Steven Lanier, MD
Plastic Surgery · Chicago, ILNPI 1871856690
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (59.6%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 59.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $13,566 and has fallen 97.7% since, to $306 in 2025. Among plastic surgery clinicians in IL 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.
Across 21 payments — averaging $799.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$10K
- Medwest Associates$2K
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$2K
- Acumed LLC$2K
- Medartis Inc.$538
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$113
- plus $121 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$10,00060%
- Travel & lodging$1,3208%
- Food & beverage$1,0176%
- Education$4,45127%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 1 | $10,000 |
| Medwest Associates | 5 | $2,435 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $2,051 |
| Acumed LLC | 5 | $1,530 |
| Medartis Inc. | 3 | $538 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $113 |
| Stryker | 1 | $42 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Axogen | 1 | $22 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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
$16,788 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 191 plastic surgery providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 29 | $115 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery in Chicago
- Steven DayanChicago$1.2M
- Marco EllisChicago$225K
- Robert GalianoChicago$123K
- Michael LeeChicago$109K
- Lawrence IteldChicago$36K
- Peter GeldnerChicago$34K
- David HillChicago$28K
- Summer HansonChicago$18K
- Clark SchierleChicago$16K
- Jeffrey WeinzweigChicago$11K
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.