Satish Chandrasekhar
Orthopaedic Surgery · Corpus Christi, TXNPI 1427511005
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $44,167 of the $57,326 with a category attached, or 77.0%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 37.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $42,275 and has fallen 77.3% since, to $9,598 in 2025.
Across 95 payments — averaging $603.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$21K
- Linvatec Corporation$18K
- Smith+Nephew$7K
- Stryker$5K
- CGG Medical Inc$4K
- Vericel Corporation$1K
- plus $2K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1160%
- Grants$44,16777%
- Travel & lodging$4,3688%
- Food & beverage$5,0759%
- Education$3,6006%
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 | 12 | $21,360 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $17,500 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $6,667 |
| Stryker | 36 | $4,741 |
| CGG Medical Inc | 11 | $4,235 |
| Vericel Corporation | 9 | $1,208 |
| Medtronic | 11 | $532 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 3 | $189 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 2 | $171 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $141 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $126 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $74 |
| Eclipse Technology Solutions Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Vertex | 1 | $18 |
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.
- BioBrace 23mm$17,500
- MAKO$2,961
- MACI$913
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$407
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$190
- O-ARM$145
- Durolane$141
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$139
- EQUINOXE$133
- Unloader One X$133
- OsteoCentric 4.0 x 130mm LOCKING BONE SCREW FASTENER ST$128
- ALPHAVENT$126
- KNOTILUS ANCHOR, 3.5MM$126
- Stimulan$126
- DSUVIA$120
- INSPACE$115
How this compares
$57,326 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,337 orthopaedic surgery providers in Texas.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Corpus Christi
- John MascialeCorpus Christi$825K
- 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).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.