Kim Stearns, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Cleveland, OHNPI 1992764203
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (41.3%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC at 58.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $25,480 and has fallen 67.1% since, to $8,379 in 2025.
Across 230 payments — averaging $349.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC$47K
- Amgen$25K
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$2K
- Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Forte Bio-pharma LLC$917
- plus $2K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$33,14641%
- Speaking & faculty fees$25,74032%
- Travel & lodging$13,85917%
- Food & beverage$7,5849%
- Education$160%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 38 | $47,135 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 92 | $24,549 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $2,212 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $2,100 |
| Stryker | 15 | $1,635 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 57 | $917 |
| Steris Corporation | 1 | $500 |
| Biofire Diagnostics, LLC | 1 | $425 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $223 |
| OVIK Health, LLC | 1 | $171 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $144 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $115 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Globus Medical | 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.
- PENNSAID$22,222
- Biogel PI UltraTouch$17,816
- Biogel PI$14,982
- Biogel PI OrthoPro$14,861
- Biogel Eclipse$14,696
- Biogel PI Micro$12,266
- Biogel PI Indicator Underglove$7,880
- BIOGEL INDICATOR SYSTEM$6,417
- Mepilex Border Post Op AG$3,000
- Biogel PI UltraTouch G$3,000
- Bioge PI Ultratouch S$3,000
- Biogel Skinsense$2,672
- DSUVIA$2,000
- HTX-011$1,900
- Biogel PI Pro-Fit$1,170
- MAKO$1,109
- KRYSTEXXA$922
- RAYOS$600
- Prolate$428
- BioFire FilmArray$425
How this compares
$80,344 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 59 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Ohio.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Piroxicam | 416 | $202,239 |
| Calcipotriene | 387 | $134,598 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 26 | $39,997 |
| Methocarbamol | 15 | $12,833 |
| Meloxicam | 428 | $1,187 |
| Celecoxib | 31 | $1,081 |
| Etodolac | 15 | $520 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $318 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 48 | $285 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 53 | $168 |
| Amoxicillin | 86 | $139 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 11 | $114 |
| Methylprednisolone | 19 | $102 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 36 | $95 |
| Naproxen | 13 | $77 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Cleveland
- Viktor KrebsCleveland$7.5M
- Nicolas PiuzziCleveland$1.2M
- Michael BloomfieldCleveland$321K
- Trevor MurrayCleveland$192K
- James VoosCleveland$166K
- Peter SuraceCleveland$146K
- John McLaughlinCleveland$79K
- Mark DenzineCleveland$31K
- Michael KolczunCleveland$22K
- Michael ErossyCleveland$22K
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.