Ryan Whitmer, DO
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · College Station, TXNPI 1508391699
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $15,617 of the $24,685 with a category attached, or 63.3%. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 29.0% of the total. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation 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 383 payments — averaging $64.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$7K
- Genesys Orthopedics Systems, L.L.C.$4K
- Medtronic$4K
- Stryker$2K
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- plus $5K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,50010%
- Travel & lodging$5,86224%
- Food & beverage$15,61763%
- Education$6903%
- Gifts$150%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 130 | $7,161 |
| Genesys Orthopedics Systems, L.L.C. | 10 | $4,135 |
| Medtronic | 112 | $3,888 |
| Stryker | 9 | $1,687 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $1,586 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 13 | $1,425 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 14 | $1,212 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 16 | $556 |
| Globus Medical | 6 | $522 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 4 | $409 |
| AbbVie | 13 | $302 |
| Abbott | 10 | $280 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 4 | $263 |
| Painteq LLC | 10 | $254 |
| Indivior Inc. | 3 | $250 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 4 | $219 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 4 | $81 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $77 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $53 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $36 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Vertex | 1 | $19 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Orexo US, Inc. | 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.
- SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION SYSTEM$7,964
- Intracept$2,682
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$2,116
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,684
- OPTABLATE$1,465
- SPINEJACK$1,465
- Omnia$1,103
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$1,061
- Senza$716
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$660
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$246
- XEOMIN$139
- Evoke$124
- mild Device Kit$117
- SUBLOCADE$116
- PROCLAIM$100
How this compares
$24,685 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 651 physical medicine & rehabilitation 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 1,231 | $36,399 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 19 | $15,131 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 17 | $6,763 |
| Hydrocodone-IbuprofenHydrocodone/Ibuprofen | 11 | $4,886 |
| Lidocaine | 26 | $3,059 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 181 | $2,745 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 111 | $2,594 |
| Gabapentin | 175 | $2,553 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 78 | $2,549 |
| Butorphanol Tartrate | 52 | $2,406 |
| Methocarbamol | 140 | $2,273 |
| Pregabalin | 90 | $1,901 |
| Fentanyl | 16 | $1,305 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 172 | $1,256 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 85 | $1,221 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in College Station
- Gerard FranciscoHouston$364K
- Jose UrquidezAustin$332K
- Gireesh ShardaDallas$172K
- Suzanne ManziHouston$143K
- Cindy IvanhoeHouston$111K
- Chad McNeilTyler$64K
- Sheng LiHouston$44K
- Mary RussellShenandoah$37K
- Randall WolcottLubbock$31K
- Fatma GulDallas$21K
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.