Richard Robertson, MD
Anesthesiology · Columbus, INNPI 1346322179
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $3,637 of the $6,040 with a category attached, or 60.2%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 52.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,868 and has fallen 97.3% since, to $129 in 2024. Among anesthesiology clinicians in IN 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 94 payments — averaging $64.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$2K
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$204
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$123
- Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.$115
- Boston Scientific$69
- plus $549 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,63760%
- Food & beverage$2,40340%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 24 | $3,160 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 14 | $1,820 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 7 | $204 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 4 | $123 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 8 | $115 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $69 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $63 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $60 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $60 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $37 |
| Abbott | 2 | $37 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $34 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Novartis | 2 | $22 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $17 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $13 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 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.
- ClosureFast$2,350
- Superion ISS$1,630
How this compares
$6,040 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,203 anesthesiology providers in Indiana.
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.
Other anesthesiology in Columbus
- Kenneth PrimmCrawfordsville$1M
- Brian SchmutzlerIndianapolis$384K
- Pieter VreedeRushville$379K
- Louis BojrabIndianapolis$130K
- Stephen StitleIndianapolis$109K
- Jerome AdamsMuncie$85K
- Lucas MitchelIndianapolis$61K
- David AdamsIndianapolis$19K
- Joseph RichardsonIndianapolis$15K
- Zachary BiehlFort Wayne$14K
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.