Charles Sauer
Dentist · Amarillo, TXNPI 1033193842
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $256,170 of the $303,936 with a category attached, or 84.3%. Align Technology, Inc. accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among dentist clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 174 payments — averaging $1746.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Align Technology, Inc.$304K
- Henry Schein, Inc.$87
- Straumann USA LLC$26
- Zimvie Inc.$14
- GC America Inc.$12
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1500%
- Speaking & faculty fees$256,17084%
- Travel & lodging$36,14812%
- Food & beverage$11,0264%
- Education$2500%
- Gifts$1020%
- Charitable contribution$900%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Align Technology, Inc. | 170 | $303,797 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| GC America Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Invisalign$296,317
- Itero$6,289
How this compares
$303,936 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,816 dentist providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 60 | $215 |
| Cephalexin | 17 | $168 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dentist in Amarillo
- Xavier SaabHouston$1.5M
- Joshua AustinSan Antonio$1.1M
- Kyle Ranta StraitAustin$828K
- David LittleSan Antonio$512K
- Chad DuplantisFort Worth$327K
- Charles MaupinLubbock$311K
- Brett TitensorFlower Mound$228K
- Todd EhrlichAustin$199K
- Frank HigginbottomDallas$174K
- Amy RidallHouston$141K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.