Jered Stowers
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Indianapolis, INNPI 1174043814
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (47.8%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.8%. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,785 and has fallen 77.9% since, to $1,056 in 2025.
Across 108 payments — averaging $127.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Arthrex$3K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- Medline Industries LP$2K
- Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC$1K
- Trimed, Inc.$682
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,27324%
- Food & beverage$6,58648%
- Education$3,87328%
- Gifts$460%
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 | 38 | $3,148 |
| Arthrex | 12 | $3,016 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 13 | $2,241 |
| Medline Industries LP | 8 | $1,511 |
| Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 4 | $682 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $347 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 3 | $303 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $281 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $273 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 7 | $194 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $191 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $125 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $89 |
| Empire Medical, Inc | 1 | $57 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $55 |
| Vertex | 1 | $29 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Medline Unite Foot Plating System$1,465
- Portfolio$1,060
- PROPHECY$705
- Product Portfolio$581
- 7 X 23MM CITRELOCK IMPLANT$307
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$299
- ALLOWRAP$271
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$260
- CITREFIX$258
- Physio-Stim$217
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$191
- AXSOS$168
- FUSEFORCE$158
- SMART28$155
- APEX 3D$142
- EASYFUSE$130
- TL-HEX TRUELOK HEXAPOD SYSTEM$130
- TRUELOK SYSTEM$130
- DALVANCE$125
- TEFLARO$125
How this compares
$13,778 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 212 foot & ankle surgery providers in Indiana.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 39 | $1,171 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 115 | $778 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 60 | $539 |
| Nystatin | 19 | $472 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 37 | $242 |
| Meloxicam | 83 | $180 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 11 | $175 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 13 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Indianapolis
- Patrick DeheerIndianapolis$493K
- Stephen GreenfieldIndianapolis$27K
- Cathy CokerIndianapolis$23K
- Mihir PatelIndianapolis$18K
- Zachary JanesIndianapolis$13K
- Neal PatelIndianapolis$12K
- Tracy WarnerIndianapolis$10K
- Elizabeth ParryIndianapolis$10K
- Steven HerbstMuncie$1.6M
- Douglas BlacklidgeKokomo$689K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.