James Bennett
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery · The Woodlands, TXNPI 1962849786
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $50,790 of the $78,548 with a category attached, or 64.7%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 56.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $38,583 and has fallen 77.1% since, to $8,840 in 2025. Among pediatric orthopaedic 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 249 payments — averaging $315.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$45K
- Corelink, LLC$11K
- Medtronic$6K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$4K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$4K
- Globus Medical$3K
- plus $7K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$50,79065%
- Travel & lodging$21,16827%
- Food & beverage$6,5908%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 36 | $44,678 |
| Corelink, LLC | 20 | $11,089 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 85 | $6,045 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 14 | $4,000 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 6 | $3,631 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 29 | $2,606 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 14 | $2,385 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $1,633 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 13 | $1,126 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 7 | $544 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $213 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 3 | $209 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $137 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $68 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $53 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 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.
- SONOPET IQ$20,799
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$8,300
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$7,357
- Mariner Deformity$3,722
- Other - Miscellaneous$3,572
- The Tether$3,021
- Daytona Small Stature$2,363
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,709
- EXPEDIUM$1,368
- Excelsius - GPS$1,146
- Pulse$732
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$700
- NorthStar$633
- Mariner$633
- Mariner Outrigger$633
- CORE$529
- UNID_PASS$419
- 7D Surgical System$308
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$268
- Vital$213
How this compares
$78,548 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 82 pediatric orthopaedic surgery providers in Texas.
Other pediatric orthopaedic surgery in The Woodlands
- Brennan RoperThe Woodlands$11K
- Jon WallThe Woodlands$3K
- Gary BrockHouston$221K
- John HeflinEl Paso$202K
- Jaysson BrooksDallas$84K
- Jaclyn HillHouston$70K
- Brian KaufmanAustin$65K
- Scott RosenfeldHouston$31K
- John RoatenFort Worth$27K
- Margaret BaldwinHouston$23K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.