Darren Peterson
Surgery · Amarillo, TXNPI 1164538914
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $37,105 of the $51,040 with a category attached, or 72.7%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 56.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $14,691 and has fallen 68.4% since, to $4,636 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 115 payments — averaging $443.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$29K
- Medtronic$11K
- Johnson & Johnson$9K
- Covidien LP$2K
- Abbott$32
- Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.$31
- plus $108 from 7 others
Across 29 payments — averaging $3356.83 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.
- Johnson & Johnson$97K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$37,10573%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,30014%
- Travel & lodging$3,7887%
- Food & beverage$2,8476%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 23 | $28,996 |
| Medtronic | 39 | $11,289 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 31 | $8,982 |
| Covidien LP | 12 | $1,602 |
| Abbott | 1 | $32 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $17 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $12 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $12 |
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.
- LINX Reflux Management System$8,911
- Sonicision$1,200
- LigaSure$1,105
- Signia$430
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$120
- Endo GIA$107
- Signet$101
How this compares
$51,040 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,830 surgery providers in Texas.
Other surgery in Amarillo
- Bo NeichoyAmarillo$169K
- Matthew SchniederjanAmarillo$92K
- Michael HarkinsTomball$2.7M
- Douglas StoddardAustin$1.4M
- Steven FassAustin$989K
- Vineet ChoudhryAustin$851K
- Andy HawthorneRound Rock$843K
- Nancy MarquezAustin$700K
- Sachin KukrejaDallas$640K
- Alejandro EsquivelAustin$631K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.