Shawn Stachler, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Cookeville, TNNPI 1831430818
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 34.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,274 and has fallen 91.3% since, to $198 in 2025.
Across 97 payments — averaging $56.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$824
- Arthrex$551
- Smith+Nephew$317
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$105
- plus $690 from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,15958%
- Food & beverage$2,30842%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 20 | $1,908 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $1,073 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 5 | $824 |
| Arthrex | 5 | $551 |
| Smith+Nephew | 13 | $317 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 4 | $105 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $102 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Vertex | 3 | $49 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $46 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Amgen | 2 | $25 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Abbott | 1 | $18 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $14 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $12 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $10 |
| Kinex Medical Company LLC | 1 | $7 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $7 |
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.
- REUNION$793
- AQUAMANTYS$771
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$511
- NONE$151
How this compares
$5,467 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 381 orthopaedic surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 64 | $1,470 |
| Methylprednisolone | 75 | $617 |
| Meloxicam | 152 | $405 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 29 | $332 |
| Ibuprofen | 33 | $201 |
| Cephalexin | 60 | $81 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 36 | $53 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 16 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Cookeville
- Taylor DennisonCookeville$86K
- Paul BradyKnoxville$20M
- Edwin SpencerKnoxville$2.5M
- Jesse DotyChattanooga$2.3M
- Thomas ThrockmortonGermantown$1.7M
- Alton HunterColumbia$820K
- Jefferson MorrisonNashville$678K
- Michael BeebeMemphis$626K
- Gregory PolkowskiNashville$526K
- Matthew WillisNashville$498K
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.