Richard Matern, MD
Urology · Salt Lake City, UTNPI 1851571590
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (43.8%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 95.8% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $33,557 and has fallen 71.4% since, to $9,591 in 2025. Among urology clinicians in UT 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 209 payments — averaging $276.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$55K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.$98
- Johnson & Johnson$96
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$16
- Medtronic$14
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,37523%
- Travel & lodging$10,83219%
- Food & beverage$7,98114%
- Education$25,26644%
- Gifts$2300%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 126 | $55,263 |
| Boston Scientific | 68 | $2,199 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 4 | $98 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $96 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$52,650
- LithoVue$345
- DA VINCI SP$300
How this compares
$57,685 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 96 urology providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 83 | $69,311 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 51 | $8,215 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 184 | $6,878 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 350 | $6,244 |
| Finasteride | 341 | $5,318 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 93 | $2,334 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 83 | $2,123 |
| Allopurinol | 37 | $545 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 45 | $522 |
| Cephalexin | 26 | $345 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 16 | $186 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 13 | $124 |
| Levofloxacin | 51 | $109 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 38 | $87 |
| Ibuprofen | 12 | $64 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other urology in Salt Lake City
- William BrantSalt Lake City$290K
- Benjamin McCormickSalt Lake City$67K
- Akhil SajiSalt Lake City$49K
- Stephen SummersSalt Lake City$15K
- Jeremy MyersSalt Lake City$15K
- Gary JohnsonSalt Lake City$15K
- Sara LenherrSalt Lake City$12K
- Mitchell BassettSalt Lake City$10K
- Joseph ArmstrongSalt Lake City$9K
- Steven LynchSalt Lake City$8K
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.