Eric So
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Lincoln, NENPI 1679969364
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.8%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 47 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.8%. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $48,620 and has fallen 94.1% since, to $2,888 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in NE 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 301 payments — averaging $311.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- International Life Sciences$20K
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$18K
- Arthrex$10K
- Stryker$8K
- In2bones USA, LLC$8K
- Trilliant Surgical LLC.$6K
- plus $23K from 41 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $5400.00 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.
- Skye Orthobiologics LLC$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$48,49452%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,48814%
- Travel & lodging$13,64815%
- Food & beverage$9,07110%
- Education$8,5399%
- Gifts$3950%
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.
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.
- Zynrelef$18,179
- FLEXBAND$7,298
- Quantum Total Ankle$7,137
- 3.4mm x 3.0mm x 10mm Two-Step Hammer Toe Implant$5,907
- 2.0mm x 26mm Tiger Cannulated Screw$5,907
- 12 Hole 1/3 Tubular Gridlock Ankle Plate$5,907
- MIS Chevron Bunion System$3,900
- DynaNail Helix, Washer, 15 mm$3,750
- VersaWrap$2,608
- VARIAX$1,930
- ANCHORAGE$1,901
- QUANTUM$1,900
- DynaNail$1,500
- DynaClip Bone Fixation System, Quattro, 22mm x 20mm x 20mm$1,500
- HERCULES SYNDESMOSIS IMPLANT SYSTEM$1,500
- INFINITY$1,468
- TrueLok Ring Fixation System$1,361
- SONICANCHOR$1,318
- ASNIS$1,318
- TL-HEX$1,041
How this compares
$93,636 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 43 foot & ankle surgery providers in Nebraska.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 36 | $332 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $136 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Lincoln
- Joshua VestLincoln$40K
- Matthew WilliamsonLincoln$22K
- James GallentineLincoln$15K
- Jeffrey WienkeLincoln$11K
- Kara Krejci ReedLincoln$6K
- Tanner DodsonLincoln$6K
- Jason WeberLincoln$4K
- Derek MillerLincoln$3K
- John TennityLincoln$2K
- Scott SwansonLincoln$335
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.