Matthew Schmitz
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery · San Diego, CANPI 1568686871
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $11,826 of the $19,555 with a category attached, or 60.5%. Wishbone Medical Inc. accounts for 61.4% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $8,981 and has fallen 93.6% since, to $578 in 2025.
Across 64 payments — averaging $305.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Wishbone Medical Inc.$12K
- Medinc Of Texas$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$466
- Johnson & Johnson$269
- Vericel Corporation$239
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,82660%
- Travel & lodging$3522%
- Food & beverage$4,85725%
- Education$2,51913%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wishbone Medical Inc. | 8 | $12,014 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 5 | $2,667 |
| Stryker | 18 | $2,195 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 7 | $466 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $269 |
| Vericel Corporation | 3 | $239 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $229 |
| Acumed LLC | 3 | $206 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $150 |
| Mission Medical Distribution, LLC | 1 | $143 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $143 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $123 |
| Conformis, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Elevate Surgical Co | 5 | $102 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $81 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
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.
- Femoral Locking Plate System$11,326
- WishBone MG$7,826
- INSPACE$396
- ACUMED$297
- TRAUMA$285
- NA$282
- SALVATION$253
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$172
- PIVOT PORTAL ENTRY KIT$164
- SLINGSHOT$157
- Foot Osteotomy Wedge System$155
- ELSA$150
- Montage 5cc$149
- ICONIX$148
- Trauma-None$143
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$138
- PROCINCH$130
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$126
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$123
- MACI$122
How this compares
$19,555 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 63 pediatric orthopaedic surgery providers in California.
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Other pediatric orthopaedic surgery in San Diego
- Michael KimballSan Diego$162K
- Mark KatsmaSan Diego$9K
- Chinmay ParanjapeSan Diego$6K
- Christopher SouderSan Diego$4K
- Kimberly SpahnSan Diego$1K
- Michael KwonSan Diego$1K
- Matthew VanceSan Diego$102
- Lisa MillerSan Diego$60
- Robert ChoBeverly Hills$496K
- Jeffrey KanelLos Gatos$251K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.