Matthew Steffes, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Creve Coeur, MONPI 1720472061
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (49.2%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 43.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $33,313 and has fallen 91.4% since, to $2,876 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MO 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 147 payments — averaging $457.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$29K
- Micromed Inc$18K
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$9K
- Smith+Nephew$5K
- Stryker$5K
- Zimmer Biomet$294
- plus $554 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,2502%
- Grants$21,40032%
- Travel & lodging$6,56810%
- Food & beverage$4,9437%
- Education$33,04449%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 37 | $29,193 |
| Micromed Inc | 17 | $17,736 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 32 | $9,266 |
| Smith+Nephew | 10 | $5,392 |
| Stryker | 34 | $4,771 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $294 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $272 |
| Vertex | 4 | $88 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $58 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $34 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $12 |
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.
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$1,818
- NONE$1,400
- AXSOS$324
- GAMMA$324
- VARIAX$324
- T2$324
- PELVIS II$324
- EVOS$309
- CINCHLOCK$290
- Zilretta$272
- ACCUPASS DIRECT Crescent XL$175
- T-Fix$170
- Journey II BCS$170
- PICO 7 Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy$170
- REDAPT Revision Hip System$170
- Knees Product Portfolio$150
- Q-FIX Hip$141
- Q-FIX Shoulder$141
- Latarjet System$141
- Meniscal Root Repair System$141
How this compares
$67,205 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 455 orthopaedic surgery providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 25 | $162 |
| Naproxen | 11 | $65 |
| Meloxicam | 18 | $18 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Creve Coeur
- Matthew SmithColumbia$2.9M
- Jay KeenerSaint Louis$2.2M
- John WatsonSaint Louis$1.7M
- Peter ChalmersSaint Louis$603K
- Katherine BurnsBridgeton$491K
- Jeremy StattonLees Summit$457K
- Lionel MetzSaint Louis$428K
- Michael HellmanLees Summit$365K
- Jon CarlsonSaint Louis$354K
- Akin CilKansas City$318K
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.