Richard Purcell, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · El Paso, TXNPI 1821351842
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (51.6%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 62.0% of it on its own, with 26 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 267 payments — averaging $549.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$91K
- Orthalign Inc$33K
- Avitus Orthopaedics, Inc.$16K
- Stryker$4K
- Smith+Nephew$711
- Bone Support Inc.$375
- plus $2K from 21 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $6000.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Zimmer Biomet$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$43,92530%
- Travel & lodging$13,3149%
- Food & beverage$13,7599%
- Education$75,68652%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 110 | $90,883 |
| Orthalign Inc | 70 | $33,035 |
| Avitus Orthopaedics, Inc. | 4 | $16,425 |
| Stryker | 41 | $3,688 |
| Smith+Nephew | 9 | $711 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $375 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 6 | $278 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $258 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $126 |
| Pixee Medical Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Embody, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $93 |
| Axogen | 1 | $87 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $86 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Conformis, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $66 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $52 |
| Terumo BCT, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $19 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 1 | $18 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $17 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $17 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 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.
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$31,145
- NCB$24,430
- Avitus Bone Harvester$23,568
- Persona$15,495
- Synovasure Alpha Defensin$14,750
- Affixus$14,726
- G7$7,696
- mymobility Platform$1,854
- ROSA$650
- AXSOS$459
- MAKO$420
- ACCOLADE$414
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$375
- AQUAMANTYS$178
- TRIATHLON$174
- Navio Surgical System$160
- Journey II XR$160
- REDAPT Revision Hip System$160
- Legion Revision$160
- AEQUALIS$150
How this compares
$146,684 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 86 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Texas.
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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 | 31 | $453 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $82 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 11 | $52 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in El Paso
- Tyler GoldbergAustin$4.6M
- Antonia ChenDallas$3.8M
- John BarringtonPlano$2.2M
- Roger EmersonPlano$691K
- Donald HohmanDallas$537K
- Steven WeedenFort Worth$370K
- Marcus FordFort Worth$296K
- Raul MarquezEdinburg$278K
- Richard ReitmanPlano$227K
- Brian FullerCarrollton$218K
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.