Ian Whitney, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Boerne, TXNPI 1346477452
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 568 payments — averaging $373.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$130K
- Stryker$75K
- Arthrex$2K
- Medinc Of Texas$1K
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$1K
- Encore Medical, LP$857
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$68,04532%
- Travel & lodging$50,14024%
- Food & beverage$22,23410%
- Education$71,66034%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 172 | $130,397 |
| Stryker | 329 | $74,563 |
| Arthrex | 19 | $1,620 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 4 | $1,412 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $1,152 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $857 |
| Embody, Inc. | 5 | $591 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $421 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 2 | $245 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $153 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $125 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $95 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $31 |
| Vertex | 1 | $30 |
| Mission Medical Distribution, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $12 |
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.
- TAPESTRY$77,467
- MAKO$41,133
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$14,413
- Juggerknotless Soft Anchor$14,366
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$8,961
- Samples Biologics$5,047
- REUNION$3,937
- mymobility Platform$3,375
- G7$1,852
- TRIATHLON$1,058
- Zynrelef$1,050
- INSPACE$1,036
- T2$886
- DJO SURGICAL$857
- ICONIX$513
- NA$445
- SALVATION$426
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$424
- NONE$388
- ALPHAVENT$339
How this compares
$212,079 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naproxen | 252 | $2,386 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 137 | $1,421 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 221 | $1,331 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 44 | $1,260 |
| Gabapentin | 208 | $1,232 |
| Celecoxib | 27 | $1,052 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 176 | $570 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 53 | $374 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $227 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $201 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 21 | $74 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Boerne
- Stephen BurkhartSan Antonio$185.3M
- Kirby HittTemple$9.1M
- J Richard EvansonPlano$8.1M
- Stefan KreuzerHouston$7M
- Robert GrahamAustin$6.3M
- Richard JonesDallas$6.3M
- Howard HarrisBedford$4.6M
- Tiffany HuynhHouston$4.6M
- Michael WirthSan Antonio$4.5M
- Stephen IncavoHouston$4.3M
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.