Kyle Dickson, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Houston, TXNPI 1942302997
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 191 payments — averaging $5102.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$699K
- Advanced Orthopaedic Solutions, Inc.$249K
- Si-bone, Inc.$13K
- Stryker$7K
- Synthes GmbH$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- plus $3K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$936,07396%
- Consulting fees$19,5502%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5000%
- Travel & lodging$8,5911%
- Food & beverage$7,7151%
- Education$1,2000%
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 | 28 | $698,673 |
| Advanced Orthopaedic Solutions, Inc. | 13 | $249,101 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 9 | $13,344 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 74 | $7,310 |
| Synthes GmbH | 3 | $2,335 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 9 | $1,071 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 12 | $868 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 9 | $587 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 4 | $258 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $258 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $154 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $132 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $97 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $90 |
| Amgen | 7 | $87 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $84 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $44 |
| Vyaire Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Wound Management Technologies, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $7 |
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.
- ARTHREX$331,325
- GALILEO LAG SCREW, RIGHT, 10.5MM X 95MM$266,171
- GALILEO LAG SCREW, RIGHT, 10.5MM X 100MM$266,171
- AOS GALILEO LAG SCREW, RIGHT, 10.5mm x 90mm$143,867
- GALILEO LAG SCREW, RIGHT, 10.5mm x 105mm$143,867
- GALILEO LAG SCREW, RIGHT, 10.5mm x 85mm$143,867
- GALILEO TROCHANTERIC NAIL SYSTEM$135,874
- AOS PRODUCTS$113,227
- AOS GALILEO LAG SCREW 10.5MM X 95MM$84,035
- AOS GALILEO LAG SCREW 10.5MM X 90MM$84,035
- 1099-085$84,035
- AOS GALILEO LAG SCREW 10.5MM X 105MM$84,035
- AOS GALILEO LAG SCREW 10.5MM X 100MM$84,035
- iFuse Implant$13,212
- MAKO$2,752
- PRO$1,404
- Ortho Pak 2$1,000
- VARIAX$293
- NONE$290
- TRIATHLON$271
How this compares
$974,629 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 74 orthopaedic trauma 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 14 | $3,032 |
| Gabapentin | 236 | $2,574 |
| Pregabalin | 25 | $731 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 48 | $574 |
| Meloxicam | 158 | $375 |
| Diclofenac Sodium ErDiclofenac Sodium | 26 | $291 |
| Cephalexin | 23 | $194 |
| Ibuprofen | 13 | $109 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Houston
- John MunzHouston$1M
- Timothy AchorHouston$561K
- Jonathan EastmanHouston$361K
- Stephen WarnerHouston$357K
- Milton L RouttHouston$266K
- Andrew ChooHouston$262K
- James KellamHouston$94K
- Patrick KellamHouston$55K
- Doan NguyenHouston$7K
- Cory CollingeFort Worth$2.8M
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.