John Heflin
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery · El Paso, TXNPI 1588840102
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $174,393 of the $202,392 with a category attached, or 86.2%. Orthopediatrics Corp. accounts for 85.0% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. 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 91 payments — averaging $2224.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$172K
- Globus Medical$14K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$8K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$6K
- Brainlab, Inc.$831
- Johnson & Johnson$468
- plus $1K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$174,39386%
- Consulting fees$20,54310%
- Travel & lodging$5,4183%
- Food & beverage$2,0391%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 20 | $172,130 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 35 | $14,061 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $7,678 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 7 | $6,067 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 5 | $831 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $468 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $367 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 2 | $195 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 2 | $189 |
| Stryker | 4 | $170 |
| Spineguard, Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| GS Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $86 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $37 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $22 |
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.
- Orthopediatric Implants$9,970
- Rod Link Reducer$8,438
- EXPEDIUM$7,718
- NAVIGATION$7,605
- PORD Device$4,500
- TrueLok Ring Fixation System$4,043
- OSCAR3$2,500
- Pennig Minifixator$2,500
- Pertrochanteric Fixator$2,500
- AHN$2,000
- Small DAF$2,000
- ProCallus Fixator$2,000
- Prefix 2$2,000
- Excelsius - GPS$1,976
- CREO MCS, Fenestrated, Sideloading$1,581
- TL-HEX$1,543
- CREO Side Loading$755
- CREO$645
- The Tether$364
- Other - Miscellaneous$144
How this compares
$202,392 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 82 pediatric orthopaedic surgery providers in Texas.
Other pediatric orthopaedic surgery in El Paso
- Ikechukwu OnyedikaEl Paso$14K
- Gary BrockHouston$221K
- Jaysson BrooksDallas$84K
- James BennettThe Woodlands$79K
- Jaclyn HillHouston$70K
- Brian KaufmanAustin$65K
- Scott RosenfeldHouston$31K
- John RoatenFort Worth$27K
- Margaret BaldwinHouston$23K
- Antony AntonyHouston$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.