Michael Hames, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Wichita Falls, TXNPI 1407167570
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.7%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Stryker accounts for 64.3% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $4,671.
Across 58 payments — averaging $94.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$4K
- Pylant Medical$686
- Arthrex$667
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$115
- Organogenesis Inc.$113
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$96
- plus $287 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,50846%
- Food & beverage$2,51746%
- Education$4809%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 30 | $3,540 |
| Pylant Medical | 3 | $686 |
| Arthrex | 6 | $667 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $115 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $79 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $73 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $44 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $13 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $12 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 1 | $5 |
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.
How this compares
$5,504 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 204 | $3,087 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 237 | $2,938 |
| Meloxicam | 305 | $966 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 64 | $877 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 41 | $835 |
| Methylprednisolone | 102 | $742 |
| Gabapentin | 70 | $612 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 126 | $597 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 49 | $556 |
| Cephalexin | 44 | $471 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 28 | $345 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 19 | $241 |
| Pregabalin | 14 | $212 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 15 | $65 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Wichita Falls
- Stephen BurkhartSan Antonio$185.3M
- Kirby HittTemple$9.1M
- Robert GrahamAustin$6.3M
- Richard JonesDallas$6.3M
- Stefan KreuzerHouston$6.2M
- Michael WirthSan Antonio$4.5M
- Stephen IncavoHouston$4.3M
- Thomas EdwardsHouston$4.1M
- James BrodskyDallas$2.5M
- Robert SchmidtFort Worth$2M
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.