Jeffrey Thormeyer, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Sterling, ILNPI 1043421274
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (43.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Stryker accounts for 64.2% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,329 and has fallen 96.4% since, to $85 in 2025.
Across 48 payments — averaging $86.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Wardlow Enterprises$1K
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$56
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$39
- Amgen$37
- EBI, LLC$29
- plus $111 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,78643%
- Food & beverage$1,18529%
- Education$1,17328%
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 | 29 | $2,660 |
| Wardlow Enterprises | 3 | $1,212 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Amgen | 2 | $37 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $23 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $17 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $13 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $12 |
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.
- MAKO$1,890
How this compares
Too few orthopedic surgery providers in Illinoisto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 546 | $1,672 |
| Gabapentin | 80 | $952 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 44 | $642 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 98 | $540 |
| Ibuprofen | 31 | $310 |
| Celecoxib | 38 | $303 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 17 | $141 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 21 | $126 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 20 | $118 |
| Amoxicillin | 26 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopedic surgery in Sterling
- Ahmed MohamedCentralia$6K
- Joseph TanseyOak Lawn$3K
- Richard KubePeoria$592
- Robert HallMcHenry$449
- Robert AtkensonOrland Park$0
- Alexander GhanayemMaywood$0
- Howard FeldmanRobinson$0
- Dean FochiosRockford$0
- Paul PrinzMelrose Park$0
- Gary MillerChicago$0
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.