Luis Fernandez, MD
Trauma Surgery · Tyler, TXNPI 1730131681
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (49.6%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by KCI USA, Inc. at 52.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $124,964 and has fallen 55.8% since, to $55,265 in 2025. Among trauma surgery clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 370 payments — averaging $1333.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- KCI USA, Inc.$257K
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$72K
- Solventum Corporation$67K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$44K
- Urgo Medical North America, LLC$42K
- AstraZeneca$9K
- plus $3K from 18 others
Across 17 payments — averaging $7798.59 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- CSL Behring$117K
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$15K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$189,79038%
- Speaking & faculty fees$244,76850%
- Travel & lodging$40,1408%
- Food & beverage$7,4872%
- Education$11,2992%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KCI USA, Inc. | 205 | $257,256 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 43 | $71,893 |
| Solventum Corporation | 32 | $67,257 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 22 | $43,832 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 17 | $42,122 |
| AstraZeneca | 17 | $8,596 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $544 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $304 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $275 |
| Stryker | 2 | $275 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $150 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $137 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $118 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| My01 Inc. | 2 | $113 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $98 |
| Next Science LLC | 3 | $98 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $56 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $37 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $17 |
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.
- PREVENA$154,136
- ABTHERA$100,359
- V.A.C. VERAFLO$80,633
- Restrata Wound Matrix$71,515
- V.A.C. VERAFLO CLEANSE CHOICE$51,129
- V.A.C. ULTA$37,615
- ABTHERA ADVANCE$35,646
- V.A.C. DERMATAC$32,579
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$29,628
- VASHE WOUND SOLUTION 250 ML (8.5 FL OZ) FLIP TOP CAP$27,422
- VAC VERAFLO$27,308
- VAC VERAFLO CLEANSE CHOICE$16,592
- ACTIV.A.C.$16,350
- Vashe$14,700
- OviTex 2S$14,000
- 3M Cavilon$12,112
- 3M SoluPrep$11,212
- PROMOGRAN PRISMA$11,026
- DERMATAC$9,739
- Tegaderm$8,650
How this compares
$493,484 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 108 trauma 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.
Other trauma surgery in Tyler
- Robert EllisTyler$4K
- Melissa CloonanTyler$3K
- Afshan HussainTyler$3K
- Billy MorganWaco$122K
- Sudeep BurmanAustin$72K
- Jennifer MoffettHouston$68K
- Michael WandlingHouston$25K
- Michael EricksonGalveston$18K
- Ryan KennedyDallas$18K
- Thomas GoaleyMansfield$17K
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.