Cody Covington, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · San Antonio, TXNPI 1265810725
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 49 payments — averaging $83.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pylant Medical$962
- Encore Medical, LP$792
- Stryker$506
- Mission Medical Distribution, LLC$482
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$343
- Arthrex$263
- plus $751 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,27531%
- Food & beverage$1,52037%
- Education$1,30532%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pylant Medical | 1 | $962 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 8 | $792 |
| Stryker | 11 | $506 |
| Mission Medical Distribution, LLC | 1 | $482 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $343 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $263 |
| Ortho Development Corporation | 1 | $133 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $123 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $120 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $59 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $47 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 2 | $28 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Axogen | 1 | $22 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $21 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
| Vertex | 1 | $15 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- DJO Surgical Empowr Knee System$407
- DJO SURGICAL$252
- GAMMA$164
- BKS TriMax$133
- Ovation Tribute$133
- Persona$123
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$120
- TRIATHLON$115
How this compares
$4,099 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 200 | $4,977 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 77 | $715 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 99 | $665 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 101 | $665 |
| Pregabalin | 36 | $310 |
| Gabapentin | 24 | $201 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 11 | $102 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 13 | $87 |
| Amoxicillin | 26 | $24 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $21 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in San Antonio
- Stephen BurkhartSan Antonio$185.3M
- Michael WirthSan Antonio$4.5M
- Charles BroomeSan Antonio$3.8M
- Christopher ChaputSan Antonio$1.1M
- Ravi KariaSan Antonio$1.1M
- Charles RockwoodSan Antonio$975K
- Frank ButtacavoliSan Antonio$932K
- Robert HartzlerSan Antonio$702K
- Bernard MorreySan Antonio$639K
- Animesh AgarwalSan Antonio$440K
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.