Matthew Pontell, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Nashville, TNNPI 1982017133
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (43.5%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 51.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,037 and has fallen 82.7% since, to $352 in 2025.
Across 50 payments — averaging $139.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- Stryker$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$701
- Synthes GmbH$417
- Kls-martin L.p.$172
- Immersivetouch, Inc.$142
- plus $246 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1402%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2504%
- Travel & lodging$3,03844%
- Food & beverage$1,88727%
- Education$1,66424%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 19 | $3,560 |
| Stryker | 14 | $1,741 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $701 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $417 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $172 |
| Immersivetouch, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| BD | 1 | $140 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 1 | $106 |
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.
- NA$1,637
- TRUMATCH$260
- MEDPOR TITAN$159
- PATIENT-FITTED TMJ RECONSTRUCTIVE PROSTHESIS SYSTEM$159
- ImmersiveTouch$142
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$106
How this compares
$6,980 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 77 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Tennessee.
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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.
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- Robert GarzaNashville$6K
- Omotayo ArowojoluNashville$4K
- Lauren ConnorNashville$4K
- John HillNashville$3K
- Panambur Laxminaraya BhandariNashville$3K
- William LineaweaverNashville$2K
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.