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Medicare Enrolled

Dr. Paul Holman, M.D.

Neurological Surgery · Houston, TX
Practice pattern: Clinical Cardiology— Primarily office-based clinical cardiology
Mixed engagement
6560 FANNIN ST, Houston, TX 77030
7134413800
In practice since 2006 (19 years)
NPI: 1386698314 verify on NPPES ↗
Very High
DATA COVERAGE
Data in 4 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. Holman 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. Holman

Dr. Paul Holman is a neurological surgery in Houston, TX, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Holman performed 845 Medicare services across 596 unique beneficiaries.

Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Holman received a total of $578,902 from 47 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 803 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in neurological surgery. The majority of payments are classified as financial or ownership interests (royalties, licensing fees, or investment interests). Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.

The Data Coverage level for Dr. Holman is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.

✓ 19 years in practice▲ Top 13% volume in TX$ $578,902 industry payments

Medicare Practice Summary

Medicare Utilization ↗
845
Medicare services
Top 13% in TX for neurological surgery
596
Unique beneficiaries
$253
Avg. Medicare payment
Medicare patients only (65+ / disabled) · Not a quality rating · How to read this →
~44 Medicare services per year of practice

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.

ProcedureVolumeAvg. paidAvg. submitted
New patient office visit (30-44 min)122$82$317
Office visit, established patient (30-39 min)112$96$314
Office visit, established patient (20-29 min)108$67$212
Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion103$204$1,376
Fusion of additional segment of spine101$296$2,012
Incision or removal of spine bone segment, each additional segment65$240$1,891
Fusion of spine bones through front of body with partial removal of disc, each additional disc52$239$1,732
Fusion of lower spine bone through abdomen with partial removal of disc40$896$7,709
Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment36$652$5,521
Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments27$612$3,943
Insertion of instrumentation to pelvic bones21$259$1,855
Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment18$159$1,072
Office visit, established patient (10-19 min)17$40$128
Fusion of spine in lower back12$1,270$7,984
Placement of stabilizing device to back, 7-12 spine bone segments11$628$4,189
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. A higher procedure volume generally indicates more experience with that procedure.
36.4% high complexity
0.0% medium
63.6% routine

Industry Payment Transparency

Open Payments through 2024 ↗
$578,902
Total received (2018-2024)
Avg $82,700/year across 7 years
Top 2% in TX for neurological surgery
47
Companies
803
Individual payments
All payments are legal and publicly reported · Not evidence of wrongdoing · How to interpret →

Payment profile

Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.

Financial / Ownership
Ownership or investment interests, royalties, and licensing fees
$233,422 (40.3%)
Consulting
Expert advisory fees, typically reflecting recognized clinical expertise
$187,384 (32.4%)
Speaking / Promotional
Speaker programs, honoraria, and industry-sponsored educational events
$124,269 (21.5%)
Meals & Travel
Food, beverages, travel, and lodging — typically low-value
$33,827 (5.8%)

Payment trend by year

Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

2024
$23,485
2023
$38,202
2022
$45,819
2021
$166,920
2020
$67,484
2019
$98,405
2018
$138,586

Payments by company (2024)

