Ching-Wei Tzeng, MD
Surgical Oncology · Houston, TXNPI 1164636908
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (58.6%), consulting fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 39.3% of the total.
Across 41 payments — averaging $138.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Medtronic$831
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$614
- Dilon Technologies, Inc.$475
- Intera Oncology, Inc$156
- plus $361 from 4 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $27,000 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Sirtex Medical Inc$108K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,51527%
- Food & beverage$3,32159%
- Education$81314%
- Entertainment$210%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $2,229 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 6 | $1,003 |
| Medtronic | 12 | $831 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 6 | $614 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $475 |
| Intera Oncology, Inc | 1 | $156 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $125 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Hitachi Healthcare Americas Corp. | 1 | $21 |
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.
- DERMABOND$1,515
- Echelon Circular$1,515
- Harmonic$1,515
- MONOCRYL$1,515
- Da Vinci Surgical System$813
- Signia$755
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$478
- HemoBlast Bellows$475
- CODMAN CERTAS$343
- CUSA CLARITY$343
- DERMABOND PRINEO$230
- CODMAN HAKIM$173
- DURASEAL EXACT SPINAL SEALANT SYSTEM$173
- INTERA$156
- NON APPLICABLE$139
- Enseal$133
- Echelon Flex$117
- EVARREST$103
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$103
How this compares
$5,670 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 191 surgical oncology 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 surgical oncology in Houston
- Merrick RossHouston$216K
- Kelly HuntHouston$104K
- Michael KimHouston$51K
- Jeffrey GershenwaldHouston$50K
- Naruhiko IkomaHouston$48K
- Anthony LucciHouston$41K
- Helmi KhadraHouston$39K
- Hop Tran CaoHouston$32K
- Rosario HwangHouston$25K
- Amanda ArringtonHouston$13K
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.