Anthony Echo, MD
Plastic Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1700027745
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (40.0%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Axogen accounts for 68.5% of it on its own, with 26 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $17,989 and has fallen 97.1% since, to $522 in 2025. Among plastic surgery 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 178 payments — averaging $151.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Axogen$18K
- Sientra, Inc.$1K
- Alafair Biosciences, Inc.$1K
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$1K
- Checkpoint Surgical, Inc$1K
- AbbVie$758
- plus $3K from 21 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $98,223 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Alafair Biosciences, Inc.$295K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,80040%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,65017%
- Travel & lodging$2,0167%
- Food & beverage$9,53735%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axogen | 35 | $18,488 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 15 | $1,488 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 20 | $1,364 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 23 | $1,068 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 6 | $1,021 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 15 | $758 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $450 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 9 | $435 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 15 | $426 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 10 | $249 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $172 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $151 |
| Tepha Inc | 2 | $148 |
| TEI Biosciences Inc | 4 | $145 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $115 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Vertex | 3 | $82 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $69 |
| Stryker | 1 | $61 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $46 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $22 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 1 | $11 |
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.
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$8,285
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$8,285
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,621
- Checkpoint Stimulators$925
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$886
- VersaWrap$870
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$542
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$411
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$337
- Walter$115
- SURGIMEND$109
How this compares
$27,003 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 337 plastic surgery 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.
Other plastic surgery in Houston
- Younghoon ChoHouston$1.2M
- David AdelmanHouston$405K
- Warren EllsworthHouston$284K
- Camille CashHouston$212K
- Robert YarishHouston$180K
- Alexander MericliHouston$125K
- Kristy HamiltonHouston$70K
- Jenny NguyenHouston$45K
- Patrick HsuHouston$34K
- Matthew GreivesHouston$26K
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.