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Steve Behrens, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery · New York, NYNPI 1932305992

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.9%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medline Industries LP at 24.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $41,568, 4.0 times the $10,428 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NY 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.

$158,437in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 300 payments — averaging $528.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medline Industries LP$39K
  • Synthes USA Products LLC$34K
  • Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$19K
  • Medartis Inc.$12K
  • Novastep Inc.$10K
  • Spinesmith Holdings, LLC$9K
  • plus $36K from 26 others

What the payments were for

  • Royalty or licence$16,13110%
  • Consulting fees$88,57456%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$11,8507%
  • Travel & lodging$18,37612%
  • Food & beverage$17,19111%
  • Education$5,5504%
  • Gifts$7640%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Medline Industries LP50$38,700
Synthes USA Products LLC32$34,296
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.18$18,514
Medartis Inc.5$12,301
Novastep Inc.9$10,205
Spinesmith Holdings, LLC5$8,500
Johnson & Johnson61$6,597
Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.4$4,523
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.3$4,171
Medshape, Inc.8$3,627
Stryker(2 entities)38$3,531
Gramercy Extremity Orthopedics LLC6$2,941
Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.5$2,095
Extremity Medical8$1,843
Trilliant Surgical LLC.8$1,690
Suvon Surgical LLC2$1,358
Polynovo North America LLC4$701
Orthofix Medical, Inc.3$557
Royal Biologics, Inc.9$450
Restor3d, Inc.4$353
Encore Medical, LP1$192
Acera Surgical, Inc.1$168
Globus Medical2$167
Integra Lifesciences Corporation2$156
Heron Therapeutics, Inc.2$155
Arthrex1$150
Acumed LLC1$103
Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.1$92
Tenex Health Inc.1$90
Solventum Corporation2$88
Amgen2$77
Bioventus LLC2$48

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.

How this compares

$158,437 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,079 orthopaedic surgery providers in New York.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$151,782
Medicare patients
279
Services billed
532

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.

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