Phinit Phisitkul, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Sioux City, IANPI 1205090297
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $839,211 of the $1,355,150 with a category attached, or 61.9%. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 61.9% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $910,969 and has fallen 90.0% since, to $91,192 in 2025. Among foot and ankle surgery clinicians in IA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 142 payments — averaging $9543.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$839K
- Arthrex$474K
- Smith+Nephew$32K
- Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC$4K
- GLW, Inc$3K
- Novastep Inc.$1K
- plus $2K from 9 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $10,875 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- GLW, Inc$44K
- Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC$0
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$458,63234%
- Consulting fees$29,2162%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,5341%
- Travel & lodging$9,2511%
- Food & beverage$2,9500%
- Education$1,3570%
- Other$839,21162%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $839,304 |
| Arthrex | 64 | $473,585 |
| Smith+Nephew | 40 | $32,087 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 1 | $4,000 |
| GLW, Inc | 1 | $2,538 |
| Novastep Inc. | 9 | $1,432 |
| Conetic Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $994 |
| RSW Medical Company, Inc. | 3 | $692 |
| Stryker | 7 | $310 |
| Curonix LLC | 3 | $65 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $51 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 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.
- ARTHREX$717,781
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS OTHER INSTRUMENTS ENDOSCOPIC STR$58,640
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS SOFT TISSUE ENDOSCOPIC STR$17,435
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$11,962
- Healicoil$8,512
- Q-FIX$8,512
- Ultrabraid$8,512
- DYNOMITE$8,129
- MOTOBAND$1,167
- PECA Bunion Correction System$1,089
- RAPTORMITE Suture Anchor$1,000
- FOOTPRINT$693
- FOOTPRINT ULTRA PK$524
How this compares
$1,355,150 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 112 foot and ankle surgery providers in Iowa.
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 | 95 | $842 |
| Gabapentin | 95 | $743 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 79 | $695 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 119 | $688 |
| Hydroxyzine Pamoate | 84 | $310 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 38 | $261 |
| Cephalexin | 23 | $208 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Sioux City
- Valerie Tallerico-AntonopoulosSioux City$9K
- Kostadinos AntonopoulosSioux City$8K
- Kham UngSioux City$4K
- Michael LeeDes Moines$2.1M
- Sean GrambartDes Moines$590K
- Kelsey MillonigDes Moines$330K
- Charles CibulaCedar Falls$38K
- Gregory FooteWaterloo$35K
- Nathan ShumwayCouncil Bluffs$33K
- Justin RaatzDes Moines$28K
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.