Medicare Enrolled

Dr. Leonard Kibuule, M.D.

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician · Houston, TX
Practice pattern: Clinical Cardiology — Primarily office-based clinical cardiology
1900 NORTH LOOP W STE 670, Houston, TX 77018
2816734360
Registered in NPPES since 2007
NPI: 1962629543 verify on NPPES ↗
Very High
DATA COVERAGE
Data in 4 of 4 federal sources
Measures public federal data availability — not provider quality
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What this data tells you about Dr. Kibuule

Dr. Leonard Kibuule is an orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician in Houston, TX, with 19 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Kibuule performed 29 Medicare services in 2023. These records do not provide a deduplicated patient total.

Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Kibuule received a total of $757,574 from 26 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 919 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly reported through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their effect on care. A reliable breakdown by payment category is not available in this snapshot. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.

The Data Coverage level for Dr. Kibuule is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.

✓ 19 years of NPI registration ▲ 29 Medicare services $757,574 industry payments

Medicare Practice Summary — 2023

Medicare Utilization ↗
29
Medicare services
Bottom 2% in TX for orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician
Lower Medicare volume may reflect subspecialty focus, hospital-based work, or a higher share of non-Medicare patients.
Not available
Unique patients (not deduplicated)
$89
Avg. Medicare payment
Medicare patients only (65+ / disabled) · How to read this →

Top procedures by volume

Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.

Procedure Volume Avg. paid Avg. submitted
New patient office visit (30-44 min)
An initial office visit for a new patient lasting between 30 and 44 minutes. This code is used when the total time spent on the date of the encounter falls within this range.
29 $89 $750
How to read this data: This reflects Medicare patients only (typically 65+). Payment amounts are what Medicare paid the provider, not your out-of-pocket cost. These counts do not measure clinical quality or years of experience.

Industry Payment Transparency

Open Payments through 2024 ↗
$757,574
Total received (2018-2024)
Avg $108,225/year across 7 years
Top 7% in TX for orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician
A higher payment rank reflects disclosed industry relationships (consulting, research, speaking) common among subspecialists — not wrongdoing.
26
Companies
919
Payment records
Payments are publicly reported; disclosure does not establish legality · Not evidence of wrongdoing · How to interpret →

Payment categories are unavailable while the source breakdown is being rebuilt. Company and year totals do not identify how much belongs to each category.

Payment trend by year

Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

2024
$27,976
2023
$33,500
2022
$147,132
2021
$93,655
2020
$122,926
2019
$192,429
2018
$139,956

Payments by company (2024)

Medtronic, Inc.
$26,466
Stryker Corporation
$377
Nexxt Spine LLC
$202
Globus Medical, Inc.
$192
SI-BONE, INC.
$163
OsteoCentric Technologies, Inc.
$148
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.
$136
Orthofix Medical, Inc.
$132
SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC.
$48
Bioventus LLC
$35
Boston Scientific Corporation
$32
Cerapedics Inc.
$25
Vericel Corporation
$20
Top 3 companies account for 96.7% of 2024 payments
All-time payments by company (2018-2024) ›
Medtronic USA, Inc.
$448,842
Medtronic, Inc.
$270,630
NuVasive, Inc.
$18,253
Relievant Medsystems, Inc.
$13,110
Stryker Corporation
$3,695
Globus Medical, Inc.
$590
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.
$551
Nevro Corp.
$312
Alphatec Spine, Inc
$228
Nexxt Spine LLC
$202
SI-BONE, INC.
$188
OsteoCentric Technologies, Inc.
$148
Orthofix Medical, Inc.
$132
Nuvectra Corporation
$125
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
$105
Bioventus LLC
$95
Abbott Laboratories
$83
Boston Scientific Corporation
$63
SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC.
$48
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$37
Vericel Corporation
$35
Viseon, Inc.
$28
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.
$25
Cerapedics Inc.
$25
Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.
$14
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
$12
Top 3 companies account for 97.4% of all-time payments
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
7D Surgical System · AERO · ALEUTIAN CERVICAL · ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY · AQUAMANTYS · Algovita · BONESCALPEL & SONICONE (O.R.) · Bonescalpel · CANOPY · CAPRI · CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM · CAPSTONE · CD HORIZON · CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM · CLYDESDALE · CLYDESDALE PTC SPINAL SYSTEM · CONDUIT · Cervical · DIVERGENCE · DIVERGENCE-L · ELSA · ELSA AL/ATP · EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM · EXPEDIUM · GENERAL - PAIN MANAGEMENT · General - Pain Management · Helix · I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT · INTELLIS · INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM · IVS - VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION PRODUCTS · Intracept · KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty · KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY · LIF · MACI · MAZOR X SYSTEM · MESA · Magellan · MaxView System - Lateral Set · Mazor X Stealth Edition · MazorX - Renaissance · MazorX Renaissance · Medical Devices · Mobi-C · NAVLOCK · O-ARM · O-ARM-ST · O-ARM-Spine · OPTIMIZER · OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION · OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM · Octrode SCS Leads · Omnia · OsteoCentric 4.0 x 130mm LOCKING BONE SCREW FASTENER ST · PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM · PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System · Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs · Prone Lateral · Pulse · RELINE · RIALTO SI FUSION SYSTEM · SABLE · SOVEREIGN · STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM · SYMPHONY · Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System · Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc · StealthStation · Struxxure MCS System · Supartz FX Sodium Hyaluronate · T2 STRATOSPHERE · Teligen · UNID_PASS · VIPER · XLIF · ZTLido · Zipsor
Should you be concerned? Industry payments are disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their purpose, legality, or effect on care. What matters is whether a recommended drug or device appears in your doctor's payment records. If so, consider asking your doctor about it. How to interpret this data →
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Geographic Context

