Brian Sager, MD
Hand Surgery · San Antonio, TXNPI 1265872055
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.9%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medartis Inc. accounts for 78.9% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $18,322, more than ten times the $226 reported in 2019. Among hand 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 63 payments — averaging $598.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medartis Inc.$30K
- Pylant Medical$4K
- Kerecis Limited$2K
- Arthrex$479
- Stryker$325
- Zimmer Biomet$289
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$21,07556%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,95018%
- Travel & lodging$2,8097%
- Food & beverage$3,4789%
- Education$3,4119%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medartis Inc. | 14 | $29,759 |
| Pylant Medical | 13 | $3,928 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $1,600 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $479 |
| Stryker | 2 | $325 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $289 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 3 | $280 |
| ETS Wound Care LLC | 1 | $202 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $176 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $160 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 1 | $110 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 1 | $108 |
| Amgen | 5 | $71 |
| Axogen | 3 | $69 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $14 |
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.
- APTUS$29,478
- Kerecis SurgiClose$6,400
- Kerecis GraftGuide$1,600
- VARIAX$310
- A.L.P.S.$289
- WristMotion$160
- ATLAS$160
- HemiCAP Wrist$160
- InSet System$110
How this compares
$37,724 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 170 hand 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 59 | $363 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $217 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in San Antonio
- Ryan RoseSan Antonio$89K
- Jason CoffmanSan Antonio$15K
- David RingAustin$536K
- Kourosh JafarniaHouston$278K
- Brendan MackayLubbock$274K
- John FaillaceWoodway$212K
- Daniel KoehlerDallas$208K
- Timothy NiacarisArlington$160K
- Steven NiedermeierArlington$152K
- William PientkaFort Worth$113K
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.