Ron Hill
General Practice · Pearland, TXNPI 1609938216
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (50.8%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Sonendo Inc accounts for 90.2% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $22,742 and has fallen 98.9% since, to $245 in 2025. Among general practice 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 185 payments — averaging $424.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sonendo Inc$71K
- Nusmile, Ltd.$6K
- A-dec, Inc.$2K
- Carestream Dental, LLC$270
- Henry Schein, Inc.$115
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$78
- plus $100 from 3 others
Across 21 payments — averaging $649.52 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.
- Nusmile, Ltd.$14K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$39,92851%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,87523%
- Travel & lodging$7,80010%
- Food & beverage$7,0739%
- Education$3,7485%
- Gifts$2,1833%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sonendo Inc | 157 | $70,924 |
| Nusmile, Ltd. | 16 | $5,545 |
| A-dec, Inc. | 1 | $1,575 |
| Carestream Dental, LLC | 2 | $270 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 2 | $115 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 4 | $78 |
| Peter Brasseler Holdings, LLC | 1 | $61 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Tulsa Dental Products LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- GentleWave Console$32,452
- Gentle Wave Root Canal therapy console and handpiece$24,732
- GentleWave G4 Console$10,126
- NEOMTA$4,871
- ZR CROWNS$4,678
- STAINLESS STEEL CROWNS$4,678
- SIGNATURE CROWNS$4,678
- NeoSEALER Flo$328
- ZIRCONIA$194
- SIGNATURE$194
- NUSMILE STAINLESS STEEL CROWNS$194
- BIOCEM$194
How this compares
$78,607 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 8,074 general practice providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Dexamethasone | 13 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other general practice in Pearland
- Hoa TranPearland$156K
- Andrew RossiPearland$60K
- Marcus LastimadoFort Bliss$2.3M
- Christina DeanFrisco$1.9M
- Paul ShrodeMissouri City$1.2M
- Alan DouglasSan Antonio$609K
- C Mike MeekAustin$509K
- Young KwonDallas$288K
- Matthew HicksFriendswood$268K
- Kathleen Szelei-StevensHouston$253K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.