Jeffery Smith, MD
Hand Surgery · Decatur, ILNPI 1104841188
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (53.7%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. United Orthopedics LLC accounts for 66.8% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,928 and has fallen 90.6% since, to $275 in 2025.
Across 53 payments — averaging $144.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- United Orthopedics LLC$5K
- Sonex Health, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$867
- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$172
- Smith+Nephew$76
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$71
- plus $273 from 9 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $44,425 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.
- Sonex Health, Inc.$44K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,00013%
- Travel & lodging$5067%
- Food & beverage$1,38718%
- Education$4,09754%
- Gifts$6448%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| United Orthopedics LLC | 4 | $5,097 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 10 | $1,077 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 5 | $867 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 12 | $172 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $76 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $71 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $39 |
| Wardlow Enterprises | 1 | $35 |
| Vertex | 2 | $33 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Prism Medical | 1 | $16 |
| CPM Medical Consultants, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Sx-One Microknife$924
- SIMPLICITI$644
- VARIAX$157
How this compares
$7,633 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 121 hand surgery providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 98 | $736 |
| Cephalexin | 192 | $541 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 117 | $135 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 37 | $69 |
| Amoxicillin | 11 | $6 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Decatur
- Jeffrey VisotskyMorton Grove$1.1M
- Robert GraySkokie$422K
- Robert CoatsTinley Park$408K
- Randipsingh BindraMaywood$297K
- Jonathan TuetingAurora$190K
- Mark CohenChicago$78K
- Jeffrey StepanChicago$71K
- Leon BensonGlenview$62K
- Debdut BiswasWarrenville$56K
- Eric PerezChicago$42K
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.