Kirsten Ross
Orthopaedic Surgery · Austin, TXNPI 1538513403
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 52.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $32,204, more than ten times the $708 reported in 2021. Among orthopaedic surgery 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 333 payments — averaging $184.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$32K
- Medtronic$22K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$4K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Globus Medical$828
- Stryker$260
- plus $192 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$29,02247%
- Travel & lodging$19,27231%
- Food & beverage$13,02021%
- Education$220%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 47 | $32,271 |
| Medtronic | 238 | $22,227 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 12 | $3,577 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 24 | $1,981 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 8 | $828 |
| Stryker | 2 | $260 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $98 |
| Core Surgical Group | 1 | $95 |
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.
- Velys$5,112
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$3,744
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$2,861
- ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$1,329
- UNID_PASS$1,064
- RELINE$596
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$492
- MIDAS REX$309
- CLYDESDALE PTC SPINAL SYSTEM$291
- VIPER$287
- EXPEDIUM$272
- CD HORIZON$269
- XIA 3$260
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$148
- NA$145
- Vivigen MIS Delivery System$131
- ACIS$124
- STRYKER NAV3$112
- MAGEC Spinal Bracing and Distraction System$109
How this compares
$61,336 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,337 orthopaedic surgery providers in Texas.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Austin
- Robert GrahamAustin$6.3M
- Eric HeinrichAustin$907K
- David DodginAustin$704K
- Stephen BurkhartSan Antonio$185.3M
- Kirby HittTemple$9.1M
- Richard JonesDallas$6.3M
- Stefan KreuzerHouston$6.2M
- Michael WirthSan Antonio$4.5M
- Stephen IncavoHouston$4.3M
- Thomas EdwardsHouston$4.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.