Robert Lindeman, MD
Sports Medicine · League City, TXNPI 1740627736
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (42.9%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 50.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $37,577 and has fallen 95.2% since, to $1,789 in 2025. Among sports medicine 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 146 payments — averaging $319.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$23K
- Smith+Nephew$13K
- Medinc Of Texas$5K
- Stryker$2K
- ALON Medical Technology$1K
- Vericel Corporation$873
- plus $2K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$20,00043%
- Travel & lodging$3,5468%
- Food & beverage$6,81015%
- Education$16,22535%
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 | 16 | $23,427 |
| Smith+Nephew | 56 | $12,529 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 8 | $4,580 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 34 | $2,048 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 2 | $1,127 |
| Vericel Corporation | 5 | $873 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 3 | $692 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $507 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $209 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 3 | $206 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 1 | $143 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $124 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $45 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Q-FIX$1,817
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$1,410
- MICRORAPTOR$1,164
- MACI$849
- Regeneten$559
- Latarjet System$540
- MAKO$392
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$367
- ACCOLADE$275
- MULTIFIX S$219
- Irrisept$158
- AIR$154
- ULTRABUTTON$151
- TRIATHLON$146
- BIOCLEANSE TIBIALIS TENDON$143
- NA$139
- HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET$136
- Acufex Director$132
- VA-LCP$120
- BioBrace 23mm$112
How this compares
$46,581 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 437 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 26 | $230 |
| Meloxicam | 46 | $98 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in League City
- Gillian WooldridgeLeague City$106K
- Thomas DeberardinoSan Antonio$3.5M
- Robert ScheinbergDallas$2.2M
- Walter LoweHouston$1.4M
- Reed BartzSunnyvale$1.2M
- James GregoryHouston$565K
- John McDonaldAustin$499K
- James McKinleyTyler$305K
- Kelechi OkorohaDallas$297K
- Leon PaulosPearland$289K
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.