Wee-Tin Kao, MD
Facial Plastic Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1578859237
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 22 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 10 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $677 and has fallen 75.9% since, to $163 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for facial plastic surgery clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $1,323.
Across 22 payments — averaging $60.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$221
- Acclarent, Inc$212
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$207
- Axogen$171
- Stryker$140
- Optinose US, Inc.$126
- plus $246 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,323100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $221 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $212 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $207 |
| Axogen | 2 | $171 |
| Stryker | 1 | $140 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 2 | $126 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $111 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $74 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $40 |
| Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $22 |
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.
- 1788$140
- WalterLorenz Surgical Assist Arm$134
- TruDi Nav Cable$132
- Xhance$117
- MATRIXMANDIBLE$111
How this compares
$1,323 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 42 facial plastic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 29 | $602 |
| Omeprazole | 14 | $318 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $69 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 13 | $49 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other facial plastic surgery in Houston
- Tang HoHouston$4K
- Kent DavisHouston$4K
- Rakan SaadounHouston$4K
- Rohan JoshiHouston$2K
- Sanaz HarirchianHouston$989
- Sean DelaneyHouston$987
- Haresh YalamanchiliHouston$910
- Russell KridelHouston$187
- Hector VieraHouston$22
- Jose BarreraSan Antonio$120K
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.