Matthew Goodwin, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Saint Louis, MONPI 1770927337
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.0%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Synthes GmbH at 53.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $8,158 and has fallen 56.0% since, to $3,587 in 2025.
Across 87 payments — averaging $230.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$11K
- Degen Medical, Inc.$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$600
- plus $2K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5007%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,00015%
- Travel & lodging$10,82454%
- Food & beverage$4,71324%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 16 | $10,793 |
| Degen Medical, Inc. | 4 | $1,957 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $1,666 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 20 | $1,594 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 10 | $1,394 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $600 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $503 |
| Stryker | 4 | $469 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $276 |
| Abbott | 3 | $194 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $166 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $128 |
| Smaio USA Corporation | 1 | $98 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Zavation Medical Products, LLC | 2 | $36 |
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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,229
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$478
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$436
- VIPER$362
- Excelsius - GPS$356
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$351
- UNID_PASS$299
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$276
- AdvantageRib$166
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$166
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$154
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$150
- SYMPHONY$135
- FORTIFY$128
- ADIRA$128
- Senza$128
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$127
- FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels$118
- CONDUIT$118
- Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation$112
How this compares
$20,038 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 53 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Missouri.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baclofen | 37 | $680 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 41 | $326 |
| Gabapentin | 33 | $230 |
| Mupirocin | 29 | $191 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $162 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Saint Louis
- Munish GuptaSaint Louis$1M
- Jacob BuchowskiSaint Louis$658K
- Brian NeumanSaint Louis$106K
- R Adams CowleySaint Louis$53K
- Michael ReiterSaint Louis$37K
- Mark LambrechtsSaint Louis$37K
- Nicholas PallottaSaint Louis$21K
- John ClohisySaint Louis$19K
- Diana DoulehSaint Louis$18K
- Bryan RynearsonSaint Louis$17K
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.