Payment overview · 2025
General Payments
$548.93
18 reported records · 12 companies
Healthcare provider profile · identity verified
Steven Blake Housley, M.D.
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Neurological Surgery · KNOXVILLE, TN · NPI 1902339443
Verified facts
What the public records show
CMS Open Payments records show Steven Blake Housley, M.D. received $548.93 in general payments during 2025 across 18 reported records.
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. accounted for 13.3% of that reported general-payment amount.
The Open Payments records used for this analysis explicitly named 18 associated products.
These records do not establish that a payment influenced prescribing or medical care.
Separate record types
Research & Ownership
Research Payments (direct recipient): not present in the loaded data
Associated Research Funding (for example, named PI): not present in the loaded data
Ownership / Investment: not present in the loaded data
These categories are never added into the General Payments headline. Associated research funding must not be described as money the doctor personally received unless the source record supports that conclusion.
Who paid this doctor?
Companies in 2025 General Payments
| Reported company | Canonical company | Amount | Share | Records | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $73.20 | 13.3% | 3 | 2025 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $69.86 | 12.7% | 3 | 2025 |
| Biocomposites Inc | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $67.64 | 12.3% | 2 | 2025 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Medtronic, Inc. exact · evidence 2025-07-22 |
$64.15 | 11.7% | 2 | 2025 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $47.71 | 8.7% | 1 | 2025 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $41.24 | 7.5% | 1 | 2025 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $38.10 | 6.9% | 1 | 2025 |
| VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $34.78 | 6.3% | 1 | 2025 |
| Expanding Innovations, Inc. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $33.69 | 6.1% | 1 | 2025 |
| Baxter Healthcare | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $33.08 | 6.0% | 1 | 2025 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $28.16 | 5.1% | 1 | 2025 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $17.32 | 3.2% | 1 | 2025 |
What were the payments for?
Payment categories
| Category | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $548.93 | 18 |
A meal, consulting fee, royalty, and travel payment describe different kinds of reported relationships and should not be interpreted as equivalent.
Analysis 1 · Payment-linked products
Products named in Open Payments records
| Reported product | Type | Reported company | Related amount* | Records | Year |
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| Restrata Wound Matrix Normalized: restrata wound matrix |
Device | Acera Surgical, Inc. | $69.86 | 3 | 2025 |
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| Stimulan Normalized: stimulan |
Device | Biocomposites Inc | $67.64 | 2 | 2025 |
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| X-PAC Normalized: x pac |
Device | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc., Expanding Innovations, Inc. | $62.56 | 2 | 2025 |
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| BLACKHAWK CERVICAL SPACER SYSTEM Normalized: blackhawk cervical spacer system |
Device | Choice Spine, LLC | $47.71 | 1 | 2025 |
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| STRATOFUSE Normalized: stratofuse |
Device | Choice Spine, LLC | $47.71 | 1 | 2025 |
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| THUNDERBOLT MINIMALLY INVASIVE PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEMS Normalized: thunderbolt minimally invasive pedicle screw systems |
Device | Choice Spine, LLC | $47.71 | 1 | 2025 |
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| TRITON Normalized: triton |
Device | Choice Spine, LLC | $47.71 | 1 | 2025 |
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| VEO LATERAL INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM Normalized: veo lateral interbody fusion system |
Device | Choice Spine, LLC | $47.71 | 1 | 2025 |
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| UNID_PASS Normalized: unid pass |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $41.83 | 1 | 2025 |
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| WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 Normalized: wavewriter alpha prime 16 |
Device | Boston Scientific Corporation | $41.24 | 1 | 2025 |
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| JOURNAVX Normalized: journavx |
Drug | VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED | $34.78 | 1 | 2025 |
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| PERCLOT Normalized: perclot |
Device | Baxter Healthcare | $33.08 | 1 | 2025 |
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| SYMPHONY Normalized: symphony |
Device | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $28.87 | 1 | 2025 |
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| TRIALTIS Normalized: trialtis |
Device | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $28.87 | 1 | 2025 |
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| I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT Normalized: i factor peptide enhanced bone graft |
Device | Cerapedics Inc. | $28.16 | 1 | 2025 |
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| VIVIGEN MIS DELIVERY SYSTEM Normalized: vivigen mis delivery system |
Device | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $23.84 | 1 | 2025 |
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| MAGNIFUSE BONE GRAFT Normalized: magnifuse bone graft |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $22.32 | 1 | 2025 |
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| VIPER Normalized: viper |
Device | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $20.49 | 1 | 2025 |
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* Product-associated amounts are non-additive because one payment record may name more than one product.
These products were named on specific Open Payments records. A named product does not show that the payment influenced treatment or prescribing.
Public prescribing for products named in payments
No exact normalized or approved-alias overlap was found in the loaded Part D year. This does not mean the doctor never prescribed the product.
The presence of the same drug in both datasets does not show that a payment caused or influenced a prescription.
Analysis 2 · Same-company prescribing overlap
Drugs reported in other payments from the same company that also appear in Medicare Part D
This analysis is independent from products named on this doctor’s individual payment records. A row appears only when the exact Open Payments reporting entity paid this doctor, that same reporting entity reported the drug or biological on at least 10 loaded General Payment records involving at least 2 distinct recipient NPIs, and this doctor has the same non-generic brand in public Part D data. This does not mean the company owns or manufactures the drug.
No publishable same-company prescribing overlap was found in the loaded Part D year. This does not mean the doctor never prescribed a drug reported elsewhere by a paying company.
These facts do not show that a payment was for the drug, that the company owns or manufactures the drug, or that a payment caused or influenced prescribing.
Timeline
Payment and prescribing data by year
Open Payments and Medicare Part D may refer to different years. They are shown separately rather than aligned as if they describe the same period.
| Year | General Payments | Main payer | Explicit products | Company overlaps | Part D coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $548.93 · 18 records | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | BLACKHAWK CERVICAL SPACER SYSTEM, I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT, JOURNAVX, MAGNIFUSE BONE GRAFT, PERCLOT, Restrata Wound Matrix, STRATOFUSE, SYMPHONY, Stimulan, THUNDERBOLT MINIMALLY INVASIVE PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEMS, TRIALTIS, TRITON, UNID_PASS, VEO LATERAL INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM, VIPER, VIVIGEN MIS DELIVERY SYSTEM, WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16, X-PAC | — | — |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | Complete |
Questions to ask
Questions you could discuss with your doctor
- Are there reasonable alternatives I should understand when we discuss treatment options?
- How should I interpret the industry-payment records shown here in the context of my care?
These are general questions generated from reviewed templates. They are not personalized medical advice.
Sources and limitations
How to read this page
- Payment and Medicare prescribing data can cover different years; every comparison shows both years explicitly.
- Part D does not represent a doctor’s entire practice; it excludes many patients and is subject to CMS public-release thresholds.
- Company–drug relationships must have an auditable source, a precise relationship type, and a valid evidence period. Unresolved mappings are not published.
- Generic drug claims are not attributed to a specific manufacturer without manufacturer-level evidence.
- When a source extract is incomplete, missing rows are never treated as proof of no payments or no prescriptions.
Loaded source releases
| Dataset | Year | Publication | Source |
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| CMS Open Payments — General Payments | 2025 | 2026-06-30 | Original source |
| Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug | 2024 | 2026-05-06 | Original source |
| NPPES Data Dissemination V2 | current / reference data | 2026-08-10 | Original source |
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