Aimee Bobko, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Palos Hills, ILNPI 1851753305
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (36.6%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 29.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $11,909 and has fallen 77.3% since, to $2,708 in 2025.
Across 114 payments — averaging $159.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$5K
- Stryker$4K
- Acumed LLC$3K
- Medwest Associates$2K
- Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc$806
- Zimmer Biomet$777
- plus $2K from 12 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $56,315 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Arthrex$56K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,95827%
- Food & beverage$6,65737%
- Education$6,55136%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 36 | $5,310 |
| Stryker | 33 | $3,808 |
| Acumed LLC | 10 | $3,135 |
| Medwest Associates | 3 | $2,422 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 3 | $806 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $777 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $410 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $399 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 3 | $327 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $172 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $152 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $129 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $112 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $97 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $38 |
| Abbott | 1 | $28 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- ACUMED$13,982
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$1,413
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$551
- EQUINOXE$410
- T2 ALPHA$397
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$322
- CSR & R1 Reverse Total Shoulder Systems$302
- R1 Reverse Total Shoulder$302
- NANOTACK FLEX$170
- Archer 3D Software$168
- SIMPLICITI$163
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$150
- GAMMA$147
- T2$143
- BRISTOW-LATARJET$135
- DYNACORD$135
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$132
- Comprehensive Reverse$117
- PANGEA$116
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$112
How this compares
$18,166 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 844 orthopaedic surgery providers in Illinois.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 68 | $630 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 12 | $231 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $86 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $69 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Palos Hills
- Peter BonuttiEffingham$24.3M
- Steven HaddadGlenview$12.6M
- Aaron RosenbergChicago$12.4M
- Treg BrownHerrin$6.6M
- Wayne GoldsteinMorton Grove$4.9M
- Steven ChudikWestmont$4.1M
- Matthew SquireAurora$2.9M
- David ManningBurr Ridge$2.3M
- Ritesh ShahMorton Grove$2.3M
- Anish KadakiaChicago$2.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.