Lauren Hinojosa, MD
Surgery of the Hand · Webster, TXNPI 1033379284
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (47.4%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Synthes GmbH accounts for 69.3% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,627 and has fallen 82.5% since, to $284 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery of the hand clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $2,480.
Across 30 payments — averaging $70.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$1K
- Amgen$347
- Stryker$81
- Globus Medical$55
- Acumed LLC$50
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$37
- plus $78 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,00047%
- Travel & lodging$33216%
- Food & beverage$77937%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 3 | $1,463 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 18 | $347 |
| Stryker | 2 | $81 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $55 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $50 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $37 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Axogen | 1 | $25 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
How this compares
$2,111 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 68 surgery of the hand 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 85 | $503 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 39 | $425 |
| Meloxicam | 46 | $97 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 12 | $51 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery of the hand in Webster
- Yevgeny ShuhatovichWebster$3K
- Desirae McKeeLubbock$59K
- Stuart HilliardDenton$21K
- Harrison KayAustin$19K
- Suresh KoneruSan Antonio$17K
- Dustin RayDallas$15K
- Laurence WeiderDallas$13K
- Andrew ZhangDallas$11K
- James HovisArlington$11K
- James LinSpring$10K
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.