RxDoctor Payments Data

Isidoro Wiener

Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1457353294

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 23 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 11 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $641 and has fallen 67.4% since, to $209 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $2,700.

$1,970in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 23 payments — averaging $85.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Davol Inc.$468
  • Abbott$403
  • Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$234
  • Nevro Corp.$132
  • Sanofi$125
  • Baxter Healthcare$117
  • plus $491 from 5 others
$847,570in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 79 payments — averaging $10,729 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.

  • Grifols Biologicals LLC$270K
  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC$188K
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$187K
  • Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA$176K
  • Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$26K
  • Grifols Therapeutics LLC$574

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$1,970100%

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

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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.

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.

How this compares

$1,970 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 1,830 surgery providers in Texas.

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