Lloyd Stegemann, MD
Surgery · Corpus Christi, TXNPI 1134117450
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (30.4%), education and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 48.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $18,371 and has fallen 80.4% since, to $3,595 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in TX 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 218 payments — averaging $224.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$24K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$16K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$6K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- BD$492
- Medtronic$450
- plus $999 from 15 others
Across 19 payments — averaging $98,453 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Eli Lilly$1.9M
- Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$17K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,41223%
- Travel & lodging$14,88030%
- Food & beverage$8,57118%
- Education$13,87828%
- Gifts$680%
- Entertainment$700%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 70 | $23,888 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 32 | $15,666 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 45 | $6,326 |
| Novo Nordisk | 32 | $1,058 |
| BD | 1 | $492 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $450 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $364 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $112 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $99 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| Reshape Lifesciences Inc. | 2 | $70 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $59 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $35 |
| Vertex | 1 | $22 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $13 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$22,582
- LINX Reflux Management System$11,101
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$2,533
- SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforcement$1,649
- Echelon Flex$1,448
- EVICEL Fibrin Sealant (Human)$1,308
- GORE BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$1,172
- HARMONIC Product Family$1,022
- STRATAFIX$906
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$670
- GORE SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforce$629
- SEAMGUARD$566
- Signia$409
- ECHELON ENDOPATH Stapler$116
- Wegovy$114
- HemoSphere$112
- Saxenda$109
How this compares
$48,878 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,830 surgery providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole | 44 | $567 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 42 | $552 |
| Cyanocobalamin InjectionCyanocobalamin (Vitamin B-12) | 31 | $411 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 32 | $333 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 24 | $244 |
| FamotidineFamotidine/Pf | 13 | $18 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Corpus Christi
- Michael EwingCorpus Christi$450K
- Michael HarkinsTomball$2.7M
- Douglas StoddardAustin$1.4M
- Steven FassAustin$989K
- Vineet ChoudhryAustin$851K
- Andy HawthorneRound Rock$843K
- Nancy MarquezAustin$700K
- Sachin KukrejaDallas$640K
- Alejandro EsquivelAustin$631K
- Erik WilsonBellaire$610K
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.