Consulting
Speaking
Meals & Travel
Research
NuVasive, Inc.
$252,279
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
$111,512
Medtronic USA, Inc.
$97,117
Medtronic, Inc.
$36,436
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
$27,125
Orthofix Medical, Inc.
$20,894
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.
$7,671
Misonix Inc
$6,469
HD LifeSciences LLC
$4,750
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
$2,642
Cerapedics, Inc.
$1,715
DePuy Synthes Products LLC
$1,680
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.
$1,317
PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
$1,302
SI-BONE, INC.
$1,125
Brainlab, Inc.
$572
SMAIO USA CORPORATION
$376
SI-BONE, Inc.
$322
Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc
$289
Providence Medical Technology, Inc.
$285
Stryker Corporation
$244
Alphatec Spine, Inc
$225
Medinc of Texas
$221
Carlsmed, Inc.
$194
Centinel Spine, LLC
$175
Arthrex, Inc.
$174
Integrity Implants Inc.
$168
Relievant Medsystems, Inc.
$163
Baxter Healthcare
$139
Spinal Simplicity, LLC
$138
ulrich medical USA, Inc.
$136
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America
$135
SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
$125
Heron Therapeutics, Inc.
$124
Amgen Inc.
$118
Davol Inc.
$118
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
$98
Mighty Oak Medical
$78
SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC.
$71
Lilly USA, LLC
$36
Intrinsic Therapeutics
$34
restor3d, inc.
$30
TrackX Technology, Inc.
$29
Viseon, Inc.
$27
AbbVie Inc.
$15
Alafair Biosciences, Inc.
$5
Wound Management Technologies, Inc
$5
Top 3 companies account for 79.6% of total payments
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
7D Surgical System · ALIF · AQUAMANTYS · AQUAMANTYS(TM) · ARISTA AH FLEXITIP · Adaptix · Admiral · Arthrex · Artis icono floor · Artis pheno · BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) · BASE · Bendini · Biograph mCT Flow · Biomet Orthopak · Biomet SpinalPak · BoneScalpel · CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM · CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM · CAVUX Cervical Cage · CD HORIZON · CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM · CLYDESDALE · COHERE · CONDUIT · Catalyft · CellerateRx · Cios Flow · Cios Spin · CoRoent · DIVERGENCE-L · ENDOSKELETON TL NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY · EVENITY · EXPEDIUM · FLOSEAL · FORTEO · FiberCel · HA MINUTEMAN G3-R · IFUSE IMPLANT · INFINITY OCT System · Intracept · KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty · LessRay · Leverage · MAGEC · MAZOR X SYSTEM · MEDTRONIC REUSABLE INSTRUMENTS · MIDAS REX · MLX · MaXcess-C · MaxView System - Lateral Set · Mazor X Stealth Edition · MazorX - Renaissance · MazorX Renaissance · Medical Devices · Mo.Ma · Modulus · Multitom Rax · NVM5 · Nuvaline/NuvaMap O.R. · O-ARM · O-ARM-ST · O-ARM-Spine · O-Genesis Graft Delivery System · OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION · OrthoBlast II Paste · Osteocel · PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System · PRODISC C VIVO · PRODISC L · PlasmaBlade · Pulse · REGATTA LATERAL SYSTEM · RELINE · RESTORE · SOMATOM Force · SOVEREIGN SPINAL SYSTEM · STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM · SYMPHONY · SYNCHROMEDII · SYNJECT · SpF · StealthStation · Strand Plus · Superion · Surgical planning and navigation radiation treatment planning and positioning · T-PLIF · TLIF · Teligen · Timberline · Timberline MPF · UBRELVY · UNID_PASS · VIPER · VersaWrap · WAVEFORM C · X-CORE · X-Core Mini · XLIF · XLX · ZYNRELEF · aprevo · i-FACTOR Putty · iFuse Implant · iGA
Should you be concerned? Payments from pharmaceutical and device companies are legal and common — 57% of U.S. physicians receive at least one. They often reflect legitimate consulting, research, or education. 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 →

Payments are distributed across multiple categories with no single dominant type. Total industry engagement is in the top 2% for neurological surgery in TX.

Equivalent to $68,509 per 100 Medicare services performed
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Geographic Context

Neurological Surgerys within 10 mi
170
Per 100K population
3.6
County median income
$73,104
Nearest hospital
MEMORIAL HERMANN - TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER
0.0 mi

Data Sources

Provider Registry NPPESWeekly updates
Medicare Enrollment PECOSMonthly updates
Practice Data Medicare Util.Annual (CY lag)
Industry Payments Open PaymentsCY 2024
Disciplinary History— Not publicN/A

This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →

Summary

Dr. Holman is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 13% in TX), and high industry engagement (mixed engagement, top 2%), with 19 years of practice experience.

This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Dr. Holman experienced with new patient office visit (30-44 min)?
Based on Medicare claims data, Dr. Holman performed 122 new patient office visit (30-44 min) services. Research suggests that higher procedure volume is often associated with better outcomes, particularly for complex procedures. Note that Medicare data only captures patients aged 65 and older, so the total practice volume across all patients is likely higher.
Does Dr. Holman receive payments from pharmaceutical companies?
Yes. Dr. Holman received a total of $578,902 from 47 companies across 803 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common among physicians — 57% of all U.S. physicians receive at least one industry payment. 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. Holman's costs compare to other neurological surgerys in Houston?
Dr. Holman's average Medicare payment per service is $253. 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. Holman) 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 a long track record of practice, Medicare participation, and industry disclosure. 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?
Each data source has its own update cycle. Provider registry data (NPPES) is updated weekly. Medicare enrollment (PECOS) is updated monthly. Medicare practice data has a ~2 year lag — the most recent available is typically 2 years prior. Industry payment data (Open Payments) is published annually, usually in June, covering the prior calendar year. We display the data date prominently on each section so you always know how current it is. See our data freshness policy →
About this page

All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): 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. The Transparency Score measures 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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