Jesse Smith, MD
Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1932256815
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $69,813 of the $73,217 with a category attached, or 95.4%. GSK accounts for 70.8% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $24,150 and has fallen 51.4% since, to $11,727 in 2025. Among 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 21 payments — averaging $3486.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$52K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$13K
- Regeneron$5K
- Biontech SE$3K
- Kls-martin L.p.$56
- Axogen$29
- plus $26 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$69,81395%
- Travel & lodging$2,8954%
- Food & beverage$5091%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 7 | $51,821 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $13,384 |
| Regeneron | 5 | $4,689 |
| Biontech SE | 4 | $3,212 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $56 |
| Axogen | 1 | $29 |
| Stryker | 1 | $26 |
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.
- JEMPERLI$33,548
- Echelon Circular$13,384
- Endopath Xcel$13,384
- Harmonic$13,384
- LIBTAYO$4,491
How this compares
$73,217 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,830 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.
Other surgery in Houston
- James SuliburkHouston$161K
- Funda MericHouston$141K
- Jonathan StahlHouston$105K
- Richard KnightHouston$103K
- Tanyaradzwa KajeseHouston$92K
- Michael HarkinsTomball$2.7M
- Douglas StoddardAustin$1.4M
- Steven FassAustin$989K
- Vineet ChoudhryAustin$851K
- Andy HawthorneRound Rock$843K
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.