Lorenzo Deveza
Orthopaedic Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1730539396
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (37.0%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Highridge Medical LLC at 30.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $9,475, 2.1 times the $4,537 reported in 2019.
Across 152 payments — averaging $134.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Highridge Medical LLC$6K
- Stryker$3K
- Medtronic$3K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$2K
- Globus Medical$2K
- plus $3K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,65023%
- Travel & lodging$7,27836%
- Food & beverage$7,57837%
- Education$9845%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Highridge Medical LLC | 13 | $6,158 |
| Stryker | 45 | $3,211 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $2,513 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 10 | $2,080 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 6 | $1,790 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 16 | $1,524 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 16 | $809 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 1 | $745 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 9 | $468 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $240 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $153 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $146 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $124 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $115 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $86 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 3 | $73 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $62 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Tracpatch Health, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- MOBI-C PLUG & FIT US$5,322
- CD HORIZON$1,947
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,739
- NorthStar$1,662
- Admiral$1,662
- Mariner MIS$1,662
- Shoreline ASC$964
- Mariner$964
- Vital$582
- ELSA, ELSA AL/ATP$548
- NONE$514
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$387
- MAKO$386
- INVICTUS OPEN$316
- T2$298
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM 6.0, SCREW, Carbon/PEEK, POLYAX., FEN., O 5.5 X 45 MM$181
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM, ROD, Carbon/PEEK, CURVED, 6.0 R450 X 200 MM$181
- KONG-TL VBR E, EXPANDABLE BODY, L, 19 MM X 27 - 37 MM$181
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, ROUND, L AND SCREW, 12 X 43 MM$181
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, RECTANGULAR, M AND SCREW, 12 X 33 MM$181
How this compares
$20,491 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,337 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 17 | $131 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 26 | $121 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $50 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Houston
- Stefan KreuzerHouston$6.2M
- Stephen IncavoHouston$4.3M
- Thomas EdwardsHouston$4.1M
- Adam FreedhandHouston$1.8M
- Jeffrey KozakHouston$1.1M
- Travis HansonHouston$1M
- Thomas TanousHouston$698K
- Alan RechterHouston$605K
- Ugonna IhekweazuHouston$544K
- Darrell HansonHouston$284K
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.