Robert Getter, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Port Charlotte, FLNPI 1427241686
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $3,834 of the $4,199 with a category attached, or 91.3%. Life Spine, Inc. accounts for 91.3% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,834, more than ten times the $70 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $16,334.
Across 14 payments — averaging $299.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Life Spine, Inc.$4K
- Si-bone, Inc.$224
- Medtronic$80
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$24
- Globus Medical$22
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$13
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1915%
- Food & beverage$1744%
- Education$3,83491%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Life Spine, Inc. | 3 | $3,834 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $224 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $80 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $22 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- ProLift$3,834
- ProLift Lateral$3,834
- ProLift Lateral Fixated$3,834
- iFuse Implant$191
How this compares
$4,199 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 159 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Florida.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 223 | $2,268 |
| Methylprednisolone | 157 | $990 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 71 | $860 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 108 | $506 |
| Diazepam | 87 | $225 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 47 | $104 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 49 | $99 |
| Prednisone | 24 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Port Charlotte
- Harry ShufflebargerMiami$3.5M
- Paul KellerMelbourne$3.4M
- Thomas SweeneySarasota$2.3M
- Geoffrey CronenTampa$2.2M
- James BillysOdessa$1.9M
- Mark DekutoskiDestin$1.8M
- Farhan SiddiqiOdessa$1.7M
- Samuel JosephSafety Harbor$1.7M
- Thomas ErricoMiami$1.6M
- Constantine ToumbisCrystal River$1.6M
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.