Ella Barber, PA
Surgical · Saint Louis, MONPI 1265938633
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 39.7% of the total. Among surgical clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 39 payments — averaging $68.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$1K
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$772
- Arthrex$616
- Vertex$88
- Johnson & Johnson$58
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$30
- plus $40 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,58560%
- Food & beverage$1,07740%
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 | 10 | $1,058 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 7 | $772 |
| Arthrex | 11 | $616 |
| Vertex | 4 | $88 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $58 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $16 |
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.
How this compares
$2,663 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 118 surgical providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 31 | $293 |
| Meloxicam | 73 | $121 |
| Naproxen | 14 | $29 |
| Amoxicillin | 11 | $12 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Saint Louis
- Ciara GlennSaint Louis$9K
- Thomas PrangeSaint Louis$5K
- Sigal FridmanSaint Louis$3K
- Dennis HaffordSaint Louis$2K
- Renee KertzSaint Louis$2K
- Aliyah PattersonSaint Louis$2K
- Forrest SimmonsSaint Louis$1K
- Lindsey HellwigSaint Louis$999
- Thomas TopperSaint Louis$819
- Emily CiveraSaint Louis$816
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.