Ronald Lakatos, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · State College, PANPI 1093771123
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Riwospine, Inc. at 30.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,072 and has fallen 72.6% since, to $293 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in PA, where the typical reported total is $6,283.
Across 46 payments — averaging $63.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Riwospine, Inc.$900
- Zimvie Inc.$520
- Boston Scientific$256
- Globus Medical$251
- Medtronic$206
- Arthrex$205
- plus $604 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,24142%
- Food & beverage$1,70258%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Riwospine, Inc. | 1 | $900 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 4 | $520 |
| Boston Scientific | 17 | $256 |
| Globus Medical | 5 | $251 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $206 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $205 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $146 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $118 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $94 |
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 1 | $66 |
| Spinesmith Holdings, LLC | 1 | $63 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $55 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $20 |
| Abbott | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Spine$900
- Mobi-C$441
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$114
How this compares
$2,942 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 43 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Pennsylvania.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 81 | $1,767 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 97 | $732 |
| Gabapentin | 56 | $303 |
| Meloxicam | 83 | $288 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 27 | $128 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 34 | $111 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $101 |
| Prednisone | 12 | $40 |
| Alprazolam | 21 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in State College
- Joel TorrettiState College$1.1M
- Gregory BaileyState College$1.1M
- Eric EmanskiState College$88K
- Alan HilibrandBensalem$1.4M
- David AndersonBensalem$786K
- Jeffrey McConnellAllentown$509K
- Christopher HendersonDickson City$222K
- Joshua PahysPhiladelphia$213K
- David CasperPhiladelphia$195K
- Scott RushtonWynnewood$93K
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.