Christian Ibanez
Hand Surgery · Katy, TXNPI 1265939276
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 41 payments — averaging $79.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$1K
- Medinc Of Texas$529
- Axogen$424
- Stryker$253
- Alafair Biosciences, Inc.$168
- Acumed LLC$161
- plus $339 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,13635%
- Food & beverage$2,10765%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 20 | $1,368 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 7 | $529 |
| Axogen | 3 | $424 |
| Stryker | 2 | $253 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $168 |
| Acumed LLC | 4 | $161 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $132 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Medartis Inc. | 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.
- ACUMED$252
- VersaWrap$168
- VARIAX$162
- GAMMA$162
- Restrata Wound Matrix$135
- Geminus$132
- Align$132
- IJS$132
- Implate$132
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$131
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$131
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$131
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$131
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$131
How this compares
$3,243 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th 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.
Other hand surgery in Katy
- Brendan MackayLubbock$547K
- David RingAustin$536K
- John FaillaceWoodway$434K
- Kourosh JafarniaHouston$278K
- Timothy NiacarisArlington$239K
- Daniel KoehlerDallas$208K
- Steven NiedermeierArlington$169K
- William PientkaFort Worth$168K
- Ann GoldenDallas$107K
- Cameron AtkinsonArlington$103K
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.