Earl Kilbride, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Austin, TXNPI 1649262536
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $80,518 of the $114,537 with a category attached, or 70.3%. 35 manufacturers reported payments, led by Curonix LLC at 41.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $38,770, 9.0 times the $4,304 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic 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 350 payments — averaging $327.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Curonix LLC$48K
- Exactech, Inc.$23K
- Abbott$19K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$14K
- Stryker$4K
- Medinc Of Texas$3K
- plus $5K from 29 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $2272.61 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.
- Curonix LLC$20K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$80,51870%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,2507%
- Travel & lodging$8,3437%
- Food & beverage$15,48614%
- Education$1,9412%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Curonix LLC | 67 | $47,854 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 21 | $22,647 |
| Abbott | 80 | $18,610 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 39 | $14,004 |
| Stryker | 59 | $4,259 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 6 | $2,544 |
| International Life Sciences | 1 | $821 |
| Smith+Nephew | 10 | $560 |
| Core Surgical Group | 6 | $413 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 4 | $319 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $319 |
| Arthrex | 6 | $313 |
| Orthalign Inc | 3 | $312 |
| Shalby Advanced Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $191 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $168 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $151 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 11 | $143 |
| Abanza Inc. | 1 | $140 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 7 | $137 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $136 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $80 |
| ERMI LLC | 2 | $75 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $66 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $26 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $20 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $14 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| BD | 1 | $13 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$47,411
- ALTEON$13,532
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$13,434
- PROCLAIM$12,331
- EXACTECHGPS$5,000
- Infinity DBS Pulse Generators$2,813
- TRULIANT$2,500
- REUNION$2,363
- Proclaim IPG$1,122
- IonicRF Generator$750
- EQUINOXE$709
- NOVATION HIP$554
- CONSENSUS KNEE SYSTEM$382
- CKS- Vitalite$382
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$239
- StimQ Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US Receiver$239
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$239
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$239
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$239
- PENTA$208
How this compares
$114,537 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,337 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 209 | $2,409 |
| Celecoxib | 79 | $1,343 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 103 | $736 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 67 | $596 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 26 | $206 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 66 | $204 |
| Methylprednisolone | 29 | $151 |
| Gabapentin | 14 | $76 |
| Methocarbamol | 15 | $56 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $52 |
| Amoxicillin | 17 | $21 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Austin
- Robert GrahamAustin$6.3M
- Eric HeinrichAustin$907K
- David DodginAustin$704K
- Stephen BurkhartSan Antonio$185.3M
- Kirby HittTemple$9.1M
- Richard JonesDallas$6.3M
- Stefan KreuzerHouston$6.2M
- Michael WirthSan Antonio$4.5M
- Stephen IncavoHouston$4.3M
- Thomas EdwardsHouston$4.1M
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.