Zhipeng Yang, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Kansas City, KSNPI 1821522962
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (51.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 40 manufacturers reported payments, led by Titan Surgical Group, LLC at 24.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $9,021 and has fallen 84.8% since, to $1,368 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in KS 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 194 payments — averaging $129.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Titan Surgical Group, LLC$6K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$5K
- Stryker$4K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$3K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$2K
- Medline Industries LP$1K
- plus $5K from 34 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$12,80051%
- Food & beverage$6,23725%
- Education$6,00024%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Titan Surgical Group, LLC | 8 | $6,173 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 14 | $4,758 |
| Stryker | 37 | $3,682 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 13 | $2,631 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 15 | $1,934 |
| Medline Industries LP | 9 | $1,102 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $1,026 |
| Arthrex | 11 | $903 |
| Smith+Nephew | 18 | $480 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 9 | $438 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 6 | $303 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $191 |
| Novastep Inc. | 4 | $178 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $125 |
| Tenex Health Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 2 | $81 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 1 | $68 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $68 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $60 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $51 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $46 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $42 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $28 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Vertex | 1 | $23 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 1 | $23 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $22 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $17 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $15 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $3 |
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.
- MEDLINE UNITE$3,111
- Product Portfolio$2,534
- Lapiplasty System$2,114
- TrueLok$1,687
- PROPHECY$1,184
- APEX 3D$861
- HOFFMANN$734
- GORILLA$651
- INBONE$589
- PHANTOM TTC$474
- INTEGRA$302
- TMC NANOPLASTY SYSTEM$153
- PROSTEP MICA$148
- NEOX$143
- CLARIX$143
- PuraPly$125
- Stravix$125
- Grafix$125
- STRAVIX PL$125
- GRAFIX PL$125
How this compares
$25,037 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 40 foot & ankle surgery providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 93 | $2,191 |
| Ciclopirox | 34 | $1,136 |
| Gabapentin | 59 | $455 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 41 | $266 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $119 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 19 | $51 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $21 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Kansas City
- Greg HortonKansas City$1.1M
- Robert BartonKansas City$5K
- Radmila SamardzijaKansas City$5K
- William TuckerKansas City$3K
- Daniel SheadKansas City$64
- Melissa JournotLeawood$26K
- Patrick McGregorLawrence$24K
- Andrea DrielingHutchinson$16K
- John GalliganLawrence$12K
- Lucas CosensSalina$10K
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.