Christopher Hopkins, MD
Hand Surgery · Mansfield, TXNPI 1568723468
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $13,626 of the $21,574 with a category attached, or 63.2%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Skeletal Dynamics Inc at 56.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $10,081, 2.7 times the $3,739 reported in 2019.
Across 121 payments — averaging $178.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$12K
- Pylant Medical$3K
- Advanced Orthopaedic Solutions, Inc.$2K
- Axogen$1K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$748
- Amgen$476
- plus $2K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,0005%
- Travel & lodging$3,47816%
- Food & beverage$3,47016%
- Education$13,62663%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 8 | $12,143 |
| Pylant Medical | 10 | $3,270 |
| Advanced Orthopaedic Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $1,911 |
| Axogen | 3 | $1,499 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 6 | $748 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 49 | $476 |
| Arthrex | 10 | $398 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 12 | $342 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 8 | $273 |
| Stryker | 3 | $150 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $144 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $89 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $33 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $24 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- Geminus$11,913
- Align$11,913
- IJS$11,913
- Implate$11,913
- AOS PRODUCTS$1,911
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,499
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$1,499
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$1,499
- FREEDOM WRIST$675
- External Fixation System$675
- Kerecis SurgiClose$575
- PYRO MCP$433
- TSSM - TOTAL SHOULDER SYSTEM METAL$433
- TITAN-SHOULDER$433
- XIAFLEX$296
- Kerecis GraftGuide$144
- VARIAX$101
How this compares
$21,574 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 216 | $1,289 |
| Methylprednisolone | 75 | $612 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 38 | $93 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 15 | $60 |
| Meloxicam | 29 | $54 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Mansfield
- David RingAustin$536K
- Kourosh JafarniaHouston$278K
- Brendan MackayLubbock$274K
- John FaillaceWoodway$212K
- Daniel KoehlerDallas$208K
- Timothy NiacarisArlington$160K
- Steven NiedermeierArlington$152K
- William PientkaFort Worth$113K
- 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.