RxDoctor Payments Data

Todd Lanman

Beverly Hills, CANPI 1467506220

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $121,925 of the $161,860 with a category attached, or 75.3%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Choice Spine, LLC at 56.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $43,272 and has fallen 66.8% since, to $14,353 in 2025.

$161,860in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 106 payments — averaging $1526.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Choice Spine, LLC$92K
  • Stryker$31K
  • Centinel Spine, LLC$17K
  • Orthofix Medical, Inc.$13K
  • Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC$4K
  • Medtronic$4K
  • plus $1K from 11 others
$675,818in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 57 payments — averaging $11,856 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.

  • Orthofix Medical, Inc.$331K
  • Centinel Spine, LLC$327K
  • Medtronic$18K

What the payments were for

  • Royalty or licence$121,92575%
  • Consulting fees$16,92510%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$2,7002%
  • Travel & lodging$16,60010%
  • Food & beverage$3,7112%

General payments by program year

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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.

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.

Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen26$448
Gabapentin14$136

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Where these figures come from

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