Francis Buckley, MD
Surgery · Austin, TXNPI 1104816008
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $143,327 of the $168,633 with a category attached, or 85.0%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 44.3% of the total. Among surgery 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 167 payments — averaging $1009.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$75K
- Johnson & Johnson$37K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$19K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$9K
- Medtronic$8K
- Intuitive Surgical$6K
- plus $16K from 15 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $5856.67 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.
- TELA Bio, Inc.$10K
- Johnson & Johnson$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$143,32785%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,6306%
- Travel & lodging$3,1592%
- Food & beverage$7,5174%
- Education$4,0002%
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. | 40 | $74,755 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 41 | $37,067 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 13 | $18,867 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 10 | $8,752 |
| Medtronic | 9 | $7,879 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 12 | $5,538 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $5,400 |
| Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc. | 4 | $5,306 |
| Covidien LP | 9 | $1,452 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 5 | $1,000 |
| Davol Inc. | 9 | $829 |
| Asensus Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $707 |
| Mauna Kea Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $248 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 1 | $154 |
| Ambu Inc. | 3 | $143 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $140 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $134 |
| Evoendo, Inc | 1 | $120 |
| Stryker | 1 | $83 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $31 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $27 |
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$62,255
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$14,571
- ESOPHYX$6,300
- EndoMAXX Stent and Delivery System$5,400
- Da Vinci Surgical System$5,052
- GORE ENFORM Preperitoneal Biomaterial$4,684
- OviTex 2S$4,151
- BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$3,655
- GORE BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$3,491
- GORE SYNECOR Biomaterial$3,204
- Evident$1,275
- Senhance Surgical Robotics System$707
- EndoFlip$594
- Phasix Mesh$380
- PHASIX$368
- Sonicision$242
- BD MAX$149
- LigaSure$143
- VOQUEZNA$114
How this compares
$168,633 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,830 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 11 | $4,772 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 34 | $637 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 29 | $292 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 31 | $100 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Austin
- Douglas StoddardAustin$1.4M
- Steven FassAustin$989K
- Vineet ChoudhryAustin$851K
- Nancy MarquezAustin$700K
- Alejandro EsquivelAustin$631K
- Francis BuzadAustin$198K
- Eric AchesonAustin$113K
- Michael HarkinsTomball$2.7M
- Andy HawthorneRound Rock$843K
- Sachin KukrejaDallas$640K
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.