Robert Anderson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1326021288
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $5,412,434 of the $6,561,213 with a category attached, or 82.5%. Stryker accounts for 83.3% of it on its own, with 35 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NC 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 1,223 payments — averaging $5364.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$5.5M
- Arthrex$403K
- International Life Sciences$215K
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$204K
- Zimmer Biomet$168K
- DJO, LLC$29K
- plus $75K from 30 others
Across 26 payments — averaging $892.72 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.
- Stryker$14K
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$6K
- Zimmer Biomet$4K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$5,412,43482%
- Consulting fees$658,56510%
- Speaking & faculty fees$365,2436%
- Travel & lodging$103,1302%
- Food & beverage$21,8410%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 535 | $5,467,261 |
| Arthrex | 294 | $403,480 |
| International Life Sciences | 15 | $214,804 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 191 | $203,697 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 59 | $168,415 |
| DJO, LLC | 34 | $28,905 |
| Bioventus LLC | 12 | $20,088 |
| Novastep Inc. | 10 | $14,528 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 11 | $10,520 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 6 | $7,132 |
| Carestream Health, Inc. | 2 | $5,250 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $5,162 |
| Osteoremedies, LLC | 8 | $3,930 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $3,229 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 9 | $1,168 |
| Great Lakes Orthopedics | 8 | $729 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $500 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 2 | $340 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $334 |
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 2 | $283 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $201 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $156 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $150 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Dunamis Medical, LLC | 1 | $117 |
| True North Surgical Inc | 1 | $106 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 1 | $86 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $79 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| CMS Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $62 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $50 |
| Mindray DS USA, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $31 |
| Piedmont Plus Innovation | 1 | $13 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- PRO-TOE$2,318,562
- INBONE$1,750,622
- ORTHOLOC 3DI$1,099,652
- INFINITY$951,963
- GRAVITY SYNCHFIX$406,992
- FLEXBAND$402,773
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$386,843
- ORTHOLOC$213,336
- DARCO$203,704
- CLAW$180,251
- CLARIX$145,164
- AccuPort$126,474
- PROstep$91,111
- HOFFMANN$86,301
- PROPHECY$81,289
- INVISION$75,176
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS SOFT TISSUE ACHILLES$70,386
- 7 X 23MM CITRELOCK IMPLANT$30,021
- ORTHOLOC 3DI CROSSCHECK$25,876
- AccuFill$24,905
How this compares
$6,561,213 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 845 orthopaedic surgery providers in North Carolina.
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 orthopaedic surgery in Charlotte
- Thomas FehringCharlotte$18.3M
- Walter BeaverCharlotte$7.4M
- John MasonCharlotte$5.7M
- William DavisCharlotte$5.2M
- John EllingtonCharlotte$4.9M
- Carroll JonesCharlotte$3.6M
- John MasonisCharlotte$3.4M
- Bruce CohenCharlotte$2.4M
- Anthony KwonCharlotte$1.9M
- William GriffinCharlotte$1.8M
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.