Nathan Boes, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Frisco, TXNPI 1538513916
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (42.6%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 36.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $33,375 and has fallen 92.2% since, to $2,605 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 134 payments — averaging $531.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$26K
- Pylant Medical$15K
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$7K
- Smith+Nephew$7K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$6K
- DJO, LLC$4K
- plus $7K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$30,33343%
- Travel & lodging$6,97210%
- Food & beverage$5,5498%
- Education$28,34540%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 37 | $25,732 |
| Pylant Medical | 24 | $14,715 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 7 | $7,245 |
| Smith+Nephew | 18 | $6,983 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $6,083 |
| DJO, LLC | 4 | $3,750 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 10 | $2,907 |
| Stryker | 18 | $1,165 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 3 | $756 |
| International Life Sciences | 1 | $661 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 1 | $249 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 2 | $236 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $210 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $149 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| BREG, Inc | 1 | $133 |
| Bodycad USA Corp | 1 | $51 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $13 |
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.
- DJO SURGICAL$2,731
- ACUFEX Meniscal Root Repair$2,116
- Q-FIX$2,032
- CAP-FIX$1,898
- Healicoil$1,898
- NOVOSTITCH$1,898
- PRIMARY SHOULDER$694
- MAKO$460
- REUNION$152
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$151
- Juggerknotless Soft Anchor$149
- Catalyst CSR Shoulder System$145
- R1 Reverse Shoulder System$145
- EQUINOXE$141
- Breg$133
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES$117
How this compares
$71,199 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 11 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Frisco
- Justin KaneFrisco$263K
- 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
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.