Rudolph Schrot, MD
Neurological Surgery · Sacramento, CANPI 1790768679
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (56.2%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Si-bone, Inc. accounts for 61.4% of it on its own, with 28 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $27,226 and has fallen 95.0% since, to $1,357 in 2025.
Across 193 payments — averaging $248.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Si-bone, Inc.$29K
- Medtronic$7K
- Nevro Corp.$3K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Boston Scientific$818
- plus $4K from 23 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $15,197 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.
- Centinel Spine, LLC$122K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$27,00056%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,38013%
- Travel & lodging$6,34613%
- Food & beverage$8,28417%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Si-bone, Inc. | 33 | $29,455 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 19 | $7,496 |
| Nevro Corp. | 28 | $2,772 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 15 | $1,697 |
| Abbott | 42 | $1,484 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $818 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $807 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 11 | $773 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 2 | $428 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $392 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 2 | $215 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $171 |
| Insightec,inc | 1 | $162 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Surgical Theater. Inc. | 2 | $129 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $103 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 1 | $99 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 1 | $69 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 2 | $60 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $59 |
| Axogen | 1 | $53 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $22 |
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.
- iFuse Implant$27,530
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$3,525
- RESTORESENSORSURESCAN$3,190
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$2,030
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$1,405
- PRODISC C VIVO$1,114
- ROSA-Brain$709
- Other - Miscellaneous$396
- PROCLAIM$368
- COFLEX INTERLAMINAR TECHNOLOGY, 10MM$314
- ARAI SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM$314
- CORTERA$314
- COFIX IMPLANT 10 MM$314
- XLIF$285
- Infinity DBS Pulse Generators$234
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$195
- ARTIS icono biplane$171
- Exablate$162
- KONG-TL VBR E, EXPANDABLE BODY, L, 19 MM X 27 - 37 MM$160
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM 6.0, SCREW, Carbon/PEEK, POLYAX., FEN., O 5.5 X 45 MM$160
How this compares
$48,010 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 773 neurological 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 31 | $154 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Sacramento
- Kee KimSacramento$682K
- Ben WaldauSacramento$207K
- Christopher AmesSan Francisco$7.1M
- Larry KhooLos Angeles$2.8M
- Samy AbdouSan Diego$2.4M
- Bret AbshireMurrieta$2.3M
- William TaylorSan Diego$2.1M
- Tooraj GravoriEncino$2M
- Ali MesiwalaRancho Cucamonga$1.5M
- Joseph OsorioSan Diego$1.3M
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.