Zeena Patel, PA
Surgical · Houston, TXNPI 1376215814
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intrinsic Therapeutics at 54.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $8,485, more than ten times the $129 reported in 2021. Among surgical 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 98 payments — averaging $129.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intrinsic Therapeutics$7K
- Abbott$2K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$2K
- Si-bone, Inc.$978
- Stryker$380
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$205
- plus $451 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,50051%
- Travel & lodging$1,86015%
- Food & beverage$4,33834%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 28 | $6,867 |
| Abbott | 21 | $2,132 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 13 | $1,685 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 15 | $978 |
| Stryker | 7 | $380 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $205 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $140 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $126 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $58 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $49 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $39 |
| Vertex | 1 | $19 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $3 |
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.
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$13,702
- PROCLAIM$1,751
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,417
- MAKO$166
- Medical Device$140
- Korlym$126
- Zynrelef$124
How this compares
$12,698 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 804 surgical 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 | 65 | $704 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 110 | $689 |
| Methylprednisolone | 83 | $604 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 30 | $103 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Houston
- Marilyn ShookHouston$46K
- John ChapmanHouston$15K
- Lisa LauHouston$6K
- Paige WheatonHouston$5K
- Janelle JakobiHouston$5K
- Sana SiddiqiHouston$5K
- Angela LimmerHouston$5K
- Jacqueline Tavares-AlvaradoHouston$5K
- Tanner SteedHouston$4K
- Courtney DunavantAustin$389K
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.