RxDoctor Payments Data

Tiffany Huynh

Orthopaedic Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1376174425

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — education (48.5%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 48.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $33,095 and has fallen 95.3% since, to $1,540 in 2024.

$54,322in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 62 payments — averaging $876.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Smith+Nephew$26K
  • Arthrex$21K
  • Encore Medical, LP$3K
  • Modernatx, Inc.$3K
  • Stryker$448
$4,538,464in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 291 payments — averaging $15,596 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.

  • Modernatx, Inc.$4.4M
  • Pfizer$113K
  • Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$28K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$1,5003%
  • Grants$20,00037%
  • Travel & lodging$4,5618%
  • Food & beverage$1,9214%
  • Education$26,34048%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Smith+Nephew2$26,190
Arthrex20$20,972
Encore Medical, LP13$3,428
Modernatx, Inc.20$3,285
Stryker7$448

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.

How this compares

$54,322 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,337 orthopaedic surgery providers in Texas.

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