Joshua Austin
Dentist · San Antonio, TXNPI 1053526905
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $881,066 of the $1,089,048 with a category attached, or 80.9%. Align Technology, Inc. accounts for 89.8% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $431,873, more than ten times the $18,519 reported in 2019. Among dentist 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 751 payments — averaging $1450.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Align Technology, Inc.$978K
- 3M Company$41K
- Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.$13K
- GC America Inc.$13K
- VOCO America Inc.$11K
- Henry Schein, Inc.$11K
- plus $22K from 11 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $1431.50 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.
- Align Technology, Inc.$10K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$23,4852%
- Speaking & faculty fees$881,06681%
- Travel & lodging$151,10314%
- Food & beverage$19,2412%
- Education$7,2761%
- Gifts$4,8370%
- Charitable contribution$900%
- Other$1,9500%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Align Technology, Inc. | 661 | $978,445 |
| 3M Company | 22 | $40,543 |
| Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. | 11 | $13,487 |
| GC America Inc. | 11 | $12,780 |
| VOCO America Inc. | 9 | $10,751 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 7 | $10,638 |
| Pulpdent Corporation | 3 | $6,250 |
| Tokuyama Dental America Inc. | 4 | $5,500 |
| Garrison Dental Solutions | 5 | $4,083 |
| Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $3,250 |
| Solventum Corporation | 5 | $1,669 |
| DMG America LLC | 1 | $1,052 |
| Hu-friedy Mfg. Co., LLC | 2 | $304 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $142 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 1 | $116 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 2 | $11 |
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.
- Invisalign$939,795
- Itero$32,761
- Scotchbond Universal Adhesive$23,921
- Filtek Universal Restorative$17,307
- Filtek One Bulk Fill Restorative$14,716
- Filtek Supreme Ultra Flowable Restorative Materials$11,602
- Scotchbond Universal Plus$11,500
- EQUIA$8,640
- Elipar DeepCure-S Dental Curing Light$8,205
- VOCO Retraction Paste$8,033
- Filtek Supreme Ultra Universal Restorative Materials$8,000
- Scotchbond Universal Etchant$6,000
- FILTEK ONE$5,500
- Filtek Supreme Ultra Universal Restorative$5,500
- Filtek$4,337
- 3M ESPE Filtek Supreme Ultra Universal Restorative$3,612
- GC Fuji Automix LC$3,488
- EQUIA Forte$3,000
- Futurabond U$2,500
- Bifix QM$2,500
How this compares
$1,089,048 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,816 dentist providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 22 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Monique GarciaSan Antonio$21K
- Kevin DonlySan Antonio$17K
- Jonathan FuSan Antonio$14K
- Ahmed SabbahSan Antonio$12K
- Xavier SaabHouston$1.5M
- Kyle Ranta StraitAustin$828K
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.