Robert McLain
Orthopaedic Surgery · Solon, OHNPI 1982632816
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (36.5%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Centinel Spine, LLC at 54.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $8,490 and has fallen 97.7% since, to $194 in 2023.
Across 77 payments — averaging $208.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Centinel Spine, LLC$9K
- Spineology Inc.$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Si-bone, Inc.$517
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$348
- Medtronic$264
- plus $1K from 9 others
Across 14 payments — averaging $9585.43 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Centinel Spine, LLC$134K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,75036%
- Travel & lodging$5,85037%
- Food & beverage$4,41628%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 30 | $8,703 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $2,796 |
| Stryker | 12 | $2,223 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 7 | $517 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 8 | $348 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $264 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 2 | $248 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 2 | $215 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 2 | $203 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 3 | $201 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $166 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $70 |
| Abbott | 1 | $31 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Applied Medical Technology Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
- PRODISC L$6,207
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$2,796
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$1,607
- PRODISC C VIVO$1,471
- NIAGARA LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$1,430
- iFuse Implant$279
- TRITANIUM$259
- BIO4$259
- Matrixx SA ALIF System$176
- Matrixx TLIF System$176
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$145
- PRODISC C$131
- Mobi-C$120
- Spinal-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator$117
- Cervical-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator$117
- Barricaid Annular Closure Device$111
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$104
- ENSEAL Product Family$104
- STRATAFIX$104
- VESUVIUS$101
How this compares
$16,016 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 794 orthopaedic surgery providers in Ohio.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 12 | $692 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Solon
- Bernard StulbergSolon$767K
- Reuben GobezieCleveland$12M
- Gregory BerletWorthington$9.6M
- Wael BarsoumCleveland$8.9M
- Brian CohenChillicothe$8.8M
- Joseph IannottiCleveland$7.1M
- John SontichYoungstown$3.6M
- Anthony MiniaciCleveland$3.1M
- David WelkerMiamisburg$2.8M
- Kenneth GreeneCleveland$2.6M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.