Robert Golz
Orthopaedic Surgery · Herrin, ILNPI 1184739716
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $249,152 of the $251,525 with a category attached, or 99.1%. Smith+Nephew accounts for 99.1% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $56,519, 2.1 times the $26,631 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in IL 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 89 payments — averaging $2826.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$249K
- Stryker$1K
- Amgen$344
- Zimmer Biomet$233
- Johnson & Johnson$167
- KCI USA, Inc.$72
- plus $296 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$249,15299%
- Travel & lodging$1,2300%
- Food & beverage$1,0550%
- Education$880%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 29 | $249,164 |
| Stryker | 7 | $1,248 |
| Amgen | 16 | $344 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $233 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $167 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 3 | $72 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 6 | $51 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $47 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $20 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$251,525 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 844 orthopaedic surgery providers in Illinois.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 27 | $257 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Herrin
- Treg BrownHerrin$6.6M
- Steven YoungHerrin$251K
- Peter BonuttiEffingham$24.3M
- Steven HaddadGlenview$12.6M
- Aaron RosenbergChicago$12.4M
- Wayne GoldsteinMorton Grove$4.9M
- Steven ChudikWestmont$4.1M
- Matthew SquireAurora$2.9M
- David ManningBurr Ridge$2.3M
- Ritesh ShahMorton Grove$2.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.