Stephen Mendelson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Sterling Heights, MINPI 1790775427
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (36.2%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Bioventus LLC accounts for 69.3% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $35,358 and has fallen 93.9% since, to $2,146 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MI 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 117 payments — averaging $479.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bioventus LLC$39K
- Bioness Inc$7K
- Zimmer Biomet$5K
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$1K
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$1K
- Zimvie Inc.$1K
- plus $1K from 15 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $29,666 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Bioventus LLC$59K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,61730%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,30036%
- Travel & lodging$9,33717%
- Food & beverage$3,2736%
- Education$6,58612%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bioventus LLC | 27 | $38,860 |
| Bioness Inc | 2 | $6,939 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 42 | $5,146 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 6 | $1,387 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $1,317 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 5 | $1,194 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $334 |
| Stryker | 3 | $285 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $189 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $72 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 5 | $69 |
| Amgen | 1 | $58 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $52 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $51 |
| Pinnacle, Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $36 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $20 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $14 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $13 |
| Novartis | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Stimrouter Implantable Kit$21,654
- Stimrouter for pain$6,939
- The Tether$1,806
- Zynrelef$1,300
- Persona$1,011
- G7$625
- ROSA-Knee$443
- Oxford-Knees$310
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$282
- PRECICE$189
- Persona Revision$180
- Actishield$160
- AUTOPLEX$107
How this compares
$56,113 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 829 orthopaedic surgery providers in Michigan.
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 Potassium | 19 | $10,591 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 16 | $10,551 |
| Celecoxib | 31 | $1,282 |
| Naproxen | 29 | $184 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Sterling Heights
- Asheesh BediAnn Arbor$9.4M
- Jerome WiaterBeverly Hills$3.9M
- Mark PintoChelsea$3.2M
- Kyle AndersonBingham Farms$3.1M
- Stephen BartolDetroit$2.6M
- Jad KhalilSouthfield$1.9M
- Jeffrey FischgrundSouthfield$1.8M
- John BlahaAnn Arbor$1.5M
- David MarkelSouthfield$1.5M
- Christopher ChuinardTraverse City$1.4M
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.