Richard Peterson
Surgery · San Antonio, TXNPI 1346204799
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (51.1%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Teleflex LLC accounts for 62.5% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $93,575 and has fallen 56.0% since, to $41,145 in 2025. Among 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 377 payments — averaging $857.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Teleflex LLC$202K
- Standard Bariatrics, Inc.$106K
- Intuitive Surgical$9K
- Medtronic$4K
- Covidien LP$462
- Teleflex Medical Incorporated$315
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$112,35035%
- Speaking & faculty fees$165,08051%
- Travel & lodging$31,90410%
- Food & beverage$10,9183%
- Education$3,0001%
- Gifts$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teleflex LLC | 163 | $202,057 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 95 | $106,064 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 48 | $8,734 |
| Medtronic | 35 | $4,143 |
| Covidien LP | 8 | $462 |
| Teleflex Medical Incorporated | 4 | $315 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 2 | $264 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $204 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $188 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $176 |
| Reshape Lifesciences Inc. | 2 | $142 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 4 | $83 |
| GT Metabolic Solutions Inc | 1 | $74 |
| Acell, Inc. | 2 | $67 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $67 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $66 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $57 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $45 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $24 |
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.
- TITAN SGS STANDARD GASTRIC STAPLER$187,768
- Titan SGS$74,685
- TITAN SGS BAILOUT CHUCK$33,397
- Da Vinci Surgical System$7,722
- Signia$2,778
- DEKNATEL$1,800
- Sonicision$400
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$264
- GORE SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforce$134
- EndoFlip$133
- Phasix Mesh$132
How this compares
$323,260 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,830 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.
Other surgery in San Antonio
- Joseph KaramSan Antonio$293K
- John PilcherSan Antonio$214K
- John MeterskySan Antonio$158K
- Kent van SickleSan Antonio$143K
- Richard EnglehardtSan Antonio$107K
- Guillermo Portillo RamilaSan Antonio$102K
- Michael HarkinsTomball$2.7M
- Douglas StoddardAustin$1.4M
- Steven FassAustin$989K
- Vineet ChoudhryAustin$851K
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.