Michael Lago, MD
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery · Edinburg, TXNPI 1891094306
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,095 of the $14,939 with a category attached, or 60.9%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 42.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,663 and has fallen 72.2% since, to $1,297 in 2025.
Across 172 payments — averaging $86.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$6K
- Medtronic$3K
- Omnilife Science, Inc$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Zimvie Inc.$939
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$819
- plus $746 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,84439%
- Food & beverage$9,09561%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 104 | $6,414 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $2,934 |
| Omnilife Science, Inc | 7 | $1,927 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $1,160 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 13 | $939 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $819 |
| Davol Inc. | 6 | $270 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $210 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $142 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $75 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $18 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $17 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- CD HORIZON$2,524
- MiniHip$1,635
- EXPEDIUM$920
- PRO$901
- The Tether$743
- VARIAX$563
- PRIME SERIES$490
- T2 ALPHA$265
- PANGEA$224
- INSIGNIA$148
- REUNION$143
- NA$120
- ViviGen$115
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$115
- AXSOS$115
- HOFFMANN$115
- GAMMA$115
- OMNIBotics 3.0$111
How this compares
$14,939 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 82 pediatric 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teriparatide | 29 | $55,474 |
| ForteoTeriparatide | 12 | $49,272 |
| Gabapentin | 165 | $2,491 |
| Ibuprofen | 251 | $1,883 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 143 | $1,047 |
| Diclofenac Sodium ErDiclofenac Sodium | 11 | $342 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 18 | $306 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $202 |
| Methylprednisolone | 23 | $171 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 25 | $148 |
| Cephalexin | 17 | $142 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatric orthopaedic surgery in Edinburg
- Manish LambatEdinburg$3K
- Gary BrockHouston$221K
- John HeflinEl Paso$202K
- Jaysson BrooksDallas$84K
- James BennettThe Woodlands$79K
- Jaclyn HillHouston$70K
- Brian KaufmanAustin$65K
- Scott RosenfeldHouston$31K
- John RoatenFort Worth$27K
- Margaret BaldwinHouston$23K
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.