Erik Mayer
Orthopaedic Trauma · Katy, TXNPI 1609335579
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (42.7%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 50.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $15,229, 7.5 times the $2,026 reported in 2022.
Across 172 payments — averaging $136.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$12K
- Stryker$6K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Synthes GmbH$1K
- Globus Medical$551
- plus $806 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$10,00043%
- Travel & lodging$6,22227%
- Food & beverage$7,12130%
- Education$580%
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 | 21 | $11,790 |
| Stryker | 83 | $5,758 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $1,722 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 39 | $1,597 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $1,177 |
| Globus Medical | 7 | $551 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 5 | $532 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $139 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $99 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
How this compares
$23,401 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 74 orthopaedic trauma providers in Texas.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Katy
- Cory CollingeFort Worth$2.8M
- John MunzHouston$1M
- Kyle DicksonHouston$975K
- Timothy AchorHouston$561K
- Jonathan EastmanHouston$361K
- Stephen WarnerHouston$357K
- Edgar AraizaDallas$270K
- Milton L RouttHouston$266K
- Andrew ChooHouston$262K
- Richard BarberCorpus Christi$244K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.