Robert Dimick, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Hermitage, TNNPI 1346212602
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (45.4%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 69.9% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,592, 2.8 times the $573 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in TN, where the typical reported total is $7,717.
Across 27 payments — averaging $96.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- CGG Medical Inc$559
- Abbott$49
- Novo Nordisk$37
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$28
- DJO, LLC$27
- plus $84 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,18745%
- Food & beverage$86733%
- Education$55921%
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(2 entities) | 16 | $1,828 |
| CGG Medical Inc | 1 | $559 |
| Abbott | 2 | $49 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $37 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $28 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
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.
How this compares
$2,613 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 51 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Tennessee.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lidocaine | 17 | $1,496 |
| Gabapentin | 159 | $847 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 101 | $757 |
| Celecoxib | 42 | $668 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 73 | $595 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 47 | $559 |
| Pregabalin | 18 | $363 |
| Meloxicam | 87 | $247 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 19 | $197 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 12 | $140 |
| Methylprednisolone | 18 | $122 |
| Ibuprofen | 13 | $95 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 33 | $92 |
| Alprazolam | 11 | $11 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Hermitage
- Lawrence BabatNashville$928K
- Raymond GardockiNashville$666K
- Samuel SchroerluckeMemphis$451K
- James JolleyChattanooga$231K
- John BurlesonSmyrna$184K
- Michael McNamaraFranklin$150K
- John KlekampFranklin$148K
- Daniel WellsKnoxville$135K
- Colin CrosbyNashville$134K
- Garrick CasonCleveland$65K
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.