Henry Whitener, DO
Surgery · Tahlequah, OKNPI 1508248089
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (43.2%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 41.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $10,723 and has fallen 85.2% since, to $1,585 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in OK 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 206 payments — averaging $135.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$12K
- Stryker$3K
- Pylant Medical$3K
- Arthrex$3K
- Shoulder Innovations, Inc.$2K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$2K
- plus $4K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,14233%
- Food & beverage$6,76224%
- Education$12,10043%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 82 | $11,747 |
| Stryker | 45 | $3,277 |
| Pylant Medical | 16 | $3,065 |
| Arthrex | 24 | $2,628 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 4 | $2,074 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 10 | $1,595 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $1,518 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 9 | $1,114 |
| Davol Inc. | 8 | $412 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $172 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $154 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Omnilife Science, Inc | 1 | $92 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $44 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $14 |
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.
- InSet System$2,074
- NA$1,201
- AMISTEM$1,092
- Avenir$972
- CORI$943
- OR3O$943
- R3$943
- Journey II BCS$734
- SMF$734
- SALVATION$321
- Journey II CR$209
- Anthology$209
- INSPACE$174
- AIR$174
- BIO4$173
- VersaWrap$154
- CROSSFIRE$152
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$142
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$137
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$131
How this compares
$28,004 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 290 surgery providers in Oklahoma.
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 | 94 | $1,268 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 56 | $376 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 21 | $162 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $94 |
| Ibuprofen | 28 | $83 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Tahlequah
- Craig JohnsonTulsa$573K
- Eugene DickensTulsa$456K
- William JenningsTulsa$412K
- John LangClaremore$160K
- Bryce MurrayTulsa$152K
- Steven FeherTulsa$50K
- Samuel PangburnTulsa$50K
- Jared LepleyTulsa$48K
- Christopher CareyOklahoma City$39K
- Tom ConnallyNorman$38K
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.