Jerome Steck, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Tucson, AZNPI 1972540367
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $56,632 of the $64,170 with a category attached, or 88.3%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 29.8% of the total. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in AZ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 71 payments — averaging $903.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$19K
- Zimmer Biomet$17K
- Stryker$17K
- Trilliant Surgical LLC.$8K
- Synthes USA Products LLC$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$136
- plus $181 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$56,63288%
- Travel & lodging$6,27610%
- Food & beverage$1,2622%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 14 | $19,108 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 29 | $17,290 |
| Stryker | 8 | $16,694 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 5 | $8,154 |
| Synthes USA Products LLC | 3 | $2,606 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $136 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Merck | 1 | $22 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $7 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $5 |
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.
- STAR$16,473
- Rebalance Ankle$13,625
- AccuFill$271
- ALLOGRAFT$119
How this compares
$64,170 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 291 foot & ankle surgery providers in Arizona.
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 Hcl | 78 | $368 |
| Cephalexin | 20 | $138 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 17 | $120 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Tucson
- Geoffrey LandisTucson$307K
- Bryan HallTucson$74K
- Joseph BakerTucson$35K
- George AbdelmessiehTucson$25K
- Mohanad EltahirTucson$24K
- David HatchTucson$19K
- Gregory WalkerTucson$18K
- Jordan CraftonTucson$17K
- Richard QuintTucson$17K
- Grant SchindlerTucson$13K
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.