Robert Zura, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · New Orleans, LANPI 1548357064
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (42.5%), consulting fees and royalties or licence payments — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bioventus LLC at 58.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $226,443, 3.3 times the $68,509 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in LA 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 655 payments — averaging $910.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bioventus LLC$347K
- Stryker$200K
- Osteocentric Technologies, Inc.$19K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$15K
- Bonebridge Inc.$8K
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- plus $4K from 20 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $2809.62 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.
- Bioventus LLC$37K
Across 5 payments — averaging $39,181 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Osteocentric Technologies, Inc.$196K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$114,25219%
- Consulting fees$132,43322%
- Speaking & faculty fees$253,65043%
- Travel & lodging$70,91112%
- Food & beverage$21,1674%
- Education$4,1621%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bioventus LLC | 252 | $347,456 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 289 | $199,842 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 43 | $19,194 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 19 | $15,243 |
| Bonebridge Inc. | 1 | $8,078 |
| Smith+Nephew | 17 | $3,199 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 6 | $1,459 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 4 | $285 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 3 | $228 |
| Acumed LLC | 3 | $199 |
| US Implant Solutions, LLC | 1 | $193 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $150 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 1 | $125 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $125 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $108 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $97 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| My01 Inc. | 2 | $61 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Vertex | 1 | $45 |
| Axogen | 1 | $30 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $28 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 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.
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$245,099
- PANGEA$130,002
- Exogen$83,958
- AXSOS$42,270
- Durolane$13,629
- Unifi Technology$13,093
- Spinal-Stim$9,455
- GAMMA$9,442
- HOFFMANN$6,000
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$5,850
- INBONE$5,850
- Physio-Stim$5,806
- VARIAX$5,658
- OsteoCentric 4.0 x 130mm LOCKING BONE SCREW FASTENER ST$5,280
- Actishield$2,990
- T2 ALPHA$2,969
- EVOS$2,504
- MAKO$2,318
- PRO$1,991
- TRIGEN$1,510
How this compares
$596,575 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 286 orthopaedic surgery providers in Louisiana.
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.
Other orthopaedic surgery in New Orleans
- Fernando SanchezNew Orleans$484K
- Matthew CableNew Orleans$79K
- Gustavo GodoyNew Orleans$76K
- Cameron KingNew Orleans$74K
- Ramin SadeghpourNew Orleans$37K
- Robert HuangNew Orleans$28K
- Leland McCluskeyNew Orleans$24K
- Willard MooreNew Orleans$23K
- Jessica RiveraNew Orleans$20K
- Richard MeyerNew Orleans$16K
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.