Mitchel Obey, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Saint Louis, MONPI 1366972580
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (30.2%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 44.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $15,774 and has fallen 62.6% since, to $5,903 in 2025.
Across 156 payments — averaging $212.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$15K
- Smith+Nephew$7K
- Stryker$6K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$965
- plus $909 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,2254%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,95015%
- Grants$10,00030%
- Travel & lodging$2,5248%
- Food & beverage$7,11321%
- Education$7,29922%
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 | 10 | $14,881 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $6,539 |
| Stryker | 76 | $5,534 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $2,365 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 36 | $1,918 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 10 | $965 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 2 | $262 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $176 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $139 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $130 |
| Synthes GmbH | 1 | $56 |
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.
- NONE$1,200
- PRO$1,147
- GAMMA$805
- T2$588
- Kerecis SurgiClose$557
- NA$547
- T2 ALPHA$387
- AXSOS$340
- VARIAX$335
- PANGEA$327
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$209
- HOFFMANN$209
- PELVIS II$173
- Restrata Wound Matrix$154
- TRIGEN InterTAN$153
- VA-LCP$150
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$147
- Kerecis GraftGuide$139
- EVOS$136
- HAMMERLOCK$129
How this compares
$33,111 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 28 orthopaedic trauma 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 | 34 | $269 |
| Gabapentin | 16 | $199 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Saint Louis
- Marschall BerkesSaint Louis$101K
- Christopher McAndrewSaint Louis$28K
- Mandip SinghSaint Louis$18K
- Jenna WilsonSaint Louis$18K
- Gregory AngelidesSaint Louis$8K
- Justin TilanSaint Louis$7K
- Rick WangSaint Louis$6K
- Spencer KnightSaint Louis$6K
- Eric BarnardSaint Louis$4K
- Seth GenglerSaint Louis$1K
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.