Maxim Eckmann, MD
Anesthesiology · San Antonio, TXNPI 1457470312
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.5%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Avanos Medical accounts for 76.3% of it on its own, with 25 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among anesthesiology 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 408 payments — averaging $856.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Avanos Medical$266K
- Vertex$34K
- Brixton Biosciences, Inc.$15K
- Abbott$13K
- Merck$9K
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$5K
- plus $7K from 20 others
Across 50 payments — averaging $5248.10 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.
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$184K
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$45K
- Medtronic$25K
- Avanos Medical$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$173,06050%
- Speaking & faculty fees$131,26038%
- Travel & lodging$33,88610%
- Food & beverage$11,1743%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Avanos Medical | 189 | $266,489 |
| Vertex | 43 | $34,062 |
| Brixton Biosciences, Inc. | 12 | $15,071 |
| Abbott | 18 | $12,723 |
| Merck | 10 | $8,711 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 5 | $4,979 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 39 | $1,989 |
| Nevro Corp. | 26 | $1,633 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 5 | $972 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $668 |
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $447 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $323 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 4 | $229 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 5 | $198 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $157 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $134 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $125 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $98 |
| Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc | 2 | $36 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Stryker | 1 | $12 |
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.
- GENERATOR$124,472
- COOLIEF* COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY$79,361
- COOLIEF$43,815
- JOURNAVX$33,374
- COOLED RFA$16,717
- Neural Ice$14,913
- PROCLAIM$11,063
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,341
- Senza$841
- SPRINT PNS System$800
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES$655
- IonicRF Generator$594
- Omnia$525
- OCTRODE$500
- Infinity DBS Pulse Generators$475
- SYNCHROMEDII$165
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$163
- Evoke$148
- Accurian$132
- EXPAREL$125
How this compares
$349,380 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,899 anesthesiology 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 anesthesiology in San Antonio
- Maged MinaSan Antonio$66K
- Sridhar VasireddySan Antonio$18K
- Richard TeamesFort Worth$746K
- Tong GanHouston$700K
- Valentine GibsonRichardson$671K
- James MuellerDallas$636K
- Randy RobbinsPlano$593K
- Gabriel MenaHouston$494K
- Iden CowanAustin$305K
- Ryan CaseyAustin$287K
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.