Robert Slater, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Folsom, CANPI 1427136183
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 64 payments — averaging $92.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$2K
- Alafair Biosciences, Inc.$777
- Axogen$619
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$458
- Smith+Nephew$455
- Trimed, Inc.$428
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,33173%
- Education$1,43124%
- Entertainment$1362%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 7 | $1,682 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 7 | $777 |
| Axogen | 5 | $619 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 10 | $458 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $455 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 4 | $428 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 4 | $261 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $212 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $190 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $174 |
| Stryker | 1 | $148 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $144 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Vertex | 1 | $97 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $14 |
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.
- VersaWrap Tendon Protector$341
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$303
- VersaWrap$273
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$266
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$266
- XIAFLEX$266
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$262
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$262
- DYNACORD$176
- NA$176
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$176
- VARIAX$148
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$140
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$140
- INSTRUMENTS-ORTHOPEDIC$120
- INSTRUMENTS-GENERAL SURGERY$120
- INSTRUMENTS-PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE$120
- INSTRUMENTS-MICROSURGERY$120
- Biomet Orthopak$117
- Physio-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator$117
How this compares
$5,898 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,808 orthopaedic surgery 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 33 | $143 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 18 | $110 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Folsom
- Bradford HackArcadia$18.3M
- Robert GorabOrange$14.5M
- Kelly VinceLos Angeles$9.6M
- Stephen HowellSacramento$9.4M
- Thomas CoonRed Bluff$9.2M
- Peter NewtonSan Diego$7M
- Nirav AminPlacentia$5.8M
- Tom NorrisSan Francisco$5.3M
- Jay LiebermanLos Angeles$4.8M
- Sigurd BervenSan Francisco$4.1M
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.