Chad Carlton
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (41.8%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 36 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 33.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $16,578 and has fallen 72.9% since, to $4,496 in 2025. Among 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 342 payments — averaging $142.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$16K
- Baxter Healthcare$13K
- Medtronic$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- plus $7K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,25219%
- Travel & lodging$8,56118%
- Food & beverage$10,49222%
- Education$20,30042%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 15 | $16,426 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 28 | $12,520 |
| Medtronic | 45 | $4,223 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 12 | $4,110 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 21 | $2,421 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $1,739 |
| Levita Magnetics International Corp. | 70 | $1,381 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 3 | $1,065 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 15 | $919 |
| Teleflex LLC | 7 | $549 |
| Kvk-tech, Inc. | 30 | $530 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 22 | $489 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 5 | $356 |
| Covidien LP | 6 | $251 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 11 | $238 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $216 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $209 |
| Reshape Lifesciences Inc. | 3 | $147 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $139 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $107 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 2 | $75 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $50 |
| Levita Magnetics International Corp | 3 | $50 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $48 |
| Vivus LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 1 | $34 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Abbott | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Biom'up SA | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$16,000
- TISSEEL$11,830
- HEMOPATCH$7,427
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$2,025
- Signia$1,818
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System$1,521
- ECHELON ENDOPATH Stapler$1,029
- LigaSure$806
- VOYANT$451
- GELPORT MINI$451
- VOQUEZNA$249
- Echelon Flex$245
- Toothed Grasper, Magnetic Surgical System$230
- PRODISC L$216
- Enseal X1$151
- TITAN SGS BAILOUT CHUCK$141
- OviTex 2S$127
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$126
- EndoFlip$124
- VersaWrap$119
How this compares
$48,605 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,830 surgery providers in Texas.
Other surgery in Plano
- Dean CionePlano$322K
- Julianne SantarosaPlano$303K
- Michael HarkinsTomball$2.7M
- Douglas StoddardAustin$1.4M
- Steven FassAustin$989K
- Vineet ChoudhryAustin$851K
- Andy HawthorneRound Rock$843K
- Nancy MarquezAustin$700K
- Sachin KukrejaDallas$640K
- Alejandro EsquivelAustin$631K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.