Eric Wieser, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Arlington, TXNPI 1497740518
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $1,444,446 of the $1,471,309 with a category attached, or 98.2%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation at 44.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $391,042 and has fallen 66.2% since, to $132,288 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 133 payments — averaging $11,062 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$661K
- Innovasis Inc$498K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$268K
- Biogennix, LLC$43K
- Globus Medical$950
- Centinel Spine, LLC$48
- plus $71 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,444,44698%
- Consulting fees$3,0000%
- Travel & lodging$22,9592%
- Food & beverage$9040%
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 | 32 | $661,141 |
| Innovasis Inc | 54 | $497,706 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 32 | $268,138 |
| Biogennix, LLC | 5 | $43,255 |
| Globus Medical | 6 | $950 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $48 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $33 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $23 |
| CPM Medical Consultants, LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Malibu$533,373
- NewPort$300,112
- TXHA$203,154
- ORYX$190,263
- Physio-Stim$95,728
- Sypher$43,255
- Excelsius - GPS$847
How this compares
$1,471,309 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 207 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Texas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 423 | $4,659 |
| Celecoxib | 359 | $3,863 |
| Meloxicam | 959 | $2,321 |
| Gabapentin | 155 | $2,045 |
| Pregabalin | 33 | $1,462 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 80 | $1,096 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 114 | $782 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 59 | $684 |
| Methylprednisolone | 62 | $537 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 46 | $526 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 53 | $427 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $94 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 12 | $91 |
| Etodolac | 11 | $78 |
| Diazepam | 30 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Arlington
- Ryan MurphyArlington$62K
- Randall DryerAustin$2.9M
- Craig KuhnsAustin$2.4M
- David WimberleyHouston$2.2M
- Jeffrey PhelpsNorth Richland Hills$1.9M
- Andrew ClavennaDallas$1.3M
- Ivan ChengKyle$1.2M
- Stephen TolhurstFlower Mound$1.1M
- Michael ObrienPlano$1M
- Mohammad EtminanRichmond$1M
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.