Sara Edwards, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · San Francisco, CANPI 1669589214
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.0%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 68.2% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $63,031, more than ten times the $3,247 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 271 payments — averaging $628.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$116K
- Linvatec Corporation$37K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$4K
- Arthrex$4K
- Biorez, Inc.$3K
- Evolution Surgical, Inc$3K
- plus $4K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$83,50549%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6000%
- Travel & lodging$16,86010%
- Food & beverage$9,2575%
- Education$60,22235%
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 | 170 | $116,263 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 24 | $37,455 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 9 | $3,947 |
| Arthrex | 12 | $3,502 |
| Biorez, Inc. | 3 | $3,192 |
| Evolution Surgical, Inc | 10 | $2,528 |
| DJO, LLC | 7 | $1,226 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 5 | $683 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 10 | $473 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $177 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $145 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $143 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $127 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Abanza Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $81 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $74 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
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.
- BioBrace 23mm$40,241
- OptiVu Mixed Reality$22,875
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$11,584
- ALLIANCE$9,625
- Juggerknotless Soft Anchor$9,513
- Tricera Handpiece$8,071
- TAPESTRY$4,285
- PRIMARY SHOULDER$3,600
- BioBrace 5mm$3,120
- Identity$2,750
- AIRCAST$700
- EQUINOXE$661
- REVERSE SHOULDER$262
- PROCARE$226
- COMPREHENSIVE$185
- Arsenal Sinus Support Plate$177
- mymobility Platform$146
- Matriderm$145
- PERFORM GLENOID$123
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY & FRACTURE REVERS$120
How this compares
$170,444 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,808 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 18 | $443 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 23 | $253 |
| Ibuprofen | 20 | $173 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in San Francisco
- Tom NorrisSan Francisco$5.3M
- Sigurd BervenSan Francisco$4.1M
- Vedat DevirenSan Francisco$2.9M
- Eugene WolfSan Francisco$988K
- James KellySan Francisco$826K
- Alexander TheologisSan Francisco$719K
- Utku KandemirSan Francisco$484K
- Bradford HackArcadia$18.3M
- Robert GorabOrange$13.6M
- Kelly VinceLos Angeles$9.6M
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.