Rolando Roberto, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Sacramento, CANPI 1497745772
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (44.6%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 45.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $19,640 and has fallen 97.0% since, to $594 in 2025.
Across 73 payments — averaging $507.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$17K
- Zimvie Inc.$17K
- Stryker$1K
- Globus Medical$522
- Johnson & Johnson$480
- Brainlab, Inc.$288
- plus $1K from 9 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $16,488 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.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$33K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,50045%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,10038%
- Travel & lodging$2,8208%
- Food & beverage$3,61610%
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 | 24 | $16,845 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 7 | $16,682 |
| Stryker | 16 | $1,045 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 7 | $522 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $480 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 1 | $288 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 2 | $247 |
| VB Spine LLC | 1 | $147 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $126 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $65 |
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.
- The Tether$18,616
- Mobi-C$14,220
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$296
- Image Guided Surgical Device$288
- Polaris Deformity Spinal System$278
- aprevo$247
- TRITANIUM$152
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$147
- EXPEDIUM$146
- SYMPHONY$146
- CONDUIT$146
- PYRENEES$145
- Excelsius - GPS$137
- Magellan$124
- Expedium VERSE$113
- HemoBlast Bellows$103
How this compares
$37,036 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 288 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in California.
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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 of the spine in Sacramento
- Eric KlinebergSacramento$996K
- Hyun BaeSanta Monica$56.8M
- Choll KimSan Diego$4M
- Stacey BedermanOrange$3.7M
- Gregory Mundisla Jolla$3.3M
- Paul SlosarDaly City$3.1M
- Babak Barcohanavan Nuys$2.9M
- Neelakantan AnandLos Angeles$2.9M
- Sanjay KhuranaMarina del Rey$2.3M
- Neville AlleyneOceanside$2.2M
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.