Vinod Panchbhavi, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Galveston, TXNPI 1215016837
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $286,300 of the $389,373 with a category attached, or 73.5%. Stryker accounts for 74.3% of it on its own, with 24 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $94,864, 3.2 times the $29,487 reported in 2019. Among foot and ankle surgery 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 788 payments — averaging $494.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$289K
- Linvatec Corporation$38K
- Trilliant Surgical LLC.$27K
- Encore Medical, LP$11K
- Medshape, Inc.$10K
- GLW, Inc$7K
- plus $6K from 19 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $1625.00 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.
- Ferring International Pharmascience Center US$3K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$7,0802%
- Consulting fees$286,30074%
- Grants$2,5001%
- Travel & lodging$65,19317%
- Food & beverage$26,8737%
- Education$1,4270%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 597 | $289,322 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 45 | $38,152 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 28 | $27,403 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 26 | $11,015 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 27 | $10,303 |
| GLW, Inc | 2 | $7,080 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 17 | $1,655 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 6 | $872 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 4 | $681 |
| DJO, LLC | 7 | $568 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $429 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $368 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $282 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 3 | $275 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 2 | $227 |
| Vilex LLC | 1 | $174 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $135 |
| 3d Systems | 5 | $103 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $65 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| Amgen | 1 | $23 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $19 |
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.
- HOFFMANN$119,257
- PROstep$87,128
- SALVATION$61,139
- INFINITY$48,240
- BioBrace 23mm$35,358
- INBONE$32,132
- ASNIS$21,318
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$20,439
- T2$19,793
- PROPHECY$19,297
- ANCHORAGE$18,384
- STAR$17,246
- PROSTEP MICA$16,604
- VARIAX$14,366
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$13,800
- Trilliant Arsenal Plating System$13,629
- ES2 SPINAL SYSTEM$13,000
- GRAVITY$13,000
- INVISION$12,981
- HERCULES SUTURE ANCHOR SYSTEM$11,033
How this compares
$389,373 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 684 foot and ankle 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 | 41 | $437 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $144 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Galveston
- William McGarveyKaty$3.5M
- Eugene CurryDallas$3.1M
- Graham HamiltonEdinburg$2.1M
- Mark DaltonAustin$1.9M
- Kevin VarnerHouston$1.1M
- Paul KimDallas$928K
- Sherman NaglerHouston$602K
- John EarlyDallas$553K
- Michael DowneySouthlake$475K
- Abdul NurudeenHouston$404K
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.