Tony Thomas
General Practice · San Antonio, TXNPI 1609026558
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 100 payments — averaging $78.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$4K
- Align Technology, Inc.$2K
- Patterson Companies, Inc.$745
- Benco Dental Supply Co.$368
- Salvin Dental Specialties, Inc.$168
- Orapharma, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$131
- plus $566 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3344%
- Food & beverage$5,48870%
- Education$1,26116%
- Entertainment$75010%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 36 | $4,300 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 31 | $1,556 |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 5 | $745 |
| Benco Dental Supply Co. | 2 | $368 |
| Salvin Dental Specialties, Inc. | 1 | $168 |
| Orapharma, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $131 |
| Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 3 | $100 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 1 | $43 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| GSK | 1 | $32 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $31 |
| 3M Company | 2 | $29 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 4 | $27 |
| Implant Direct Sybron International LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Elevate Oral Care | 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.
- Dental Equipment$603
- Invisalign$148
- Primescan Connect$127
How this compares
$7,833 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 21 | $66 |
| Ibuprofen | 11 | $48 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other general practice in San Antonio
- Danielle CoulterSan Antonio$681K
- Alan DouglasSan Antonio$609K
- John BaekeSan Antonio$62K
- Joseph BoyleSan Antonio$26K
- Olusoji AfuwapeDallas$12.3M
- Karen CummingsPlano$8.4M
- Helen ShpatsHouston$3.3M
- Kelechi AzuoguHouston$2.5M
- Marcus LastimadoFort Bliss$2.3M
- Christina DeanFrisco$1.9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.