Steven Magister, MD
Sports Medicine · Washington, PANPI 1013414192
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $27,500 of the $38,925 with a category attached, or 70.6%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 55.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $28,872 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $176 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in PA 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 47 payments — averaging $828.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$22K
- Smith+Nephew$15K
- Suvon Surgical LLC$1K
- Stryker$446
- Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC$148
- Johnson & Johnson$119
- plus $158 from 3 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $10,605 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Lazurite Inc.$21K
What the payments were for
- Grants$27,50071%
- Travel & lodging$1,9335%
- Food & beverage$1,9915%
- Education$7,50019%
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 | 22 | $21,696 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $15,280 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 6 | $1,077 |
| Stryker | 8 | $446 |
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 2 | $148 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $119 |
| Bodycad USA Corp | 1 | $112 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $26 |
| Rock Medical Orthopedics, 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
$38,925 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 311 sports medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $61 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Washington
- Brandon TaubergWashington$54K
- Michael DivellaWashington$7K
- Sam AkhavanPittsburgh$2.2M
- Albert LinPittsburgh$460K
- Sommer HammoudPhiladelphia$238K
- Theresa PazionisPhiladelphia$235K
- Matthew Varacallodu Bois$129K
- Matthew BestAllentown$77K
- Marco AlcalaCanonsburg$54K
- Alexander JohnsonBethlehem$51K
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.