Medicare Enrolled

Dr. Milton Routt, MD

Q: Does Dr. Routt receive payments from pharmaceutical companies?

Yes. Dr. Routt received a total of $352,904 from 17 companies across 413 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.

Q: What does Data Coverage mean?

Data Coverage (currently High for Dr. Routt) 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.

Orthopedic Surgery · Houston, TX

6414 FANNIN ST STE G150, Houston, TX 77030

7134867560

Registered in NPPES since 2007

NPI: 1063551521 verify on NPPES ↗

High

DATA COVERAGE

Data in 3 of 4 federal sources

Measures public federal data availability — not provider quality

Informational, not a quality rating. This page presents federal public records about Dr. Routt from CMS (NPPES, Open Payments, Medicare Provider Utilization, PECOS). It is not medical advice, an endorsement, or a judgment of clinical quality. Always consult the provider directly and a licensed clinician for medical decisions. Read methodology →

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What this data tells you about Dr. Routt

Dr. Milton Routt is an orthopedic surgery specialist in Houston, TX, with 19 years of NPI registration.

Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Routt received a total of $352,904 from 17 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 413 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. Routt is 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 $352,904 industry payments

Industry Payment Transparency

Open Payments through 2024 ↗

$352,904

Total received (2018-2024)

Avg $50,415/year across 7 years

Top 3% in TX for orthopedic surgery

A higher payment rank reflects disclosed industry relationships (consulting, research, speaking) common among subspecialists — not wrongdoing.

Companies

413

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

$53,288

2023

$40,320

2022

$35,119

2021

$16,763

2020

$17,255

2019

$68,537

2018

$121,622

Payments by company (2024)

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

$26,429

CurvaFix, Inc.

$14,396

Stryker Corporation

$10,717

Synthes GmbH

$857

Medical Device Business Services, Inc.

$430

Medinc of Texas

$416

DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.

$43

Top 3 companies account for 96.7% of 2024 payments

All-time payments by company (2018-2024) ›

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

$136,731

Stryker Corporation

$120,993

Synthes GmbH

$40,757

Medical Device Business Services, Inc.

$20,439

CurvaFix, Inc.

$16,646

Ziehm Imaging, Inc.

$9,750

Heron Therapeutics, Inc.

$4,143

DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.

$1,115

Medinc of Texas

$1,044

Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

$1,000

AXOGEN

$73

Smith & Nephew, Inc.

$45

Ethicon US, LLC

$40

Bioventus LLC

$36

Innovation Technologies Inc

$35

Smith+Nephew, Inc.

$35

Organogenesis Inc.

$24

Top 3 companies account for 84.6% of all-time payments

Associated products mentioned in payments ›

ADAPT · ALLOGRAFT · ASNIS · AUGMENT INJECTABLE · AXSOS · Affixus · Affixus Humeral Nail · Alps Elbow · Alps Hand · Alps Plates and Instruments · Alps Prox Tib Plates · Avance Nerve Graft · BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS · Cannulated Screws · Cannulated screws · CurvaFix IM Implant · DBX · DERMABOND Portfolio · DYNACORD · EX NAILS · EXPAREL · EXPert Nail · EXTERNAL FIXATION · Exogen · FIBERGRAFT BG MORSELS · FIXOS · Fastframe · GAMMA · HEADLESS COMPRESSION SCREWS · HOFFMANN · HTX-011 · HYDROSET · Hips-None · IM NAILS · Irrisept · LCP · NA · NCB · NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT · NONE · OMEGA · PELVIS II · PRO · Pelvic Trauma · Puraply · RENASYS Touch · REUNION · Recon Plate · Santyl · T2 · T2 ALPHA · TFN ADVANCED · TFN-Advance · TRIATHLON · Trauma Product Portfolio · Trauma-None · VA-LCP · VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS · VARIAX · VITOSS · ViviGen · XtraFix · ZNN

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

Orthopedic surgeons in nearby ZIP areas

309

County median income

$73,104

Nearest hospital to ZIP centroid (approximate)

MEMORIAL HERMANN - TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER
0.0 mi

Data Sources

Provider Registry	✓ NPPES	NPPES snapshot; verify current record
Medicare Enrollment	✓ PECOS	PECOS snapshot
Practice Data	— No data	N/A
Industry Payments	✓ Open Payments	CY 2024
Disciplinary History	— Not included	N/A

This provider has data in 3 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of High. This reflects how much public data is available about a provider. How we calculate this →

Summary

Dr. Routt is an orthopedic surgery specialist, 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

Does Dr. Routt receive payments from pharmaceutical companies?

Yes. Dr. Routt received a total of $352,904 from 17 companies across 413 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.

What does Data Coverage mean?

Data Coverage (currently High for Dr. Routt) 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?

Source publication dates and the snapshots loaded on this site can differ. Rebuilding a page does not refresh its source records. Check the Medicare reporting year and the payment interval shown above; consult the linked official sources for newer releases and current registry details. See our data freshness policy →

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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 ↗, 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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