Robert Frost, PA
Surgical · Rancho Santa Margarita, CANPI 1114044633
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (42.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Getinge USA Sales, LLC accounts for 70.2% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $12,565, 3.1 times the $4,104 reported in 2021. Among surgical 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 152 payments — averaging $147.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$16K
- Abiomed$2K
- Vital Orthopedics LLC$705
- Atricure, Inc.$671
- Edwards Lifesciences$613
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$579
- plus $2K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,49542%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,00013%
- Travel & lodging$3,81517%
- Food & beverage$6,16727%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 71 | $15,778 |
| Abiomed | 19 | $2,261 |
| Vital Orthopedics LLC | 2 | $705 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 10 | $671 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 21 | $613 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $579 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $508 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $283 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $262 |
| Saphena Medical, Inc. | 2 | $186 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $163 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 4 | $134 |
| Maquet Cardiovascular L.L.C. | 3 | $109 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $77 |
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
$22,477 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 729 surgical providers in California.
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 surgical in Rancho Santa Margarita
- Crispin MarRancho Santa Margarita$23K
- Jeffrey BulgerRancho Santa Margarita$15K
- Meghan TorresRancho Santa Margarita$5K
- Lauren AmicoVista$989K
- Cheyanne MallasWest Hollywood$199K
- Laura PietrzakMarina del Rey$63K
- Jane HartiganSanta Rosa$27K
- Kenny NgoPalo Alto$25K
- Audie LeeSan Francisco$21K
- Gregory BrunetSanta Barbara$20K
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.