Matthew Bernard, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1164632626
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $92,718 of the $135,928 with a category attached, or 68.2%. Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated accounts for 85.6% of it on its own, with 38 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $56,779 and has fallen 53.3% since, to $26,499 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in TN 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 248 payments — averaging $548.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$116K
- Smith+Nephew$15K
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$361
- Intrinsic Therapeutics$299
- Stryker$287
- plus $1K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,45010%
- Speaking & faculty fees$92,71868%
- Travel & lodging$22,56017%
- Food & beverage$7,2005%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 136 | $116,380 |
| Smith+Nephew | 36 | $15,456 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $1,669 |
| Medtronic | 18 | $361 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 4 | $299 |
| Stryker | 3 | $287 |
| Corin USA | 1 | $267 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $173 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $124 |
| DJO, LLC | 5 | $117 |
| Omnilife Science, Inc | 2 | $104 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $62 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $37 |
| Nusmile, Ltd. | 1 | $36 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $32 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $29 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $25 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Orthogenrx Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Vertex | 1 | $14 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $13 |
| Abbott | 1 | $12 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Iovera$85,650
- EXPAREL$36,740
- Journey II$13,975
- LEGION TKS$12,620
- VISIONAIRE$9,681
- VISIONAIRE Digital Templating$8,420
- VISIONAIRE Presto$8,420
- Zilretta$7,520
- Journey II BCS$4,200
- VISIONAIRE FastPak$3,218
- Journey II CR$2,800
- Legion Hinge$1,517
- HTX-011$1,500
- Legion Revision$1,400
- REDAPT$808
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$552
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$227
- TRITANIUM$170
- BioBrace 23mm$159
- VISIONAIRE Solutions$119
How this compares
$135,928 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 381 orthopaedic surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 88 | $1,853 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 114 | $1,455 |
| Gabapentin | 136 | $970 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 163 | $866 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 49 | $623 |
| Methocarbamol | 64 | $587 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 42 | $534 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 18 | $385 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 18 | $325 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 49 | $241 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 13 | $142 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 34 | $123 |
| Amoxicillin | 79 | $123 |
| Mupirocin | 18 | $112 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 11 | $78 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Chattanooga
- Jesse DotyChattanooga$2.3M
- Scott SteinmannChattanooga$209K
- Dirk KinerChattanooga$109K
- Warren GardnerChattanooga$80K
- Paul BradyKnoxville$20M
- Edwin SpencerKnoxville$2.5M
- Thomas ThrockmortonGermantown$1.7M
- Alton HunterColumbia$820K
- Jefferson MorrisonNashville$678K
- Michael BeebeMemphis$626K
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.