Stephen Sterlitz
General Practice · Lexington, KYNPI 1992790885
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $201,456 of the $262,594 with a category attached, or 76.7%. Dentsply Sirona Inc accounts for 95.0% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $76,614 and has fallen 80.1% since, to $15,230 in 2025. Among general practice clinicians in KY 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 187 payments — averaging $1404.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$249K
- Sirona Dental, Inc.$7K
- Kuraray America Inc.$3K
- Dentsply LLC$2K
- Patterson Companies, Inc.$630
- Keystone Dental Inc.$111
- plus $54 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4000%
- Speaking & faculty fees$201,45677%
- Travel & lodging$53,00020%
- Food & beverage$7,4913%
- Education$370%
- Gifts$980%
- Entertainment$1110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 159 | $249,471 |
| Sirona Dental, Inc. | 4 | $7,287 |
| Kuraray America Inc. | 8 | $3,187 |
| Dentsply LLC | 13 | $1,853 |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 1 | $630 |
| Keystone Dental Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
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.
- CEREC$195,497
- Endodontic Dentistry$1,682
- SureSmile$1,394
- CELTRA$1,149
- ORTHOPHOS$1,000
- PRIMESCAN$446
- Prime&Bond XP$400
- ANKYLOS$106
How this compares
$262,594 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,155 general practice providers in Kentucky.
Other general practice in Lexington
- Ryan GolibersuchLexington$23K
- Joseph ChambersLexington$10K
- Paul KoshgerianLexington$8K
- Morgan ChambersLexington$7K
- John MullinsLexington$6K
- William CarteeLexington$5K
- William DiamondLexington$3K
- Teresa LyonLexington$3K
- Patricia TakacsLexington$3K
- Eric SchneebergerWarsaw$539K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.