RxDoctor Payments Data

Joseph Labrum, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery · Spokane Valley, WANPI 1639554330

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — grants (46.2%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 57.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $24,557 and has fallen 78.8% since, to $5,199 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in WA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$49,833in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 144 payments — averaging $346.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Arthrex$29K
  • Smith+Nephew$8K
  • Summit Surgical Corp.$4K
  • Sawtooth Surgical Solutions Inc$3K
  • DJO, LLC$3K
  • Stryker$2K
  • plus $2K from 9 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$1,2503%
  • Grants$23,00046%
  • Travel & lodging$8,37517%
  • Food & beverage$4,7169%
  • Education$12,49325%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Arthrex67$28,575
Smith+Nephew5$7,574
Summit Surgical Corp.14$4,214
Sawtooth Surgical Solutions Inc20$3,024
DJO, LLC4$3,000
Stryker11$1,725
Zimmer Biomet5$520
CGG Medical Inc2$346
Medtronic2$231
Left Coast Surgical Inc1$173
Integra Lifesciences Corporation3$170
Vericel Corporation5$132
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)3$92
Skeletal Dynamics Inc1$31
Solventum Corporation1$25

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.

How this compares

$49,833 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 495 orthopaedic surgery providers in Washington.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$123,068
Medicare patients
172
Services billed
1,085

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen147$1,137
Gabapentin158$1,013
Ondansetron OdtOndansetron98$746
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen43$429
Meloxicam41$108
Tramadol Hcl11$46
Amoxicillin30$24
Prednisone11$18

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Other orthopaedic surgery in Spokane Valley

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