Joe Bramhall, MD
Sports Medicine · Bryan, TXNPI 1558350181
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (55.9%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medinc Of Texas at 48.0% of the total.
Across 63 payments — averaging $112.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medinc Of Texas$3K
- Arthrex$3K
- Stryker$156
- Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC$122
- Johnson & Johnson$87
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$69
- plus $144 from 5 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $709.50 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.
- Smith+Nephew$1K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,96956%
- Food & beverage$1,52221%
- Education$1,60923%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medinc Of Texas | 12 | $3,407 |
| Arthrex | 36 | $3,115 |
| Stryker | 1 | $156 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $87 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $69 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $60 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $29 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $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.
- TRITANIUM$156
How this compares
$7,100 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 437 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 47 | $495 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 25 | $370 |
| Methylprednisolone | 20 | $137 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 27 | $79 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $73 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Bryan
- Thomas DeberardinoSan Antonio$3.5M
- Robert ScheinbergDallas$2.2M
- Walter LoweHouston$1.4M
- Reed BartzSunnyvale$1.2M
- James GregoryHouston$565K
- John McDonaldAustin$499K
- James McKinleyTyler$305K
- Kelechi OkorohaDallas$297K
- Leon PaulosPearland$289K
- Marc LabbeThe Woodlands$238K
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.