Matthew Copple, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Gonzales, LANPI 1033315742
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (49.7%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 30.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,735, 3.4 times the $1,100 reported in 2019.
Across 239 payments — averaging $52.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$4K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Arthrex$2K
- Foundation Medical, LLC$1K
- Amgen$1K
- Stryker$471
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,68046%
- Food & beverage$6,18650%
- Education$5785%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 32 | $3,743 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $2,028 |
| Arthrex | 17 | $1,766 |
| Foundation Medical, LLC | 14 | $1,465 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 78 | $1,203 |
| Stryker | 7 | $471 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 18 | $399 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 17 | $351 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $240 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $217 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $174 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $69 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 2 | $54 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $14 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $6 |
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
$12,445 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 286 orthopaedic surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 | 17 | $716 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 74 | $496 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 57 | $427 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $59 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $44 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 15 | $44 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 30 | $40 |
| Prednisone | 17 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Gonzales
- Matthew FuryGonzales$38K
- Christopher HarrodBaton Rouge$3M
- Vinod DasaKenner$1.9M
- Pierce NunleyShreveport$1.8M
- Jorge IsazaBaton Rouge$1.2M
- Neil MakiThibodaux$620K
- Robert ZuraNew Orleans$597K
- Kevin McCarthyBaton Rouge$594K
- Timmothy RandellAlexandria$498K
- Fernando SanchezNew Orleans$484K
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.