Gus Strauss, MD
Hand Surgery · College Station, TXNPI 1649769522
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,511 of the $7,665 with a category attached, or 71.9%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Axogen at 25.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,651 and has fallen 90.4% since, to $254 in 2025.
Across 89 payments — averaging $86.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Axogen$2K
- Medinc Of Texas$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$725
- Arthrex$709
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$248
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,03013%
- Food & beverage$5,51172%
- Education$1,12415%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axogen | 17 | $1,943 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 5 | $1,297 |
| Stryker | 17 | $1,169 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 8 | $725 |
| Arthrex | 17 | $709 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 3 | $248 |
| Coastal Medical Technologies LLC | 3 | $237 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $167 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $150 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $137 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $132 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 1 | $108 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $97 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 3 | $88 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $81 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $75 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Bioventus LLC | 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.
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,307
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$1,050
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$1,050
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$529
- INTEGRA$307
- Physio-Stim$261
- MAKO$238
- CellerateRx$163
- T2$162
- Foot Osteotomy Wedge System$155
- XIAFLEX$142
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$132
- NONE$129
- ETHICON$127
- STRATAFIX$127
- DERMABOND PRINEO$127
- SMR Shoulder$126
- EXPert Nail$123
- HOFFMANN$121
- Geminus$121
How this compares
$7,665 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 170 hand 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 17 | $95 |
| Meloxicam | 25 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in College Station
- David RingAustin$536K
- Kourosh JafarniaHouston$278K
- Brendan MackayLubbock$274K
- John FaillaceWoodway$212K
- Daniel KoehlerDallas$208K
- Timothy NiacarisArlington$160K
- Steven NiedermeierArlington$152K
- William PientkaFort Worth$113K
- Ann GoldenDallas$107K
- Cameron AtkinsonArlington$103K
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.