Ahmed Makhani
Orthopaedic Surgery · San Antonio, TXNPI 1386222925
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 114 payments — averaging $90.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$4K
- Stryker$2K
- Medinc Of Texas$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Axogen$443
- Mission Medical Distribution, LLC$163
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,82127%
- Food & beverage$6,30161%
- Education$1,20012%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 24 | $3,524 |
| Stryker | 39 | $1,892 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 6 | $1,416 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $1,130 |
| Axogen | 4 | $443 |
| Mission Medical Distribution, LLC | 3 | $163 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $160 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $153 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $138 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $136 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $125 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 4 | $116 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 1 | $108 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $101 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $86 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $61 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Vertex | 1 | $30 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- G7$1,323
- NA$1,022
- Avenir$788
- Juggerknotless Soft Anchor$654
- MAKO$606
- T2 ALPHA$258
- VA-LCP$236
- INSIGNIA$170
- WristMotion$160
- ATLAS$160
- HemiCAP Wrist$160
- VersaWrap$153
- APTUS$149
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$148
- GRAFTJACKET$134
- SMR Shoulder$126
- EXPAREL$125
- ALLOFIBER$123
- EXPert Nail$123
- HOFFMANN$121
How this compares
$10,322 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,337 orthopaedic surgery providers in Texas.
Other orthopaedic surgery in San Antonio
- Stephen BurkhartSan Antonio$185.3M
- Michael WirthSan Antonio$4.5M
- Charles BroomeSan Antonio$3.8M
- Christopher ChaputSan Antonio$1.1M
- Ravi KariaSan Antonio$1.1M
- Charles RockwoodSan Antonio$975K
- Frank ButtacavoliSan Antonio$932K
- Robert HartzlerSan Antonio$702K
- Bernard MorreySan Antonio$639K
- Animesh AgarwalSan Antonio$440K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.