Darryl Thomas, MD
Sports Medicine · Austin, TXNPI 1326029497
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (34.4%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 35 manufacturers reported payments, led by Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. at 39.2% of the total.
Across 203 payments — averaging $183.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.$15K
- Medinc Of Texas$3K
- Arthrex$3K
- Stryker$3K
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$2K
- plus $8K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,80034%
- Travel & lodging$7,67621%
- Food & beverage$11,81632%
- Education$4,87413%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 6 | $14,574 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 8 | $3,383 |
| Arthrex | 10 | $3,347 |
| Stryker | 28 | $2,948 |
| Smith+Nephew | 35 | $2,930 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $2,010 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 5 | $1,728 |
| Orthalign Inc | 16 | $1,233 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 15 | $1,081 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 19 | $1,048 |
| Bioventus LLC | 9 | $440 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 6 | $429 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $405 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 3 | $275 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $169 |
| Moximed, Inc | 3 | $165 |
| Vericel Corporation | 4 | $145 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $136 |
| Medline Industries LP | 3 | $98 |
| International Life Sciences | 1 | $95 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $72 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $71 |
| Core Surgical Group | 2 | $70 |
| Avanos Medical | 3 | $60 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 3 | $54 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $38 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
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.
- DSUVIA$2,000
- SMR Shoulder$1,669
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$1,371
- MICRORAPTOR$1,228
- Q-FIX$1,228
- HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET$612
- ROSA-Knee$595
- INSPACE$568
- NA$458
- AMISTEM$455
- MAKO$449
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$376
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$362
- BioBrace 23mm$306
- PRIMARY SHOULDER$296
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$215
- Catalyst TSR$153
- CINCHLOCK$150
- OTHER IMPLANTS KNEE & HIP OTHER$124
- SHOULDER IMPLANTS SPEEDBRIDGE BIO ANCHORS$121
How this compares
$37,166 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 32 | $391 |
| Ibuprofen | 37 | $197 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 25 | $130 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Austin
- John McDonaldAustin$499K
- Douglas ElenzAustin$129K
- James WalkerAustin$31K
- Thomas DeberardinoSan Antonio$3.5M
- Robert ScheinbergDallas$2.2M
- Walter LoweHouston$1.4M
- Reed BartzSunnyvale$1.2M
- James GregoryHouston$565K
- James McKinleyTyler$305K
- Kelechi OkorohaDallas$297K
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.