David Wimberley
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Houston, TXNPI 1023006491
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $2,171,025 of the $2,205,503 with a category attached, or 98.4%. Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. accounts for 72.9% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $480,203 and has fallen 56.9% since, to $206,923 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine 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 244 payments — averaging $9038.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$1.6M
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$547K
- Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC$31K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$11K
- Globus Medical$4K
- Highridge Medical LLC$1K
- plus $3K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$2,171,02598%
- Consulting fees$11,5021%
- Travel & lodging$15,4651%
- Food & beverage$7,4110%
- Education$990%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 36 | $1,608,730 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 100 | $547,289 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 7 | $30,964 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $10,752 |
| Globus Medical | 12 | $3,939 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 11 | $1,150 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 18 | $861 |
| Amgen | 37 | $523 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $413 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 2 | $245 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $200 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $130 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $120 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $77 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
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.
- SYNFIX Evolution$1,024,110
- SYNFIX$582,495
- Arsenal Degenerative$309,315
- Arsenal Deformity$224,141
- Arsenal Degen$213,933
- QUINTEX$30,964
- Other - Miscellaneous$8,227
- MULTIPLE$1,271
- Excelsius - GPS$927
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$534
- Medical Devices$364
- MOBI-C PLUG & FIT US$357
- Vital$348
- CREO$313
- INVICTUS OPEN$275
- Lateral$248
- Spine-None$200
- LIF$185
- Battalion PLIF - PS$164
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$130
How this compares
$2,205,503 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 207 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Texas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 319 | $7,562 |
| Pregabalin | 152 | $1,572 |
| Methylprednisolone | 191 | $1,228 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 100 | $1,074 |
| Celecoxib | 100 | $845 |
| Meloxicam | 94 | $467 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 29 | $330 |
| Ibuprofen | 31 | $181 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 17 | $175 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 33 | $103 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 24 | $72 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 13 | $23 |
| Diazepam | 21 | $21 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Houston
- Shah-Nawaz DodwadHouston$710K
- Leonard KibuuleHouston$621K
- Vivek KushwahaHouston$573K
- Robert MohrHouston$352K
- Bernhard MeyerHouston$238K
- Ryan StuckeyHouston$181K
- Rex MarcoHouston$174K
- Richard FrancisHouston$156K
- Ra'kerry RahmanHouston$45K
- Randall DryerAustin$2.9M
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.