Jonathan Eastman, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Houston, TXNPI 1386823029
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (38.9%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Stryker accounts for 68.1% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $185,164, 9.3 times the $19,903 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic trauma 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 547 payments — averaging $659.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$246K
- Synthes GmbH$60K
- Globus Medical$18K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$17K
- Synthes USA Products LLC$7K
- Osteocentric Technologies, Inc.$7K
- plus $7K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$140,22239%
- Consulting fees$125,36135%
- Speaking & faculty fees$42,00012%
- Travel & lodging$34,32810%
- Food & beverage$18,6275%
- Education$2390%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 216 | $245,521 |
| Synthes GmbH | 68 | $60,245 |
| Globus Medical | 22 | $17,586 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 37 | $16,767 |
| Synthes USA Products LLC | 9 | $6,730 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 29 | $6,724 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 111 | $4,135 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 43 | $2,184 |
| Novartis | 3 | $355 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $156 |
| Ziehm-orthoscan, Inc.(2 entities) | 2 | $126 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $116 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $54 |
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.
- PANGEA$131,584
- AXSOS$46,290
- PRO$41,468
- GAMMA$33,597
- VARIAX$24,234
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$16,108
- T2$15,355
- HOFFMANN$14,508
- NA$12,679
- TFN-Advance$11,851
- ASNIS$8,965
- Anthem$7,403
- DHS$7,110
- TFN ADVANCED$7,110
- OsteoCentric 4.0 x 130mm LOCKING BONE SCREW FASTENER ST$5,653
- Clavicular Fracture Fixation$5,596
- TROCH NAIL$4,500
- T2 ALPHA$4,399
- PRIME SERIES$4,000
- VA-LCP$1,962
How this compares
$360,776 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 74 orthopaedic trauma 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.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Houston
- John MunzHouston$1M
- Kyle DicksonHouston$975K
- Timothy AchorHouston$561K
- Stephen WarnerHouston$357K
- Milton L RouttHouston$266K
- Andrew ChooHouston$262K
- Patrick KellamHouston$55K
- James KellamHouston$42K
- Doan NguyenHouston$7K
- Cory CollingeFort Worth$2.8M
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.