Matthew Goldblatt, MD
Surgery · Milwaukee, WINPI 1790771517
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.2%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. accounts for 90.0% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among surgery clinicians in WI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 553 payments — averaging $1073.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$534K
- Intuitive Surgical$30K
- Medtronic$25K
- Covidien LP$3K
- Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical)$1K
- AbbVie$387
- plus $271 from 5 others
Across 69 payments — averaging $4575.57 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$160K
- Covidien LP$79K
- Medtronic$71K
- Davol Inc.$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$280,03347%
- Speaking & faculty fees$205,05235%
- Travel & lodging$63,77611%
- Food & beverage$16,8733%
- Education$28,0285%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 473 | $534,175 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 25 | $29,948 |
| Medtronic | 37 | $24,565 |
| Covidien LP | 7 | $3,315 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $1,100 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $387 |
| Stryker | 3 | $164 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $31 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $21 |
| Boston Scientific | 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.
- GORE SYNECOR Biomaterial$273,439
- GORE ENFORM Preperitoneal Biomaterial$230,234
- GORE BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$174,776
- BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$100,599
- GORE SYNECOR Preperitoneal Biomaterial$51,667
- GORE ENFORM Biomaterial$39,721
- Da Vinci Surgical System$29,473
- GORE DUALMESH Biomaterial$26,714
- SYNECOR Biomaterial$22,782
- Product in Development$20,866
- GORE ENFORM Intraperitoneal Biomaterial$17,672
- SEAMGUARD Staple Line Reinforcement$15,483
- AbsorbaTack$9,326
- Dextile$6,231
- ProGrip$5,351
- SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforcement$4,300
- GORE SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforce$768
- Signia$273
- STRATTICE$262
- Balloon Sheath with Dilator$242
How this compares
$593,762 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 499 surgery providers in Wisconsin.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Magnesium Sulfate | 15 | $113 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Milwaukee
- Rana HigginsMilwaukee$148K
- Charles FehringMilwaukee$86K
- Ezra TeitelbaumMilwaukee$85K
- Jon GouldMilwaukee$77K
- Basil SalaymehMilwaukee$43K
- Kevin HudakMilwaukee$34K
- Andrew KastenmeierMilwaukee$30K
- Tammy KindelMilwaukee$29K
- James RydlewiczMilwaukee$21K
- Nicole HadjiloucasMilwaukee$21K
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.