Physician profile

Kevin E Varner

Foot and Ankle Surgery · Houston, TX

NPI 1891731303

$1,053,444.17

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

16 companies · $79K in 2025

The $79K reported for 2025 was more than what 94% of Foot and Ankle Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $1,200).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Royalty Or License$203,963.95
Acquisitions$53,555.64
Consulting Fee$12,000.00
Travel and Lodging$5,449.03
Food and Beverage$1,684.19

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Linvatec Corporation $665,433.36 2022-2025 Fracture and Correction Colag 2, 5ms, Colink Afx
In2bones USA, LLC $276,923.63 2019-2022
Stryker Corporation $58,234.01 2020-2022
Wright Medical Technology, INC. $43,773.14 2019-2020
Theramicro, INC. $6,678.16 2025 Tekbrace Solo
Vilex LLC $1,419.14 2025 Hintermann
Ossur Americas, INC. $256.74 2024-2025
Depuy Synthes Sales INC. $192.60 2021-2024 Na
Bioventus LLC $131.82 2019-2025 Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System
Acumed LLC $123.16 2022-2024 Acumed
Trilliant Surgical LLC. $96.54 2022
Radius Health, INC. $70.63 2021
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $52.29 2023 Iovera, Zilretta, Exparel
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $27.08 2025
Wound Management Technologies, INC $20.50 2019
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Dynasplint Systems INC. $11.37 2020

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

Research and ownership

$55,000.00 in ownership or investment interests, as reported to CMS. These are holdings a clinician or an immediate family member has in a company, not payments received.

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Payment summary

Kevin E Varner

$1,053,444.17

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Linvatec Corporation
Context
The $79K reported for 2025 was more than what 94% of Foot and Ankle Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $1,200).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.