Matthew Easthardt
Orthopaedic Surgery · Miami, FLNPI 1770108821
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.8%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pinnacle, Inc at 33.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,229, 3.0 times the $1,078 reported in 2020.
Across 88 payments — averaging $129.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pinnacle, Inc$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$972
- Stryker$897
- Si-bone, Inc.$689
- Synthes GmbH$593
- plus $3K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9038%
- Food & beverage$5,79451%
- Education$4,70741%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle, Inc | 10 | $3,776 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $1,242 |
| Medtronic | 11 | $972 |
| Stryker | 16 | $897 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 6 | $689 |
| Synthes GmbH | 1 | $593 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 8 | $517 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $507 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 4 | $397 |
| VB Spine LLC | 4 | $339 |
| Axogen | 2 | $298 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 2 | $238 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 2 | $220 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $151 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 2 | $134 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $134 |
| Amgen | 1 | $101 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $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.
- Persona$510
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$320
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$298
- Mobi-C$276
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$264
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$258
- ACTIS$227
- LIF$194
- Other - Miscellaneous$194
- INVICTUS OPEN$194
- 1588$168
- TRITANIUM$164
- XLIF$158
- O-ARM$157
- ACCOLADE$156
- MAKO$156
- OSS Orthopedic Salvage System$147
- MY01 Continuous Compartmental Pressure Monitor$144
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$134
- G7$125
How this compares
$11,403 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $59 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Miami
- Charles LawrieMiami$1.7M
- Rolando GarciaMiami$1M
- Charles JordanMiami$817K
- Francis HornicekMiami$790K
- Aldo RiesgoMiami$709K
- Andrew CooperClearwater$102M
- Richard HynesMelbourne$34.8M
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- George HaidukewychOrlando$10M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.