Joshua Russell, MD
Sports Medicine · Baytown, TXNPI 1407297039
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (43.7%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 56.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $24,802 and has fallen 99.3% since, to $164 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 146 payments — averaging $313.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$26K
- Pylant Medical$13K
- Medinc Of Texas$4K
- Stryker$2K
- Smith+Nephew$191
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$111
- plus $438 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$20,00044%
- Travel & lodging$4,70510%
- Food & beverage$3,7858%
- Education$17,27238%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 39 | $26,038 |
| Pylant Medical | 61 | $13,019 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 4 | $3,718 |
| Stryker | 18 | $2,247 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $191 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $111 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $71 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $66 |
| Vertex | 2 | $40 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $31 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
$45,762 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 53 | $577 |
| Celecoxib | 14 | $393 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 46 | $371 |
| Meloxicam | 97 | $181 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Baytown
- 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.