Robert Szabo
Hand Surgery · Sacramento, CANPI 1386634665
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (52.0%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sequoia Surgical, Inc. at 37.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,777 and has fallen 86.8% since, to $631 in 2025.
Across 98 payments — averaging $166.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sequoia Surgical, Inc.$6K
- Evolution Surgical, Inc$2K
- Axogen$2K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$1K
- Stryker$809
- Smith+Nephew$357
- plus $3K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2502%
- Food & beverage$7,57746%
- Education$8,47452%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sequoia Surgical, Inc. | 12 | $6,149 |
| Evolution Surgical, Inc | 4 | $2,428 |
| Axogen | 23 | $2,215 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 16 | $1,150 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 8 | $809 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $357 |
| Medartis Inc. | 2 | $349 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 2 | $340 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 5 | $278 |
| Arthrex | 5 | $251 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $250 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $223 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $217 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $176 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 1 | $154 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $143 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Derma Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $112 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $106 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $93 |
| Exsomed Corporation | 1 | $78 |
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.
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,250
- PRIMATRIX$693
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$680
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$680
- IDRT$571
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$458
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$458
- FLOWABLE$458
- INTEGRA$366
- APTUS$349
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$319
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$281
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$281
- VARIAX$269
- Product Portfolio$250
- DYNACORD$176
- NA$176
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$176
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$154
- B1132N2AI300100$153
How this compares
$16,301 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 249 hand surgery providers in California.
Other hand surgery in Sacramento
- Christopher BayneSacramento$140K
- Amelia SorensenSacramento$15K
- Christoher WilsonSacramento$14K
- Aditya ChawlaSacramento$10K
- Steven ShinLos Angeles$2.8M
- Amy LaddStanford$1.4M
- Emilie CheungStanford$1.1M
- Andrew HartmanOceanside$957K
- Nancy LynchSan Mateo$862K
- Jeffrey YaoRedwood City$622K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.