Matthew Steele, DO
Sports Medicine · Phoenix, AZNPI 1407218860
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (36.7%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Trice Medical, Inc. accounts for 68.2% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,910, 2.4 times the $2,459 reported in 2020.
Across 23 payments — averaging $373.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Trice Medical, Inc.$6K
- Goode Surgical Inc$2K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$89
- Bioventus LLC$80
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$35
- Impactortho, Inc.$34
- plus $31 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,15037%
- Travel & lodging$2,14525%
- Food & beverage$84610%
- Education$2,44128%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 9 | $5,854 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 2 | $2,459 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $80 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $31 |
How this compares
$8,582 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 152 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 57 | $1,067 |
| Baclofen | 24 | $577 |
| Gabapentin | 55 | $563 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 29 | $397 |
| Naproxen | 22 | $186 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 17 | $107 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 30 | $106 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $88 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 42 | $65 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Phoenix
- Anup ShahPhoenix$1.3M
- Rafael Buerba SillerPhoenix$63K
- Kade McQuiveyPhoenix$61K
- Tony NguyenPhoenix$38K
- Elizabeth BattertonPhoenix$38K
- Trevor StaubPhoenix$25K
- Keith JarboPhoenix$16K
- Laura Vogel AbernathiePhoenix$12K
- Elliot MendelsohnPhoenix$9K
- Alexander HofferPhoenix$7K
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.