Orthopaedic surgery of the spine physicians in nearby ZIP areas
27
County median income
$73,104
Nearest hospital to ZIP centroid (approximate)
MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL SYSTEM
2.1 mi

Data Sources

Provider Registry NPPES NPPES snapshot; verify current record
Medicare Enrollment PECOS PECOS snapshot
Practice Data Medicare Util. Annual (CY lag)
Industry Payments Open Payments CY 2024
Disciplinary History — Not included N/A

This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This reflects how much public data is available about a provider. How we calculate this →

Summary

Dr. Kibuule is a clinical cardiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, with 19 years of NPI registration.

This summary is auto-generated from federal data, describing data availability and patterns. Read our methodology →

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Dr. Kibuule experienced with new patient office visit (30-44 min)?
Based on Medicare claims data, Dr. Kibuule performed 29 new patient office visit (30-44 min) services. These records cover Medicare fee-for-service activity, including eligible younger beneficiaries; they do not measure total practice volume or clinical quality.
Does Dr. Kibuule receive payments from pharmaceutical companies?
Yes. Dr. Kibuule received a total of $757,574 from 26 companies across 919 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their legality or effect on care. Patients may wish to ask their doctor about these relationships, especially if a recommended drug or device appears in the payment records.
How do Dr. Kibuule's costs compare to other orthopaedic surgery of the spine physicians in Houston?
Dr. Kibuule's average Medicare payment per service is $89. Note that these figures represent what Medicare pays, not your out-of-pocket cost, which depends on your specific insurance plan and deductible. Procedure-level data above shows both what was submitted and what Medicare paid for each service type.
What does Data Coverage mean?
Data Coverage (currently Very High for Dr. Kibuule) measures how much public federal data is available about a provider. It is not a quality rating. A "Very High" or "High" level means the provider has data across multiple federal sources (NPPES, PECOS, Medicare Utilization, Open Payments), indicating the presence of registry, enrollment, activity or payment records, not verified experience or clinical quality. A "Low" or "Moderate" level may simply mean the provider is newer, does not see Medicare patients, or has not received any industry payments — none of which are inherently negative. Read our full methodology →
Is this data up to date?
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About this page

This page combines public CMS records with calculated summaries and explanatory procedure labels. These transformations are not verbatim federal records. Sources: NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.

This page is not medical advice, an endorsement, a recommendation, or a quality rating. Data Coverage reflects data completeness — how much federal information exists for this provider — not clinical performance, patient outcomes, or quality of care. Always verify information directly with the provider and consult a licensed clinician before making medical decisions.

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Data Disclaimer — Data sourced from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), Open Payments program, Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data, and Provider Enrollment & Certification data (PECOS). Published under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This website is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by CMS, HHS, or the U.S. Government. Data may contain errors as reported to CMS by providers and reporting entities. Industry payment disclosure alone establishes neither wrongdoing nor legality. Medicare data reflects only patients aged 65+ or those with qualifying disabilities. For corrections, contact CMS directly. This information does not constitute medical advice and should not be used as the sole basis for choosing a healthcare provider. Procedure descriptions use plain language and do not reference CPT® codes, which are copyrighted by the American Medical Association. Full methodology → · Report a data error → · Privacy policy →