Jean-Paul Lefave, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1588892574
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (42.2%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 76.3% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 144 payments — averaging $329.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$36K
- Applied Medical Resources Corporation$4K
- Axonics, Inc.$2K
- THD America, Inc.$2K
- Davol Inc.$693
- Johnson & Johnson$553
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,00042%
- Travel & lodging$10,29622%
- Food & beverage$6,71714%
- Education$10,37022%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 71 | $36,131 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 1 | $4,000 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 18 | $2,316 |
| THD America, Inc. | 14 | $1,770 |
| Davol Inc. | 4 | $693 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $553 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 7 | $407 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $318 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $247 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $172 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $161 |
| Activ Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $124 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $102 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $21 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 1 | $21 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$30,906
- GELPOINT$4,000
- GELPOINT PATH$4,000
- KII FIOS$4,000
- DA VINCI SP$3,800
- Axonics$2,078
- PHASIX$684
- Bulkamid$654
- Kerecis SurgiClose$643
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$321
- Echelon Flex$263
- Kerecis GraftGuide$161
- Signia$156
- ActivSight$145
- SmartAblateTM System RF Generator$138
- Enseal X1$125
- ALLODERM$124
- ThunderBeat$115
- EXPAREL$102
How this compares
$47,383 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 200 colon & rectal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 11 | $1,752 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 25 | $1,460 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Eric HaasHouston$140K
- Theodoros VoloyiannisHouston$100K
- Scott McKnightHouston$73K
- Tsuyoshi KonishiHouston$68K
- George ChangHouston$31K
- Michael SnyderHouston$24K
- Marianne CusickHouston$22K
- Joshua CourseyHouston$13K
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.