Thomas Deberardino, MD
Sports Medicine · San Antonio, TXNPI 1033191176
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $2,368,260 of the $3,515,893 with a category attached, or 67.4%. Arthrex accounts for 99.8% of it on its own, with 28 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among sports medicine clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 812 payments — averaging $4329.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3.5M
- Novopedics, Inc.$3K
- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$2K
- Medinc Of Texas$397
- Vericel Corporation$397
- Mission Medical Distribution, LLC$394
- plus $3K from 23 others
Across 11 payments — averaging $3976.45 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Moximed, Inc$23K
- Aesculap Biologics, LLC$21K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$2,368,26067%
- Consulting fees$104,9903%
- Speaking & faculty fees$964,87527%
- Travel & lodging$65,5142%
- Food & beverage$12,2530%
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 | 739 | $3,507,352 |
| Novopedics, Inc. | 3 | $2,907 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $1,740 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 7 | $397 |
| Vericel Corporation | 4 | $397 |
| Mission Medical Distribution, LLC | 5 | $394 |
| Moximed, Inc | 6 | $378 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $335 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 5 | $300 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $249 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $233 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $200 |
| Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc. | 2 | $187 |
| Embody, Inc. | 1 | $180 |
| Aesculap Biologics, LLC | 1 | $124 |
| Vertex | 4 | $106 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $82 |
| Pinnacle, Inc | 1 | $68 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $42 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Abanza Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Orthogenrx Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 2 | $21 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $20 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sequoia Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- ARTHREX$11,105,390
- KNEE & HIP SUTURE FIBERLOOP OTHER$147,182
- KNEE & HIP INSTRUMENTS ACL/PCL DISPOSABLES OTHER$147,182
- KNEE & HIP SUTURE FIBERWIRE #2 FIBERWIRE$147,182
- KNEE & HIP IMPLANTS SUSPENSORY FIXATION ACL TIGHTROPE$119,772
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS KNEE & HIP ARTHROPLASTY UNI KNEE$1,740
- ARTHROPLASTY INSTRUMENTS KNEE ARTHROPLASTY UNI KNEE$1,740
- Seglentis$1,740
- MACI$279
- EXPAREL$236
- MISHA KNEE SYSTEM, SMALL, LEFT$188
- TAPESTRY$180
- CAPITAL CONSUMABLES CONSUMABLES RF BRF$145
- Durolane$127
- PROCARE$126
- NOVOCART 3D$124
- Zilretta$114
How this compares
$3,515,893 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 60 | $346 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in San Antonio
- Jamie LynchSan Antonio$109K
- Bjorn BalldinSan Antonio$58K
- Harrison ScofieldSan Antonio$35K
- Robert ScheinbergDallas$2.2M
- Walter LoweHouston$1.4M
- Reed BartzSunnyvale$1.2M
- James GregoryHouston$565K
- John McDonaldAustin$499K
- James McKinleyTyler$305K
- Kelechi OkorohaDallas$297K
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.