Robert Otte, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Bradenton, FLNPI 1942649405
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (41.9%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 83.2% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $118,595, more than ten times the $11,382 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 345 payments — averaging $546.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$157K
- Arthrex$24K
- Stryker$4K
- Encore Medical, LP$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- MVP Orthopedics Inc$405
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$71,92838%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,2503%
- Travel & lodging$19,67510%
- Food & beverage$12,5327%
- Education$78,98942%
- Gifts$940%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 197 | $156,776 |
| Arthrex | 50 | $23,753 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 43 | $3,604 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 11 | $1,519 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $1,209 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 8 | $405 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $351 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $193 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $167 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $108 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $65 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $41 |
| Coastal Medical Technologies LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $14 |
| Medwest Associates | 1 | $13 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $10 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- mymobility Platform$60,547
- ALLIANCE$12,320
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$3,137
- MILAGRO$1,018
- Persona$694
- ACCOLADE$672
- Ascend Flex$644
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$576
- COMPREHENSIVE$514
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Reverse$495
- REUNION$376
- Actishield$297
- Juggerknotless Soft Anchor$282
- DYNACORD$222
- BioWick X$174
- Signature Glenoid Guides$146
- ROSA-Knee$145
- Comprehensive Reverse$145
- Regeneten$138
- ROSA$125
How this compares
$188,468 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 133 | $862 |
| Celecoxib | 19 | $273 |
| Methylprednisolone | 24 | $136 |
| Naproxen | 20 | $88 |
| Amoxicillin | 35 | $55 |
| Meloxicam | 16 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Bradenton
- Alan ValadieBradenton$415K
- Andrew CooperClearwater$102M
- Richard HynesMelbourne$34.8M
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- George HaidukewychOrlando$10M
- Robert SantrockFernandina Beach$7.3M
- Martin RocheFt. Lauderdale$7.1M
- Steven LyonsTampa$6.7M
- Thomas BernasekTemple Terrace$6.4M
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.