Matthew Wasserman, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Katy, TXNPI 1780655605
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.1%), royalties or licence payments and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Innovasis Inc accounts for 84.9% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $100,081 and has fallen 82.9% since, to $17,148 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery 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 61 payments — averaging $3319.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Innovasis Inc$172K
- Spinefrontier, Inc.$28K
- Nexxt Spine LLC$2K
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$205
- Medtronic$155
- Si-bone, Inc.$151
- plus $138 from 2 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $1070.91 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.
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$1K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$87,49943%
- Consulting fees$99,39149%
- Travel & lodging$13,3077%
- Food & beverage$2,2551%
- Education$480%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Innovasis Inc | 44 | $172,010 |
| Spinefrontier, Inc. | 3 | $28,183 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 4 | $1,657 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $205 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $155 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $151 |
| Abbott | 5 | $96 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $42 |
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.
- CXHA$77,858
- Invue$28,183
- SLIFT$28,075
- PedFuse Reset$28,075
- CXHA CAGE$9,641
- Expandable Lateral and Lateral Access$1,609
- Medical Device$205
- UNID_PASS$155
- T-Lift$108
- S-Lift$108
- Arena-C HA$108
- PedFuse$108
How this compares
$202,500 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,337 orthopaedic surgery 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 84 | $1,335 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 43 | $135 |
| Methylprednisolone | 14 | $93 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 22 | $68 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Katy
- Stephen BurkhartSan Antonio$185.3M
- Kirby HittTemple$9.1M
- Robert GrahamAustin$6.3M
- Richard JonesDallas$6.3M
- Stefan KreuzerHouston$6.2M
- Michael WirthSan Antonio$4.5M
- Stephen IncavoHouston$4.3M
- Thomas EdwardsHouston$4.1M
- James BrodskyDallas$2.5M
- Robert SchmidtFort Worth$2M
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.