Lillia Steffenson, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · East Syracuse, NYNPI 1114488921
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (55.2%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Stryker accounts for 73.6% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,383, more than ten times the $190 reported in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic trauma clinicians in NY, where the typical reported total is $6,990.
Across 48 payments — averaging $129.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$5K
- Synthes GmbH$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$338
- Smith+Nephew$136
- Globus Medical$114
- Zimmer Biomet$26
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,42555%
- Food & beverage$2,76044%
- Education$210%
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 | 37 | $4,566 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $1,027 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $338 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $136 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $114 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $26 |
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.
- PRO$2,563
- GAMMA$493
- T2$388
- VARIAX$170
- TFN-Advance$168
- MAKO$163
- AXSOS$154
- EVOS$136
- EVO Retrograde$114
How this compares
$6,205 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 44 orthopaedic trauma providers in New York.
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.
Other orthopaedic trauma in East Syracuse
- Matthew SullivanEast Syracuse$63K
- Emil AzerEast Syracuse$42K
- David HelfetNew York$265K
- Philipp LeuchtNew York$260K
- Conor GarryNew York$63K
- Chima NwankwoBrooklyn$52K
- Brian PageNew York$43K
- Kathryn BarthNew York$38K
- Justin VaidaRochester$35K
- Michael LinnBay Shore$27K
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.