William Probasco
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Fairfield, CTNPI 1336503382
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (38.9%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 68.2% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $13,857 and has fallen 70.9% since, to $4,038 in 2025. Among foot and ankle surgery clinicians in CT 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 92 payments — averaging $279.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$18K
- Polaris Technology Solutions LLC$4K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$708
- Stryker$616
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$503
- plus $846 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$10,00039%
- Travel & lodging$6,93027%
- Food & beverage$3,46313%
- Education$5,32721%
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 | 39 | $17,543 |
| Polaris Technology Solutions LLC | 5 | $3,546 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 10 | $1,958 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $708 |
| Stryker | 13 | $616 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 6 | $503 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 2 | $273 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $165 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $106 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $53 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $40 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $25 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Product Portfolio$1,763
- Trabecular Metal (TM)$658
- VANTAGE$273
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$156
- Evoke$149
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$133
How this compares
$25,720 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 89 foot and ankle surgery providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 22 | $327 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 14 | $135 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 17 | $85 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Fairfield
- Jeffrey BestFairfield$5K
- Abraham YaleFairfield$1K
- Thomas McDonaldEnfield$241K
- Jossie AbrahamNorwalk$152K
- Gabriel GambardellaBloomfield$99K
- David CaminearHamden$47K
- James DejesusNaugatuck$40K
- Adebola AdelekeMiddletown$24K
- Rachel AlbrightDarien$14K
- Paulina PiekarskaNorwalk$13K
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.