RxDoctor Payments Data

Doan Nguyen, MD

Orthopaedic Trauma · Houston, TXNPI 1619945896

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,531 of the $6,996 with a category attached, or 64.8%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 39.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,556 and has fallen 80.1% since, to $508 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic trauma clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $14,950.

$6,996in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 142 payments — averaging $49.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Zimmer Biomet$3K
  • Stryker$2K
  • Johnson & Johnson$1K
  • Kerecis Limited$163
  • AbbVie$100
  • Medinc Of Texas$95
  • plus $458 from 14 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$1,83626%
  • Food & beverage$4,53165%
  • Education$6299%

Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.

General payments by program year

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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.

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.

How this compares

$6,996 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 74 orthopaedic trauma providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$175,187
Medicare patients
230
Services billed
1,098

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen291$2,533
Diclofenac Sodium48$1,483
Colchicine11$992
Gabapentin77$859
Meloxicam288$610
Pregabalin20$608
Tramadol Hcl127$376
Doxycycline Hyclate23$278
Cephalexin12$260
Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine40$259
Ibuprofen12$47
Methocarbamol13$18
Prednisone16$13

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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