1,411 internal medicine providers in Wisconsin.
Other internal medicine in Appleton
- Jeremiah DeptaMilwaukee$723K
- James KuplicSheboygan$201K
- Erik StilpMilwaukee$116K
- Christopher WeberGermantown$113K
- Alejandro EismaWinnebago$84K
- Hammam ShereefMilwaukee$55K
- Brian SchreiberNeenah$49K
- Kaye-Eileen WillardRacine$47K
- Haroon ZubairWauwatosa$40K
- Mohammed PremjeeNew Berlin$38K
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.