Stefan Garcia, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Aurora, CONPI 1578091633
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $10,000 of the $16,611 with a category attached, or 60.2%. Arthrex accounts for 66.3% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $13,238 and has fallen 98.3% since, to $224 in 2025.
Across 51 payments — averaging $325.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$11K
- Pinnacle, Inc$2K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$1K
- Stryker$970
- Paragon 28, Inc.$696
- Bioventus LLC$101
- plus $202 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$10,00060%
- Travel & lodging$1,0546%
- Food & beverage$1,93612%
- Education$3,60022%
- Entertainment$210%
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 | 18 | $11,018 |
| Pinnacle, Inc | 3 | $2,425 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| Stryker | 13 | $970 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 7 | $696 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $101 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $101 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $37 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $28 |
| Argentum Medical | 1 | $21 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- INFINITY$547
- INBONE$547
- Product Portfolio$525
- PROPHECY$440
- Cadence$101
- EVOS MINI$101
- SALTO TALARIS TOTAL ANKLE PROSTHESIS$101
How this compares
$16,611 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 181 foot and ankle surgery providers in Colorado.
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 | 17 | $77 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Aurora
- Kenneth HuntAurora$53K
- Dallas HagmanAurora$31K
- Scott ColeAurora$25K
- Kashi NassauAurora$7K
- Michael HoughtonFort Collins$2M
- Joshua MetzlEnglewood$1.8M
- Brad DresherColorado Springs$1.3M
- Thomas ClantonVail$1.1M
- Brett SachsWheat Ridge$806K
- Jeffrey LehrmanFort Collins$628K
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.