Matthew Hicks
General Practice · Friendswood, TXNPI 1407357577
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $223,815 of the $267,753 with a category attached, or 83.6%. Align Technology, Inc. accounts for 99.9% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among general practice clinicians in TX 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 234 payments — averaging $1144.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Align Technology, Inc.$267K
- Ultradent Products Inc$280
- Patterson Companies, Inc.$29
- Philips North America LLC$14
- Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.$13
Across 2 payments — averaging $300.00 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.
- Align Technology, Inc.$600
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$750%
- Speaking & faculty fees$223,81584%
- Travel & lodging$37,08914%
- Food & beverage$5,9132%
- Education$3450%
- Gifts$5160%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Align Technology, Inc. | 230 | $267,417 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 1 | $280 |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Invisalign$253,140
- Itero$11,598
- Opalescence$280
How this compares
$267,753 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 8,074 general practice providers in Texas.
Other general practice in Friendswood
- Marcus LastimadoFort Bliss$2.3M
- Christina DeanFrisco$1.9M
- Paul ShrodeMissouri City$1.2M
- Alan DouglasSan Antonio$609K
- C Mike MeekAustin$509K
- Young KwonDallas$288K
- Kathleen Szelei-StevensHouston$253K
- Hoa TranPearland$156K
- Mitchell KimRichardson$145K
- Luigi MassaSeguin$132K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.