Ricardo Solis, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Austin, TXNPI 1891802732
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (36.4%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 54.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,162 and has fallen 85.7% since, to $1,021 in 2025.
Across 116 payments — averaging $129.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$8K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$361
- Medtronic$349
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,45036%
- Food & beverage$5,28035%
- Education$4,25028%
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 | 34 | $8,193 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 19 | $2,186 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 10 | $1,356 |
| Stryker | 5 | $1,279 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 4 | $361 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $349 |
| Davol Inc. | 4 | $243 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $136 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $116 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 1 | $115 |
| THD America, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $66 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $49 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $46 |
| Conmed Corporation | 3 | $43 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $40 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 1 | $23 |
| Medspira, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $13 |
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$7,497
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$1,658
- BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$1,070
- SPY-PHI SYSTEM$866
- 1588 HD 3 CHIP CAMERA$374
- Ovitex$265
- CLARIX$240
- GATTEX$123
- NEW IMAGE$115
- Phasix Mesh$108
How this compares
$14,979 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Colestipol Hcl | 17 | $2,500 |
| Hydrocortisone | 49 | $543 |
| Procto-Med HcHydrocortisone | 22 | $378 |
| Metronidazole | 30 | $167 |
| Gabapentin | 18 | $110 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 11 | $96 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $77 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Austin
- Thiru LakshmanAustin$756K
- Amar ShahAustin$51K
- Andrew MillerAustin$41K
- Megan TurleyAustin$21K
- Diego Marines CopadoHouston$462K
- Bidhan DasSugar Land$350K
- Christopher de JesusSan Antonio$201K
- Farshid AraghizadehFort Worth$181K
- Jefferson HurleyIrving$163K
- Erik AskenasyHouston$142K
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.