Melvyn Harrington, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1851365258
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 469 payments — averaging $247.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$90K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$13K
- Stryker$8K
- ERMI LLC$1K
- Conformis, Inc.$1K
- Heraeus Medical, LLC.$869
- plus $2K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$77,00066%
- Travel & lodging$19,74517%
- Food & beverage$19,16717%
- Education$170%
- Gifts$1850%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 202 | $89,562 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 39 | $12,900 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 151 | $8,356 |
| ERMI LLC | 6 | $1,180 |
| Conformis, Inc. | 8 | $1,016 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 17 | $869 |
| Tracpatch Health, Inc | 4 | $344 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $230 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Ortho Development Corporation | 1 | $144 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 1 | $127 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $120 |
| Engage Uni, LLC | 1 | $114 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $108 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $98 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $87 |
| Amgen | 6 | $84 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $77 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $70 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $61 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $44 |
| Orthosensor Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Omnilife Science, Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Vision Quest Industries Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $15 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Intellijoint Surgical Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Hips-None$48,297
- ACA Screw Cup$7,500
- Absolute Bi-Polar Shoulder$7,500
- MOTO UNI$6,111
- AMISTEM$5,123
- MAKO$2,918
- Surgical Product Portfolio$2,349
- iTotal CR, iTotal PS, iUni, Hip System$906
- Persona$690
- Avenir$671
- Surgical-None$664
- GMK SPHERE$427
- Minority Initiatives-None$399
- Oxford$329
- GMK Sphere Revision System$284
- ACCOLADE$283
- PALACOS$273
- ROSA$249
- PICO$230
- PROGEL$145
How this compares
$116,114 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 103 | $1,098 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 52 | $338 |
| Celecoxib | 36 | $253 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 12 | $102 |
| Meloxicam | 39 | $61 |
| Ibuprofen | 12 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Houston
- Stefan KreuzerHouston$7M
- Tiffany HuynhHouston$4.6M
- Stephen IncavoHouston$4.3M
- Thomas EdwardsHouston$4.3M
- Adam FreedhandHouston$1.8M
- Jeffrey KozakHouston$1.1M
- Travis HansonHouston$1M
- David VanderweideHouston$741K
- Thomas TanousHouston$698K
- Alan RechterHouston$605K
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.