Joseph Hsieh, MD
Neurological Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1699901959
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,171 of the $2,680 with a category attached, or 81.0%. Globus Medical accounts for 92.6% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,190, more than ten times the $26 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $3,746.
Across 10 payments — averaging $267.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$2K
- Stryker$129
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$44
- Acorda Therapeutics, Inc$14
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$12
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,17181%
- Food & beverage$50919%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 5 | $2,481 |
| Stryker | 1 | $129 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 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.
- ELSA$2,060
- UNIVERSAL NEURO 3$129
- NA$129
How this compares
$2,680 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 582 neurological 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 41 | $430 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Houston
- Andrew RoeserHouston$660K
- Paul HolmanHouston$516K
- Taylor GistHouston$447K
- Meng HuangHouston$324K
- Laurence RhinesHouston$322K
- Omar TanweerHouston$254K
- Jeremy WangHouston$231K
- Alexander RopperHouston$208K
- Fangyi ZhangHouston$192K
- Ashwin ViswanathanHouston$185K
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.