Braden Hartline, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · The Woodlands, TXNPI 1881011351
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (41.7%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 53.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $7,690 and has fallen 88.1% since, to $919 in 2025.
Across 118 payments — averaging $156.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$10K
- Smith+Nephew$7K
- Medinc Of Texas$700
- Biocomposites Inc$214
- Ortho Development Corporation$146
- Radius Health, Inc.$56
- plus $78 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,14317%
- Food & beverage$7,60641%
- Education$7,70042%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 103 | $9,845 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $7,411 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 1 | $700 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $214 |
| Ortho Development Corporation | 1 | $146 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
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.
- MAKO$3,812
- TRIATHLON$1,609
- TRIDENT$507
- GMRS$415
- T2$287
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$283
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$268
- Stimulan$214
- VARIAX$167
- BKS Primary$146
- ENTRADA$146
- POLARSTEM$145
- GAMMA$117
How this compares
$18,450 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 86 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Texas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 218 | $4,025 |
| Cefdinir | 174 | $2,538 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 208 | $1,014 |
| Methylprednisolone | 72 | $462 |
| Pregabalin | 20 | $331 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $245 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $245 |
| Gabapentin | 25 | $198 |
| Meloxicam | 75 | $186 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 18 | $184 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 43 | $172 |
| Amoxicillin | 47 | $40 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 17 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in The Woodlands
- Rohan GheewalaThe Woodlands$14K
- Tyler GoldbergAustin$4.6M
- Antonia ChenDallas$3.8M
- John BarringtonPlano$2.2M
- Roger EmersonPlano$691K
- Donald HohmanDallas$537K
- Steven WeedenFort Worth$370K
- Marcus FordFort Worth$296K
- Raul MarquezEdinburg$278K
- Richard ReitmanPlano$227K
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.