Eric Chapman, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Beaumont, TXNPI 1295964583
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (38.1%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 64.6% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,521, more than ten times the $77 reported in 2019.
Across 58 payments — averaging $116.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$4K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$1K
- Alliance Medical$620
- Johnson & Johnson$184
- Zimmer Biomet$171
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$58
- plus $104 from 3 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $1032.50 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.
- Zimmer Biomet$4K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,77626%
- Food & beverage$2,56738%
- Education$2,40036%
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 | 36 | $4,355 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 2 | $1,251 |
| Alliance Medical | 4 | $620 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $184 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $171 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Stryker | 2 | $53 |
| Vertex | 1 | $34 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $18 |
How this compares
$6,743 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 1,337 orthopaedic surgery providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $90 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Beaumont
- Stephen BurkhartSan Antonio$185.3M
- Kirby HittTemple$9.1M
- Robert GrahamAustin$6.3M
- Richard JonesDallas$6.3M
- Stefan KreuzerHouston$6.2M
- Michael WirthSan Antonio$4.5M
- Stephen IncavoHouston$4.3M
- Thomas EdwardsHouston$4.1M
- James BrodskyDallas$2.5M
- Robert SchmidtFort Worth$2M
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.