Meng Huang, MD
Neurological Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1720347834
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.8%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 39 manufacturers reported payments, led by Joimax, Inc. at 35.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $133,113, more than ten times the $6,232 reported in 2019. Among neurological 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 438 payments — averaging $739.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Joimax, Inc.$114K
- Arthrex$68K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$57K
- Trackx Technology, Inc.$15K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$12K
- Spineology Inc.$12K
- plus $45K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$161,40850%
- Speaking & faculty fees$59,00018%
- Travel & lodging$76,49124%
- Food & beverage$25,0838%
- Education$4150%
- Entertainment$1,4300%
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.
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.
- MISCELLANEOUS$25,908
- Mariner$15,176
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$11,507
- NAVIGATED INSTRUMENTS;PHOENIX SFS$10,119
- Mongoose$7,075
- VIPER$4,543
- Sentio$3,263
- CONCORDE$3,149
- COUGAR$3,149
- Lattus$2,012
- Firebird SI Navigation System$1,431
- EUROPA Pedicle Screw System$1,294
- CYGNUS Anterior Cervical Plate$1,294
- 3DR Lumbar Interbody$1,294
- RIGEL 3DR Cervical Interbody$1,294
- IO Expandable Lumbar Interbody$1,294
- Mariner MIS TLIF Retractor$1,218
- CONDUIT$1,161
- FLOSEAL$1,000
- FlareHawk$850
How this compares
$323,827 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 582 neurological 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 | 76 | $1,256 |
| Gabapentin | 97 | $1,058 |
| Methylprednisolone | 27 | $168 |
| Methocarbamol | 11 | $129 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 27 | $123 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Houston
- Andrew RoeserHouston$660K
- Paul HolmanHouston$516K
- Taylor GistHouston$447K
- Laurence RhinesHouston$322K
- Omar TanweerHouston$254K
- Jeremy WangHouston$231K
- Alexander RopperHouston$208K
- Fangyi ZhangHouston$192K
- Ashwin ViswanathanHouston$185K
- Blake StaubHouston$171K
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.