William Lindner, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Boise, IDNPI 1982649927
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (48.9%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Steelhead Surgical Inc accounts for 63.0% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,515, 2.6 times the $967 reported in 2019.
Across 49 payments — averaging $177.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Steelhead Surgical Inc$5K
- Arthrex$1K
- Sawtooth Surgical Solutions Inc$1K
- Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.$611
- Smith+Nephew$113
- Stryker$20
- plus $29 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,24549%
- Food & beverage$2,03823%
- Education$2,40028%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 16 | $5,467 |
| Arthrex | 20 | $1,278 |
| Sawtooth Surgical Solutions Inc | 7 | $1,166 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 2 | $611 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $113 |
| Stryker | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $13 |
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
$8,683 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 139 orthopaedic surgery providers in Idaho.
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.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Boise
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- Roman SchwartsmanBoise$358K
- Jeffry MenznerBoise$194K
- Christopher HiroseBoise$182K
- Joseph LynchBoise$140K
- Tracye LawyerBoise$129K
- Jared JohnsonBoise$82K
- Andrew CurranBoise$34K
- Michael CurtinBoise$33K
- Ronald KristensenBoise$29K
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.