Stephen Snyder
Sports Medicine · van Nuys, CANPI 1720016132
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $916,166 of the $921,606 with a category attached, or 99.4%. Linvatec Corporation accounts for 71.8% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $399,401 and has fallen 94.2% since, to $23,063 in 2024. Among sports medicine clinicians in CA 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 73 payments — averaging $12,625 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Linvatec Corporation$661K
- DJO, LLC$255K
- Arthrex$5K
- Trevena, Inc.$68
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$58
- Stryker$41
Across 2 payments — averaging $890.00 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.
- Stryker$2K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$916,16699%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,0000%
- Travel & lodging$6780%
- Food & beverage$7100%
- Education$520%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Linvatec Corporation | 46 | $661,356 |
| DJO, LLC | 5 | $254,965 |
| Arthrex | 15 | $5,117 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Stryker | 2 | $41 |
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.
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$462,591
- SHOULDER MANUAL INSTRUMENTS$198,641
- SHOULDER CANNULAS$10,206
How this compares
$921,606 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 662 sports medicine providers in California.
Other sports medicine in van Nuys
- Mark Getelmanvan Nuys$280K
- Evan Velliosvan Nuys$69K
- Richard Ferkelvan Nuys$58K
- Neal ElattracheLos Angeles$51M
- Nathaniel CohenLos Gatos$6.4M
- Thomas KnappSanta Monica$2.5M
- Michael FreehillStanford$1.6M
- Allan MishraMenlo Park$1.5M
- Heinz Hoeneckela Jolla$1.4M
- Seth ShermanStanford$1.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.