Walter Lowe, MD
Sports Medicine · Houston, TXNPI 1003996406
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 503 payments — averaging $2870.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$1.2M
- Medinc Of Texas$158K
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$87K
- DJO, LLC$11K
- Linvatec Corporation$6K
- Stryker$4K
- plus $4K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$766,76453%
- Consulting fees$314,06922%
- Speaking & faculty fees$318,51822%
- Travel & lodging$28,3492%
- Food & beverage$15,5961%
- Education$5170%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 310 | $1,174,033 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 64 | $158,207 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 22 | $87,391 |
| DJO, LLC | 22 | $11,321 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 37 | $5,640 |
| Stryker | 18 | $3,560 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 2 | $687 |
| Pharmaceutical Business Consultants Limited | 2 | $607 |
| Newclip USA LLC | 3 | $566 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 2 | $297 |
| Reel Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $203 |
| Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc. | 1 | $183 |
| Conetic Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $167 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 2 | $162 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $162 |
| BREG, Inc | 2 | $133 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $127 |
| Prodigy Surgical Distribution, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Biorez, Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $65 |
| Medwest Associates | 1 | $30 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $7 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $6 |
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.
- ARTHREX$3,480,045
- CellerateRx$75,321
- KNEE & HIP IMPLANTS SUSPENSORY FIXATION ACL TIGHTROPE$62,183
- KNEE & HIP IMPLANTS MENISCAL REPAIR MENISCAL CINCH$5,000
- LIVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM$3,102
- KNEE & HIP IMPLANTS MENISCAL REPAIR SUTURE$3,000
- KNEE & HIP INSTRUMENTS OTHER INSTRUMENTS MENISCAL REPAIR$3,000
- ICONIX$2,346
- BioBrace 23mm$1,434
- LINVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM$276
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$264
- INSPACE$174
- APTUS$162
- ALPHAVENT$139
- PROCARE Bracing & Supports$138
- AIRCAST Bracing & Supports$138
- 1788$133
- BIOLOGICS CONSUMABLES CARTILAGE REPAIR GRAFTNET$118
- SALVATION$115
- BioBrace 5mm$104
How this compares
$1,443,814 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 437 sports medicine 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.
Other sports medicine in Houston
- David BrownHouston$920K
- James GregoryHouston$848K
- Matthew HiggsHouston$634K
- Robert FullickHouston$141K
- Patrick McCullochHouston$136K
- Joshua HarrisHouston$109K
- David LintnerHouston$45K
- Mark AdickesHouston$35K
- Mufaddal GomberaHouston$33K
- Timothy VachrisAustin$5.7M
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.