Steven Locascio
Prosthodontics · Knoxville, TNNPI 1528167053
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $433,883 of the $509,157 with a category attached, or 85.2%. Zimvie Inc. accounts for 94.9% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $194,019 and has fallen 87.3% since, to $24,733 in 2025. Among prosthodontics clinicians in TN 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 642 payments — averaging $793.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimvie Inc.$483K
- Zimmer Biomet$22K
- Southern Implants North America Inc$4K
- A-dec, Inc.$246
- Patterson Companies, Inc.$91
- Straumann USA LLC$55
- plus $27 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$433,88385%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,0001%
- Travel & lodging$61,60812%
- Food & beverage$9,4212%
- Education$1,0000%
- Gifts$2460%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimvie Inc. | 578 | $483,217 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 42 | $21,655 |
| Southern Implants North America Inc | 18 | $3,866 |
| A-dec, Inc. | 1 | $246 |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 1 | $55 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 1 | $27 |
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.
- OSSEOTITE NT$233,002
- 3i T3$129,355
- Diem2-RevitaliZe$47,041
- Bellatek$33,486
- Tapered Screw-Vent$16,963
- NANOTITE$10,177
- Zimmer Biomet Instruments and Implants$8,170
- Provata$3,000
- Inverta$3,000
- T3$1,355
- Diem2$812
- 3DIEMME RealGUIDE$732
- Dental-None$200
- DESS dental smart solutions$150
- All T3 Implants$143
- TSX Implants$136
How this compares
$509,157 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 33 prosthodontics providers in Tennessee.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 33 | $94 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 13 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other prosthodontics in Knoxville
- Matthew BobberaKnoxville$3K
- Daniel BurginKnoxville$1K
- Christopher ThomasKnoxville$413
- Nicholas EgbertMemphis$110K
- Carl SchulterMemphis$17K
- Felix SpringfieldMemphis$9K
- Thuong HuynhMemphis$9K
- Nicholas NorvellMount Juliet$5K
- Michael McBrideMemphis$4K
- Ronald LubovichNashville$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.