Kyle Woerner, MD
Hand Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1669722492
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.3%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 32.1% of the total.
Across 133 payments — averaging $137.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$6K
- Globus Medical$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Medinc Of Texas$1K
- Axogen$884
- Acumed LLC$689
- plus $3K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,13812%
- Travel & lodging$3,33318%
- Food & beverage$8,27645%
- Education$4,51825%
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 | 19 | $5,864 |
| Globus Medical | 16 | $4,219 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 31 | $2,267 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 8 | $1,287 |
| Axogen | 12 | $884 |
| Acumed LLC | 8 | $689 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 5 | $629 |
| Stryker | 6 | $604 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 5 | $351 |
| BD | 1 | $181 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $161 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $151 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $151 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $147 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $137 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 4 | $78 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $41 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $39 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $21 |
| Vertex | 1 | $19 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Anthem$3,360
- VA-LCP$938
- ACUMED$640
- Geminus$433
- Align$433
- IJS$433
- Implate$433
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$277
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$277
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$277
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$277
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$277
- Distal Radius II$262
- T2$259
- INnate Implant$251
- Distal Radius Plate$234
- Channel Drain$181
- VersaWrap$168
- VARIAX$157
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$151
How this compares
$18,264 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 170 hand 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 | 24 | $177 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Houston
- Kourosh JafarniaHouston$278K
- Adil AhmedHouston$30K
- Andrea TianHouston$26K
- Adam SharHouston$16K
- Scott MitchellHouston$12K
- Darshan PatelHouston$12K
- Ashton MansourHouston$11K
- Mark KhorsandiHouston$10K
- James BennettHouston$10K
- Randy LuoHouston$8K
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.