Steven Silberg
General Practice · Nashville, TNNPI 1558414532
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $20,290 of the $20,348 with a category attached, or 99.7%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimvie Inc. at 57.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,643 and has fallen 92.9% since, to $400 in 2025. Among general practice 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 283 payments — averaging $71.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimvie Inc.$12K
- Zimmer Biomet$9K
- Straumann USA LLC$125
- Hu-friedy Mfg. Co., LLC$40
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$18
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$580%
- Education$20,290100%
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. | 162 | $11,600 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 114 | $8,565 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 5 | $125 |
| Hu-friedy Mfg. Co., LLC | 1 | $40 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 1 | $18 |
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.
- IntraOral Scanning$300
- TMT MTX$100
- 3DIEMME RealGUIDE$100
- Intraoral Scanner$100
How this compares
$20,348 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,632 general practice providers in Tennessee.
Other general practice in Nashville
- Toluwalashe OnamusiNashville$80K
- Diana D'aoustNashville$9K
- Brian DevineNashville$7K
- James GoldenringNashville$6K
- Stephen PeakeNashville$4K
- Nathan GlennWinchester$874K
- Charles HooperChattanooga$158K
- Randall MontgomeryKingsport$92K
- Jonathon RogersGreeneville$60K
- Phillip KempBrentwood$50K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.