Ronald Buczek, DO
Hand Surgery · Austin, TXNPI 1962825216
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (41.3%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 32.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,668 and has fallen 81.4% since, to $1,052 in 2025.
Across 121 payments — averaging $96.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$4K
- Axogen$2K
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$913
- Zimmer Biomet$876
- Core Surgical Group$839
- Sonex Health, Inc.$763
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5725%
- Travel & lodging$4,80941%
- Food & beverage$3,94034%
- Education$2,33320%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 25 | $3,838 |
| Axogen | 21 | $2,023 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $913 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $876 |
| Core Surgical Group | 2 | $839 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 6 | $763 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $546 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 17 | $288 |
| Ensemble Orthopedics, Inc | 1 | $198 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $194 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $138 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Stryker | 3 | $113 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $102 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $100 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $95 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $70 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $63 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $46 |
| TEI Medical Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Merck | 3 | $37 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $34 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $30 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
| 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.
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$1,029
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$1,029
- AdvantageRib$854
- Geminus$828
- Align$828
- IJS$828
- Implate$828
- Sx-One Microknife$572
- Ensemble CMC$198
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$156
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$145
- GORE ENFORM Preperitoneal Biomaterial$129
How this compares
$11,654 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 170 hand 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 30 | $220 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 15 | $126 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Austin
- David RingAustin$536K
- Luke SeekerAustin$18K
- Harris RoseAustin$12K
- Jeffrey JobeAustin$10K
- Manish PatelAustin$9K
- Kourosh JafarniaHouston$278K
- Brendan MackayLubbock$274K
- John FaillaceWoodway$212K
- Daniel KoehlerDallas$208K
- Timothy NiacarisArlington$160K
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.