Robert Cho
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery · Beverly Hills, CANPI 1114164126
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $431,334 of the $496,172 with a category attached, or 86.9%. Globus Medical accounts for 61.7% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among pediatric orthopaedic surgery 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 437 payments — averaging $1135.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$306K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$94K
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$54K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$17K
- Medtronic$16K
- Biedermann Motech, Inc.$3K
- plus $6K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$7,4582%
- Consulting fees$431,33487%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,8941%
- Travel & lodging$36,3487%
- Food & beverage$14,0173%
- Education$1200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 192 | $306,334 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 47 | $94,412 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 58 | $53,535 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 5 | $16,510 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 51 | $15,850 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 11 | $3,301 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 26 | $2,283 |
| Prosidyan, Inc | 1 | $1,000 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $617 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 8 | $526 |
| Mighty Oak Medical | 1 | $375 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 5 | $271 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 3 | $236 |
| Clariance, Inc. | 1 | $188 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 4 | $181 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $162 |
| Stryker | 3 | $132 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $106 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $69 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| GS Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $24 |
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.
- RELINE$145,263
- EXPEDIUM$92,178
- Excelsius - GPS$19,764
- EXPAREL$16,320
- MAGEC$14,095
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$13,743
- REFLECT$12,940
- TLIF$11,772
- XLIF$9,462
- MAGEC Spinal Bracing and Distraction System$6,322
- Orthopediatric Implants$5,000
- MOSS VRS Spinal System$3,052
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$2,655
- FIBERGRAFT$1,723
- The Tether$1,613
- SpheRx$1,375
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$491
- MOSS100 Pedicle Screw System$417
- Telix K Interbody System$270
- INVICTUS OPEN$267
How this compares
$496,172 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 63 pediatric orthopaedic surgery providers in California.
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Other pediatric orthopaedic surgery in Beverly Hills
- Jeffrey KanelLos Gatos$251K
- Michael KimballSan Diego$162K
- Lindsay AndrasLos Angeles$158K
- Selina PoonPasadena$97K
- Vedant KulkarniSacramento$42K
- John SchlechterOrange$38K
- Samuel RosenfeldOrange$26K
- Matthew SchmitzSan Diego$20K
- James PolicyOakland$18K
- Molly MeadowsPalo Alto$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.