Christopher Flowers, MD
Sports Medicine · Denton, TXNPI 1538458567
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (43.0%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Genentech, Inc. at 43.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $4,781 and has fallen 87.0% since, to $620 in 2025.
Across 102 payments — averaging $105.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Genentech, Inc.$5K
- Pylant Medical$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Arthrex$601
- Johnson & Johnson$505
- Zynex Medical, Inc.$228
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,62043%
- Travel & lodging$1,02210%
- Food & beverage$3,91236%
- Education$1,20011%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $4,620 |
| Pylant Medical | 13 | $2,263 |
| Stryker | 20 | $1,018 |
| Arthrex | 9 | $601 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $505 |
| Zynex Medical, Inc. | 1 | $228 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $207 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $157 |
| Davol Inc. | 4 | $138 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $133 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 9 | $131 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $129 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $87 |
| Bodycad USA Corp | 1 | $78 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Amgen | 3 | $64 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $48 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 3 | $36 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $26 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Precision Medical Products, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $3 |
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.
- Non-Covered Product$4,620
- MAKO$310
- Nexwave$228
- Fibulink$149
- FIBERGRAFT Aeridyan Matrix$149
- NA$149
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$139
- Stimulan$137
- INSPACE$131
- VISTASEAL$110
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$106
How this compares
$10,754 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 437 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ArexvyRsvpref3 Antigen/As01e/Pf | 17 | $4,980 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 21 | $226 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $134 |
| Meloxicam | 32 | $100 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 15 | $90 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Denton
- Thomas DeberardinoSan Antonio$3.5M
- Robert ScheinbergDallas$2.2M
- Walter LoweHouston$1.4M
- Reed BartzSunnyvale$1.2M
- James GregoryHouston$565K
- John McDonaldAustin$499K
- James McKinleyTyler$305K
- Kelechi OkorohaDallas$297K
- Leon PaulosPearland$289K
- Marc LabbeThe Woodlands$238K
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.