Christopher Comstock
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery · Corpus Christi, TXNPI 1376509125
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $14,000 of the $16,380 with a category attached, or 85.5%. Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation accounts for 87.8% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $8,637 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $26 in 2025.
Across 26 payments — averaging $629.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$14K
- Medinc Of Texas$1K
- 7d Surgical ULC$191
- Stryker$167
- Brainlab, Inc.$155
- Republic Spine$146
- plus $136 from 5 others
Across 31 payments — averaging $25,862 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- GE HealthCare$802K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,00085%
- Food & beverage$1,1807%
- Education$1,2007%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 13 | $14,384 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 1 | $1,200 |
| 7d Surgical ULC | 2 | $191 |
| Stryker | 2 | $167 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 2 | $155 |
| Republic Spine | 1 | $146 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 1 | $26 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Daytona Small Stature$5,500
- 7D Surgical System$167
- NONE$105
How this compares
$16,380 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 82 pediatric orthopaedic surgery providers in Texas.
Other pediatric orthopaedic surgery in Corpus Christi
- Gary BrockHouston$221K
- John HeflinEl Paso$202K
- Jaysson BrooksDallas$84K
- James BennettThe Woodlands$79K
- Jaclyn HillHouston$70K
- Brian KaufmanAustin$65K
- Scott RosenfeldHouston$31K
- John RoatenFort Worth$27K
- Margaret BaldwinHouston$23K
- Antony AntonyHouston$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.