Matthew Katz, MD
Surgical Oncology · Houston, TXNPI 1578583704
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $7,150 of the $11,756 with a category attached, or 60.8%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 46.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,500 and has fallen 82.3% since, to $972 in 2025.
Across 22 payments — averaging $534.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$6K
- Intuitive Surgical$3K
- Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$431
- Baxter Healthcare$283
- Johnson & Johnson$238
- plus $362 from 3 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $41,250 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.
- AbbVie$41K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,15061%
- Food & beverage$1,60614%
- Education$3,00026%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 1 | $5,500 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 5 | $3,291 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $1,650 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $431 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $283 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $238 |
| Intera Oncology, Inc | 1 | $156 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $138 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $69 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$3,210
- ZENPEP$1,650
- Signia$243
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$238
- INTERA$156
- LithoVue$138
- TISSEEL$130
- DERMABOND PRINEO$122
- Echelon Flex$117
How this compares
$11,756 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 191 surgical oncology providers in Texas.
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.
Other surgical oncology in Houston
- Merrick RossHouston$216K
- Kelly HuntHouston$104K
- Michael KimHouston$51K
- Jeffrey GershenwaldHouston$50K
- Naruhiko IkomaHouston$48K
- Anthony LucciHouston$41K
- Helmi KhadraHouston$39K
- Hop Tran CaoHouston$32K
- Rosario HwangHouston$25K
- Amanda ArringtonHouston$13K
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.