Matthew Chung, MD
Pain Medicine · Houston, TXNPI 1821482993
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.0%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 32.6% of the total. Among pain 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 296 payments — averaging $89.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$9K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$8K
- Abbott$5K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$618
- Vertex$437
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,41313%
- Travel & lodging$8,59033%
- Food & beverage$14,26054%
- Education$1521%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 132 | $8,625 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 57 | $7,883 |
| Abbott | 37 | $5,246 |
| Boston Scientific | 24 | $1,897 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 15 | $618 |
| Vertex | 2 | $437 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $242 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $201 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $173 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $165 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $122 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 3 | $114 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $98 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $73 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 2 | $72 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $36 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $16 |
| Stryker | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Evoke$4,403
- PROCLAIM$3,314
- SYNCHROMEDII$2,575
- Evoke SCS$2,168
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,766
- Axium$710
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$684
- INCEPTIV$570
- SUPERION$465
- SPRINT PNS System$304
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$303
- ETERNA$274
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM$173
- Intracept$171
- Nimbus$165
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$158
- Senza$153
- STRATAFIX$137
- Qutenza$135
- Zilretta$124
How this compares
$26,415 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 583 pain 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 17 | $12,519 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 14 | $5,103 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 189 | $4,666 |
| Fentanyl | 27 | $2,400 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 105 | $1,928 |
| Gabapentin | 138 | $1,909 |
| Methadone Hcl | 89 | $1,126 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 54 | $1,116 |
| Lidocaine | 11 | $864 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 30 | $802 |
| Pregabalin | 77 | $685 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 33 | $670 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 33 | $654 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 25 | $419 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 29 | $307 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Houston
- Grant ChenHouston$175K
- Gunjan PatelHouston$166K
- Jaideep MehtaHouston$134K
- David LeimanHouston$131K
- Daniel PakHouston$117K
- Mitchell EngleHouston$72K
- Mayur KanjiaHouston$46K
- Baominh VinhHouston$44K
- Thuan DaoHouston$23K
- Melissa MurphyGrapevine$653K
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.