Ronak Patel, MD
Sports Medicine · Sugar Land, TXNPI 1528440625
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (47.8%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 47.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $26,065 and has fallen 98.8% since, to $324 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 48 payments — averaging $813.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$19K
- Arthrex$17K
- Stryker$917
- Linvatec Corporation$810
- Medinc Of Texas$555
- AbbVie$186
- plus $646 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,66743%
- Travel & lodging$1,3734%
- Food & beverage$2,3466%
- Education$18,66748%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $18,695 |
| Arthrex | 6 | $17,244 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 8 | $917 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 5 | $810 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 5 | $555 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $186 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $149 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $91 |
| Vericel Corporation | 3 | $71 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $65 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $56 |
| Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| BD | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 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.
- LINVATEC HIP PRESERVATION SYSTEM$735
- NANOTACK FLEX$338
- NA$166
- FLEXBAND$160
- Rinvoq$125
- BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM$110
How this compares
$39,053 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 437 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 99 | $2,200 |
| Meloxicam | 164 | $583 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 19 | $214 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 30 | $171 |
| Omeprazole | 46 | $132 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $129 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $106 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 21 | $105 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 31 | $51 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Sugar Land
- Kyle BorqueSugar Land$63K
- Laura LinscheidSugar Land$55K
- Bonnie GregorySugar Land$47K
- Thomas DeberardinoSan Antonio$3.5M
- Robert ScheinbergDallas$2.2M
- Walter LoweHouston$1.4M
- Reed BartzSunnyvale$1.2M
- James GregoryHouston$565K
- John McDonaldAustin$499K
- James McKinleyTyler$305K
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.