Steven Bernstein
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Fort Lee, NJNPI 1427221712
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $34,722 of the $46,721 with a category attached, or 74.3%. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Royal Biologics, Inc. at 49.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $15,144, 3.3 times the $4,590 reported in 2019. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in NJ 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 169 payments — averaging $276.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Royal Biologics, Inc.$23K
- EBI, LLC$9K
- Vilex LLC$4K
- Arthrex$4K
- Highridge Medical LLC$1K
- Seapearl East, Inc$1K
- plus $4K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$34,72274%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,7508%
- Travel & lodging$2,5876%
- Food & beverage$4,57910%
- Education$1,0832%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 49 | $22,966 |
| EBI, LLC | 9 | $9,172 |
| Vilex LLC | 4 | $4,272 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $4,211 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 7 | $1,297 |
| Seapearl East, Inc | 8 | $1,073 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 4 | $843 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 2 | $377 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $318 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 7 | $295 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $290 |
| Ossio Inc | 3 | $216 |
| CPM Medical Consultants, LLC | 1 | $154 |
| Amgen | 16 | $153 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 5 | $148 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $144 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 15 | $136 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $94 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $78 |
| Misonix Inc | 2 | $68 |
| ERMI LLC | 2 | $59 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $47 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $43 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $38 |
| Medartis Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $26 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $25 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $19 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 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.
- Biomet EBI Bone Healing System$8,956
- Fibrinet$8,819
- EBI OsteoGen Implantable Bone Growth Stimulator$8,600
- Biomet OrthoPak Non-invasive Bone Growth Stimulator System$8,000
- MaxxCell$4,207
- Maxx PRP$3,407
- Ankle Fx Fixation$2,000
- TRIMED Subtalor Fusion cup$1,200
- HINTERMANN$1,000
- RD Ankle Fx$1,000
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$377
- INCEPTIV$318
- DYNEX$272
- Magnus$162
- Fuse ULTRA Foot plating System$154
- Integrity implant$147
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$144
- DYNATAPE$144
- Integrity$143
- TACTOSET$143
How this compares
$46,721 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 542 foot & ankle surgery providers in New Jersey.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 14 | $222 |
| Ibuprofen | 12 | $202 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Fort Lee
- John CozzarelliBelleville$932K
- Matthew RegulskiToms River$843K
- Michael SubikLyndhurst$529K
- Krupa PatelMorris Plains$281K
- Johanna GodoyWayne$254K
- Andrew BriefRidgewood$253K
- Mark SolomonCedar Knolls$232K
- Evan AdlerOld Bridge$195K
- Shane HollawellManasquan$169K
- Jacob ReinkrautRidgewood$80K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.