Michael Eckhoff
Orthopaedic Surgery · Fort Bliss, TXNPI 1932629383
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 107 payments — averaging $65.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$888
- Zimmer Biomet$353
- Bioventus LLC$271
- Smith+Nephew$267
- Onkos Surgical, Inc.$260
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,31319%
- Food & beverage$4,76668%
- Education$88813%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 50 | $3,785 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $888 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $353 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $271 |
| Smith+Nephew | 10 | $267 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $260 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $172 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $126 |
| Axogen | 1 | $87 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 3 | $81 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $65 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $41 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $38 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $37 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Vertex | 1 | $27 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $25 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $23 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 1 | $18 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 1 | $12 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- MAKO$1,010
- NONE$414
- icotec BlackArmor Spine System$274
- GMRS$257
- PRECICE$172
- ACCOLADE$159
- EVOS SMALL$148
- TRIGEN InterTAN$148
- Affixus$142
- I-digits quantum$141
- Durolane$132
- T2$129
- AXSOS$129
- A3$129
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$126
- GAMMA$118
- ELEOS LIMB SALVAGE SYSTEM$114
- Persona Revision$111
How this compares
$6,967 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 1,337 orthopaedic surgery providers in Texas.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Fort Bliss
- Stephen BurkhartSan Antonio$185.3M
- Kirby HittTemple$9.1M
- J Richard EvansonPlano$8.1M
- Stefan KreuzerHouston$7M
- Robert GrahamAustin$6.3M
- Richard JonesDallas$6.3M
- Howard HarrisBedford$4.6M
- Tiffany HuynhHouston$4.6M
- Michael WirthSan Antonio$4.5M
- Stephen IncavoHouston$4.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.