Craig Pearl
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1447744917
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $27,520 of the $37,847 with a category attached, or 72.7%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 86.0% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $23,350, more than ten times the $699 reported in 2019. Among oral and maxillofacial surgery clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 121 payments — averaging $312.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$33K
- Kls-martin L.p.$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$396
- Immersivetouch, Inc.$172
- plus $530 from 9 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $500.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Techmah CMF, LLC$500
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,37914%
- Food & beverage$4,94813%
- Education$27,52073%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 55 | $32,545 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 11 | $1,489 |
| Stryker | 12 | $1,475 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 16 | $1,240 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 13 | $396 |
| Immersivetouch, Inc. | 1 | $172 |
| Southern Implants North America Inc | 1 | $142 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $87 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Acell, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Axogen | 2 | $59 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 1 | $27 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 1 | $26 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 1 | $25 |
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.
- TMJ SYSTEM$30,376
- AdvantageRib$532
- DELTA$517
- MATRIXCOMBO$438
- VSP SYSTEM, VSP CRANIAL$283
- MATRIXMANDIBLE$254
- TRUMATCH$249
- Walter$244
- CUSTOM IMPLANTS$173
- ImmersiveTouch$172
- Provata$142
- Inverta$142
- CMF Orthognathic$140
- Pectus Bar Bending Forceps, Standard$136
How this compares
$37,847 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 591 oral and maxillofacial 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 33 | $108 |
| Amoxicillin | 15 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other oral and maxillofacial surgery in Houston
- James MelvilleHouston$239K
- David AlfiHouston$58K
- Frank FrishkeyHouston$17K
- Jonathan ShumHouston$10K
- Nagi DemianHouston$10K
- Tareq Izzat BeckHouston$10K
- Mark WongHouston$7K
- Pedro FrancoIrving$91K
- Fayette WilliamsFort Worth$74K
- Craig BuchmannKeller$69K
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.