Neal Elattrache
Sports Medicine · Los Angeles, CANPI 1669457354
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $50,887,262 of the $50,973,415 with a category attached, or 99.8%. Arthrex accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among sports medicine clinicians in CA 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 237 payments — averaging $215,078 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$51M
- Micromed Inc$7K
- Smith+Nephew$659
- Stryker$527
- Goode Surgical Inc$249
- Johnson & Johnson$133
- plus $246 from 4 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $6240.00 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$12K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$50,887,262100%
- Speaking & faculty fees$64,7500%
- Travel & lodging$7,9120%
- Food & beverage$6,4100%
- Education$7,0810%
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 | 216 | $50,964,520 |
| Micromed Inc | 4 | $7,081 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $659 |
| Stryker | 4 | $527 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 1 | $249 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $133 |
| Pylant Medical | 1 | $131 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Maruho Medical, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- ARTHREX$176,433,928
- SHOULDER IMPLANTS SWIVELOCKS COMPOSITE ANCHORS$15,600,512
- SHOULDER IMPLANTS PUSHLOCKS COMPOSITE ANCHORS$15,600,512
- SHOULDER IMPLANTS SPEEDBRIDGE COMPOSITE ANCHORS$15,600,512
- SHOULDER IMPLANTS SWIVELOCKS PEEK ANCHORS$15,600,512
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS SOFT TISSUE TENODESIS$15,600,512
- SPINE INSTRUMENTS ENDOSCOPIC INSTRUMENT SETS$357
- CINCHLOCK$265
- N/A$262
- CAP-FIX$235
- Acufex$143
- MONOVISC$119
- CINCHLOCK SS$114
How this compares
$50,973,415 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 662 sports medicine providers in California.
Other sports medicine in Los Angeles
- Carleton VangsnessLos Angeles$872K
- Michael BanffyLos Angeles$578K
- Seth GamradtLos Angeles$567K
- Reza OmidLos Angeles$400K
- Orr LimpisvastiLos Angeles$335K
- George HatchLos Angeles$255K
- David McAllisterLos Angeles$186K
- Alexander WeberLos Angeles$82K
- James TiboneLos Angeles$74K
- Carlos UquillasLos Angeles$68K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.