Rachel Weinheimer, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Amarillo, TXNPI 1851734735
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.7%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 55.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,164 and has fallen 98.6% since, to $31 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for colon & rectal surgery clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $4,072.
Across 55 payments — averaging $59.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.$247
- Medtronic$177
- Stryker$142
- Zimmer Biomet$140
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$117
- plus $624 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$58718%
- Food & beverage$1,66151%
- Education$1,02931%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 15 | $1,832 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 10 | $247 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $177 |
| Stryker | 1 | $142 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $140 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $117 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $106 |
| Coloplast | 2 | $61 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 3 | $57 |
| Abbott | 2 | $44 |
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 3 | $43 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 1 | $30 |
| Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Immunogen, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,604
- SPY TECHNOLOGY$142
- MAXBRAID$140
- INTERSTIM$121
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$117
- TISSEEL$117
- RESOLUTION CLIP$106
How this compares
$3,278 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 200 colon & rectal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neomycin Sulfate | 13 | $40 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $39 |
| Metronidazole | 14 | $34 |
| Methocarbamol | 11 | $28 |
| Celecoxib | 18 | $27 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Amarillo
- Thiru LakshmanAustin$756K
- Diego Marines CopadoHouston$462K
- Bidhan DasSugar Land$350K
- Christopher de JesusSan Antonio$201K
- Farshid AraghizadehFort Worth$181K
- Jefferson HurleyIrving$163K
- Erik AskenasyHouston$142K
- Eric HaasHouston$140K
- Robert JacobsonDallas$125K
- Theodoros VoloyiannisHouston$100K
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.