Vilas Saldanha, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Austin, TXNPI 1689871337
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $15,748 of the $24,786 with a category attached, or 63.5%. Medical Device Business Services, Inc. accounts for 65.4% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 124 payments — averaging $199.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$16K
- Stryker$7K
- Johnson & Johnson$440
- Abbott$330
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$292
- Illuminoss Medical, Inc.$138
- plus $594 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,74864%
- Travel & lodging$1,5526%
- Food & beverage$7,48630%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 13 | $16,202 |
| Stryker | 86 | $6,789 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $440 |
| Abbott | 3 | $330 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 3 | $292 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $124 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $88 |
| Prosidyan, Inc | 1 | $44 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $33 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $26 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- NA$6,300
- INHANCE$4,948
- MAKO$3,942
- GAMMA$467
- BIO4$431
- INSIGNIA$285
- DYNACORD$275
- MOTIONSENSE DIGITAL GONIOMETER$194
- HOFFMANN$175
- T2$175
- GMRS$160
- TRIATHLON$154
- VARIAX$149
- ALLOWRAP$148
- PROCLAIM$147
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$146
- TRIDENT$143
- VA-LCP$139
- Photodynamic Bone Stabilization Procedure Pack$138
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$130
How this compares
$24,786 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 74 orthopaedic trauma 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 | 19 | $5,632 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 253 | $3,109 |
| Gabapentin | 309 | $2,503 |
| Methocarbamol | 173 | $1,519 |
| Celecoxib | 75 | $1,171 |
| Meloxicam | 247 | $939 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 135 | $573 |
| Ibuprofen | 40 | $545 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 68 | $497 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 44 | $450 |
| Methylprednisolone | 43 | $258 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 18 | $253 |
| Pregabalin | 23 | $247 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 44 | $201 |
| Cephalexin | 19 | $179 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Austin
- Blake SchultzAustin$37K
- Mark ParrellaAustin$21K
- David LavertyAustin$17K
- Blake TurveyAustin$14K
- Austin HillAustin$10K
- Cody AndersonAustin$3K
- Cory CollingeFort Worth$2.8M
- John MunzHouston$1M
- Kyle DicksonHouston$975K
- Timothy AchorHouston$561K
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.