Jeffrey Shepherd, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Wichita, KSNPI 1225357189
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $76,160 of the $87,242 with a category attached, or 87.3%. Stryker accounts for 99.1% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in KS 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 122 payments — averaging $715.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$86K
- Medtronic$272
- Onkos Surgical, Inc.$133
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$131
- Next Science LLC$111
- Johnson & Johnson$74
- plus $45 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$76,16087%
- Travel & lodging$6,2697%
- Food & beverage$4,8126%
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 | 103 | $86,474 |
| Medtronic | 9 | $272 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $131 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $111 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $74 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $20 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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
$87,242 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 197 orthopaedic surgery providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 148 | $2,178 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 122 | $1,820 |
| Meloxicam | 294 | $1,264 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 178 | $562 |
| Amoxicillin | 527 | $353 |
| Cephalexin | 25 | $303 |
| Methylprednisolone | 54 | $260 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 21 | $216 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 106 | $109 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 19 | $98 |
| Cefadroxil | 28 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Wichita
- Tyler BronWichita$107K
- Scott AdrianWichita$58K
- Andrew MerwinWichita$45K
- Paul EnnsWichita$27K
- Justin StricklandWichita$26K
- Levi KindelWichita$10K
- Scott HaskinsWichita$9K
- Kevin HoferWichita$9K
- David AndersonKansas City$490K
- Brandon CarlsonKansas City$299K
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.