Michael Markowitz, DO
Orthopedic Surgery · Plano, TXNPI 1063941698
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,124 of the $12,770 with a category attached, or 71.4%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 47.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $7,358 and has fallen 60.1% since, to $2,939 in 2025.
Across 151 payments — averaging $84.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$6K
- Stryker$2K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$1K
- Painteq LLC$226
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$155
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,64629%
- Food & beverage$9,12471%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 82 | $6,104 |
| Stryker | 18 | $2,135 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 16 | $1,621 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 15 | $1,472 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $226 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $155 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 1 | $152 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $137 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $107 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $100 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $64 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $24 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
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.
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$1,326
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$718
- MEDTRONIC REUSABLE INSTRUMENTS$636
- LIF$571
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$542
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$494
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$484
- GRAFTONAND GRAFTON PLUSDEMINERALIZED BONE MATRIX (DBM)$423
- XLIF$290
- Other - Miscellaneous$266
- PAINTEQ$226
- TLIF$158
- ACTIVL$152
- Hedron$147
- Biomet SpinalPak Non-invasive Spine Fusion Stimulator System$133
- MONTEREY AL$133
- BIO DBM$133
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$133
- N/A$133
- ActaStim-S$128
How this compares
$12,770 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 33 orthopedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 74 | $1,649 |
| Gabapentin | 81 | $529 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 11 | $127 |
| Meloxicam | 18 | $21 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopedic surgery in Plano
- Rajesh ArakalPlano$79K
- Randal TroopPlano$1K
- Steven BrotzmanAustin$336K
- Mark ScioliLubbock$70K
- John SimsAmarillo$35K
- Katherine LiHouston$19K
- Jason RamseyLubbock$13K
- Mark GreenbergIrving$9K
- Bradley HarmanCleburne$7K
- David TemplinNew Braunfels$6K
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.