Evan Meeks, MD
Sports Medicine · Pearland, TXNPI 1588945794
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $45,498 of the $59,797 with a category attached, or 76.1%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. at 39.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $34,958, more than ten times the $1,788 reported in 2019. Among sports medicine clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 104 payments — averaging $574.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.$24K
- Stryker$23K
- Smith+Nephew$8K
- International Life Sciences$2K
- Medinc Of Texas$1K
- Arthrex$846
- plus $1K from 11 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $20,625 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.
- Skye Orthobiologics LLC$83K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$45,49876%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6901%
- Travel & lodging$9,28216%
- Food & beverage$4,3277%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 9 | $23,773 |
| Stryker | 34 | $22,949 |
| Smith+Nephew | 13 | $7,987 |
| International Life Sciences | 2 | $1,750 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 7 | $1,393 |
| Arthrex | 14 | $846 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 1 | $249 |
| Amgen | 10 | $161 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $141 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $122 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $91 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $89 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $32 |
| Axogen | 1 | $21 |
| Vericel Corporation | 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.
- mild Device Kit$15,100
- ICONIX$7,723
- AEQUALIS$7,300
- ALPHAVENT$5,350
- ACUFEX Meniscal Root Repair$4,254
- FLEXBAND$2,384
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$2,070
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$1,926
- PROCINCH$1,516
- Q-FIX$1,380
- ULTRABUTTON$1,380
- INSPACE$816
- SPATIAL FRAME$690
- SALVATION$359
- NOVOSTITCH$232
- Arsenal Ankle 10 Hole 1/3 Tubular Plate$141
- Zynrelef$124
- REUNION$122
- Ventix$122
How this compares
$59,797 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 437 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 26 | $671 |
| Celecoxib | 17 | $287 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $241 |
| Meloxicam | 85 | $194 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 26 | $111 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 17 | $62 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Pearland
- Leon PaulosPearland$289K
- Thomas DeberardinoSan Antonio$3.5M
- Robert ScheinbergDallas$2.2M
- Walter LoweHouston$1.4M
- Reed BartzSunnyvale$1.2M
- James GregoryHouston$565K
- John McDonaldAustin$499K
- James McKinleyTyler$305K
- Kelechi OkorohaDallas$297K
- Marc LabbeThe Woodlands$238K
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.