Stephen Mathew, MD
Sports Medicine · Waxahachie, TXNPI 1124385638
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (50.7%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pylant Medical at 42.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $8,170 and has fallen 54.5% since, to $3,716 in 2025.
Across 172 payments — averaging $194.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pylant Medical$14K
- Arthrex$7K
- Stryker$7K
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- Kairos Surgical Inc$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$286
- plus $743 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,00015%
- Travel & lodging$4,07712%
- Food & beverage$7,38022%
- Education$16,92151%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pylant Medical | 29 | $14,286 |
| Arthrex | 30 | $7,346 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 62 | $6,595 |
| Smith+Nephew | 19 | $2,864 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 2 | $1,259 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $286 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $237 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $94 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $87 |
| Vericel Corporation | 4 | $87 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $51 |
| Vertex | 2 | $39 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $27 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $26 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $20 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 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.
- HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET$2,315
- MAKO$1,248
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$336
- TRIATHLON$292
- INSPACE$271
- mymobility Platform$261
- ROSA$261
- ICONIX$171
- SALVATION$165
- HIPMAP$159
- GAMMA$154
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS ANATOMIC TOTAL SHOULDER ECLIPSE$148
- CINCHLOCK SS$146
- SHOULDER IMPLANTS FIBERTAK KNOTLESS$142
- MOBILE BEARING HIP SYSTEM$142
- TRIDENT$142
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$137
- VESUVIUS$137
- AIR$131
- Persona$130
How this compares
$33,379 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 60 | $440 |
| Methocarbamol | 74 | $394 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 67 | $262 |
| Meloxicam | 49 | $174 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Waxahachie
- 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
- Marc LabbeThe Woodlands$238K
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.