Christopher Blair, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Richardson, TXNPI 1225189731
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 81 payments — averaging $55.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$2K
- Medwest Associates$1K
- Stryker$590
- Smith+Nephew$293
- Johnson & Johnson$246
- Microport Orthopedics Inc$160
- plus $465 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,27328%
- Food & beverage$2,01345%
- Education$1,20027%
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 | $1,532 |
| Medwest Associates | 1 | $1,200 |
| Stryker | 24 | $590 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $293 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 8 | $246 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $160 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $87 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| Pylant Medical | 1 | $75 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $68 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $35 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Vertex | 1 | $18 |
| Kinex Medical Company LLC | 2 | $13 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| CPM Medical Consultants, LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
$4,486 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 1,337 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 655 | $1,841 |
| Celecoxib | 29 | $425 |
| Pregabalin | 29 | $320 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 65 | $224 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 34 | $219 |
| Mupirocin | 25 | $196 |
| Methylprednisolone | 23 | $146 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 28 | $146 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 36 | $130 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $75 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Richardson
- Stephen BurkhartSan Antonio$185.3M
- Kirby HittTemple$9.1M
- J Richard EvansonPlano$8.1M
- Stefan KreuzerHouston$7M
- Robert GrahamAustin$6.3M
- Richard JonesDallas$6.3M
- Howard HarrisBedford$4.6M
- Tiffany HuynhHouston$4.6M
- Michael WirthSan Antonio$4.5M
- Stephen IncavoHouston$4.3M
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.