Stephen Whitfield, MD
Sports Medicine · Beckley, WVNPI 1750491080
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $5,197 of the $7,984 with a category attached, or 65.1%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 44.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,630 and has fallen 88.0% since, to $434 in 2025.
Across 90 payments — averaging $88.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$4K
- Arthrex$2K
- Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC$826
- Si-bone, Inc.$515
- Johnson & Johnson$380
- Stryker$180
- plus $363 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,19765%
- Food & beverage$2,47131%
- Education$3154%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 23 | $3,533 |
| Arthrex | 26 | $2,188 |
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 5 | $826 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $515 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $380 |
| Stryker | 7 | $180 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 3 | $171 |
| Vericel Corporation | 5 | $81 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 8 | $63 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $33 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- ROSA$1,559
- Comprehensive Reverse$799
- iFuse Implant$494
- Oxford-Knees$409
- NA$134
- Persona$130
- Persona Revision$126
How this compares
$7,984 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 25 sports medicine providers in West Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 265 | $4,836 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 136 | $1,318 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 70 | $699 |
| Meloxicam | 203 | $489 |
| Cephalexin | 100 | $442 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 44 | $437 |
| Lansoprazole | 26 | $422 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 90 | $309 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 76 | $263 |
| Mupirocin | 34 | $201 |
| Methylprednisolone | 14 | $94 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 26 | $66 |
| Ibuprofen | 12 | $38 |
| Amoxicillin | 28 | $25 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 13 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Beckley
- Dana LycansHuntington$39K
- Erik StapletonPrinceton$22K
- James CoxHurricane$17K
- George BalMorgantown$17K
- Michael GoldenCharles Town$9K
- Marlene DemaioHuntington$6K
- William PostMorgantown$4K
- Joseph FazalareBridgeport$3K
- Gregory ElkinsHamlin$857
- Gregory HendricksHuntington$479
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.