Matthew Gornet
Chesterfield, MONPI 1962406207
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $213,168 of the $245,671 with a category attached, or 86.8%. Medtronic accounts for 94.0% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 163 payments — averaging $1507.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$231K
- Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC$7K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$6K
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$2K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$21
- Johnson & Johnson$16
- plus $12 from 1 others
Across 51 payments — averaging $11,117 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.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$564K
- Medtronic$3K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$213,16887%
- Consulting fees$8,5503%
- Speaking & faculty fees$21,3759%
- Travel & lodging$580%
- Food & beverage$2,3681%
- Gifts$1530%
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) | 134 | $230,878 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 9 | $6,830 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $5,840 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 13 | $2,074 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$139,565
- CD HORIZON$71,510
- VERTEX$12,375
- PRESTIGE$5,813
- CONDUIT$5,738
- ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC$4,752
- ACTIVL$1,895
- NUNEC$1,811
- UNID_PASS$118
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 23 | $179 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $131 |
| Meloxicam | 39 | $89 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.