Blake Peterson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Arlington, VANPI 1023379849
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (46.3%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 96.3% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $183,549, more than ten times the $8,353 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in VA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 538 payments — averaging $709.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$368K
- Smith+Nephew$10K
- Stryker$1K
- Globus Medical$817
- KCI USA, Inc.$800
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$114
- plus $611 from 18 others
Across 30 payments — averaging $4902.53 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.
- Zimmer Biomet$147K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$161,33542%
- Travel & lodging$35,8589%
- Food & beverage$7,6222%
- Education$176,93846%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 467 | $367,789 |
| Smith+Nephew | 14 | $10,291 |
| Stryker | 19 | $1,330 |
| Globus Medical | 5 | $817 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $800 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $80 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $78 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 2 | $74 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Amgen | 3 | $54 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $39 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Vertex | 2 | $30 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $17 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $13 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Avenir$190,707
- G7$144,008
- Arcos$65,570
- ROSA$39,562
- Journey II$16,784
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$9,253
- K-15 PORK$8,025
- Taperloc$5,735
- Hips Product Portfolio$5,000
- HAMMR CURVED G7 IMPACTOR$3,925
- Persona$3,708
- Vivacit E$2,400
- Z1 HIP SYSTEM$1,925
- mymobility Platform$1,750
- JOURNEY$1,228
- ANTERIOR SUPINE STEM EXTRACTOR$1,200
- PREVENA$800
- ROSA-Knee$691
- MAKO$488
- TRIATHLON$323
How this compares
$381,753 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 473 orthopaedic surgery providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 386 | $9,753 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 357 | $4,453 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 352 | $4,301 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 529 | $1,414 |
| Tranexamic Acid | 25 | $350 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 15 | $124 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $121 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 18 | $103 |
| Cefadroxil | 24 | $90 |
| Dexamethasone | 23 | $66 |
| Meloxicam | 23 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Arlington
- Daniel GerscovichArlington$156K
- Dale YoungNorth Chesterfield$10.9M
- James DowdVirginia Beach$6.1M
- Mark de BloisNorth Chesterfield$4M
- Cato LaurencinCharlottesville$3.5M
- Randall PeytonSterling$2.9M
- William MihalkoCharlottesville$2M
- David MillerNorth Chesterfield$1.7M
- Keith LawhornFairfax$1.6M
- Joseph GonduskyVirginia Beach$1.2M
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.