Robbi Franklin, MD
Neurological Surgery · Nashville, TNNPI 1619171279
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — gifts (59.8%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. at 59.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $8,499 and has fallen 94.1% since, to $501 in 2025.
Across 134 payments — averaging $101.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$8K
- Medtronic$3K
- GT Medical Technologies, Inc$639
- Novocure Inc.$547
- Stryker$387
- AstraZeneca$241
- plus $1K from 17 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $333,223 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Vesalio, Inc.$1000K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1111%
- Food & beverage$5,38939%
- Gifts$8,16560%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $8,165 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 57 | $2,507 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 6 | $639 |
| Novocure Inc. | 5 | $547 |
| Stryker | 12 | $387 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 13 | $241 |
| Abbott | 12 | $223 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 4 | $157 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 2 | $142 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $113 |
| Irras USA, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $96 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $76 |
| Mizuho America, Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $46 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Aesculap, 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.
- KINEVO$8,165
- Pipeline$552
- GammaTile$549
- Axium$351
- Oncology$269
- Optune Gio$165
- Covidien-Intrasaccular$158
- Neuroblate$121
- TREVO$114
- IRRASflow$111
How this compares
$13,666 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 156 neurological surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 18 | $111 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Nashville
- Brian OshaughnessyNashville$2.1M
- Chine LoganNashville$309K
- Scott ParkerNashville$255K
- Arthur UlmNashville$203K
- Gregory LanfordNashville$175K
- William SchooleyNashville$105K
- Khan LiNashville$101K
- Ernest WrightNashville$63K
- Dario EnglotNashville$47K
- Chadd FunkNashville$38K
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.