Total Payments
$529.52
2024 Payments
$340.47
Companies
7
Transactions
13
Medicare Patients
2,582
Medicare Billing
$359,961
Payment Breakdown by Category
Food & Beverage$529.52 (100.0%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $529.52 | 13 | 100.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stryker Corporation | $347.87 | 5 | $0 (2024) |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | $48.16 | 2 | $0 (2023) |
| Avanos Medical | $43.23 | 2 | $0 (2024) |
| Pylant Medical | $40.26 | 1 | $0 (2023) |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | $18.75 | 1 | $0 (2023) |
| Bioventus LLC | $16.20 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
| KCI USA, Inc. | $15.05 | 1 | $0 (2023) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $340.47 | 4 | Stryker Corporation ($317.70) |
| 2023 | $144.42 | 7 | Pylant Medical ($40.26) |
| 2022 | $44.63 | 2 | Daiichi Sankyo Inc. ($28.43) |
All Payment Transactions
13 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/09/2024 | Stryker Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $41.80 | General |
| 11/08/2024 | Stryker Corporation | INSIGNIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $170.58 | General |
| Category: JOINT REPLACEMENT HIPS, KNEES | ||||||
| 08/30/2024 | Avanos Medical | GRPRO 2.1 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.77 | General |
| Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT | ||||||
| 03/21/2024 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $105.32 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 12/18/2023 | Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | EUFLEXXA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.75 | General |
| Category: ORTHOPEDICS | ||||||
| 10/07/2023 | Stryker Corporation | ASNIS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.23 | General |
| Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMETIES | ||||||
| 08/07/2023 | KCI USA, Inc. | PREVENA (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $15.05 | General |
| Category: Negative Pressure Systems & Dressings | ||||||
| 06/02/2023 | Pylant Medical | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $40.26 | General |
| 05/07/2023 | Stryker Corporation | TRIATHLON (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.94 | General |
| Category: KNEES | ||||||
| 02/27/2023 | Avanos Medical | PNB AND ACCESSORIES (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.46 | General |
| Category: SURGICAL PAIN | ||||||
| 01/17/2023 | Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | INJECTAFER (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.73 | General |
| Category: Iron Deficiency Anemia | ||||||
| 11/28/2022 | Bioventus LLC | Durolane (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.20 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 11/18/2022 | Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | INJECTAFER (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $28.43 | General |
| Category: Iron Deficiency Anemia | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21 | 1,938 | 4,424 | $1.3M | $296,210 |
| 2022 | 13 | 644 | 1,029 | $258,271 | $63,751 |
Total Patients
2,582
Total Services
5,453
Medicare Billing
$359,961
Procedure Codes
34
All Medicare Procedures & Services
34 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27447 | Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | Facility | 2023 | 94 | 100 | $437,874 | $96,530 | 22.0% |
| 27130 | Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis | Facility | 2023 | 56 | 57 | $244,986 | $54,673 | 22.3% |
| 27487 | Revision of thigh and lower leg bone components of total knee joint prosthesis | Facility | 2023 | 16 | 17 | $94,809 | $22,355 | 23.6% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 211 | 238 | $80,444 | $20,644 | 25.7% |
| 0055T | Musculoskeletal surgical navigational orthopedic operation using imaging guidance | Facility | 2023 | 85 | 88 | $44,000 | $15,197 | 34.5% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 148 | 148 | $75,480 | $15,122 | 20.0% |
| 73564 | X-ray of knee, 4 or more views | Office | 2023 | 253 | 390 | $53,312 | $12,407 | 23.3% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 138 | 167 | $38,911 | $10,804 | 27.8% |
| 99490 | Chronic care management services, first 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month | Office | 2023 | 55 | 216 | $27,864 | $9,822 | 35.2% |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | Office | 2023 | 122 | 144 | $36,120 | $7,049 | 19.5% |
| 73502 | X-ray of hip, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 166 | 213 | $29,820 | $6,610 | 22.2% |
| J7318 | Hyaluronan or derivative, durolane, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg | Office | 2023 | 14 | 1,080 | $43,200 | $5,433 | 12.6% |
| 72170 | X-ray of pelvis, 1-2 views | Office | 2023 | 194 | 197 | $17,336 | $3,771 | 21.8% |
| 99212 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes | Office | 2023 | 90 | 92 | $12,972 | $3,719 | 28.7% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 49 | 49 | $16,366 | $3,510 | 21.4% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 21 | 21 | $13,230 | $2,789 | 21.1% |
| 73562 | X-ray of knee, 3 views | Office | 2023 | 69 | 76 | $9,194 | $2,205 | 24.0% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 21 | 21 | $9,009 | $2,090 | 23.2% |
| 99439 | Chronic care management services for two or more chronic conditions, additional 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month | Office | 2023 | 19 | 21 | $1,365 | $757.26 | 55.5% |
| 73523 | X-ray of both hips, minimum of 5 views | Office | 2023 | 16 | 16 | $2,928 | $619.43 | 21.2% |
| J1100 | Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg | Office | 2023 | 101 | 1,073 | $10,730 | $103.24 | 1.0% |
| 27447 | Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | Facility | 2022 | 18 | 18 | $69,709 | $15,806 | 22.7% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 126 | 134 | $45,292 | $12,988 | 28.7% |
| 27130 | Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis | Facility | 2022 | 12 | 12 | $40,216 | $8,992 | 22.4% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2022 | 44 | 44 | $22,440 | $5,516 | 24.6% |
About Dr. Andrew Hester, M.D
Dr. Andrew Hester, M.D is a Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Tyler, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/28/2016. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1063874071.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Andrew Hester, M.D has received a total of $529.52 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $340.47 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 13 transactions from 7 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($529.52).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Hester has provided services to 2,582 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 5,453 services with total Medicare billing of $359,961. Data is available for 2 years (2022–2023), covering 34 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery
- Other Specialties Orthopaedic Surgery
- Location Tyler, TX
- Active Since 03/28/2016
- Last Updated 12/11/2025
- Taxonomy Code 207XS0114X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1063874071
Products in Payments
- INSIGNIA (Device) $170.58
- MAKO (Device) $105.32
- INJECTAFER (Drug) $48.16
- GRPRO 2.1 (Device) $22.77
- PNB AND ACCESSORIES (Device) $20.46
- EUFLEXXA (Device) $18.75
- Durolane (Device) $16.20
- ASNIS (Device) $15.23
- PREVENA (Device) $15.05
- TRIATHLON (Device) $14.94
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Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.