Todd Peters, MD
Sports Medicine · Irvine, CANPI 1316943129
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $207,701 of the $216,302 with a category attached, or 96.0%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Spinal Elements, Inc. at 48.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $73,093 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $22 in 2025. Among sports medicine 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 45 payments — averaging $4806.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$106K
- Amendia, Inc.$73K
- Precision Spine, Inc.$36K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$59
- Boston Scientific$22
Across 12 payments — averaging $4867.40 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.
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$58K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$207,70196%
- Consulting fees$5,5003%
- Travel & lodging$2,9251%
- Food & beverage$1760%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 12 | $105,810 |
| Amendia, Inc. | 8 | $72,593 |
| Precision Spine, Inc. | 21 | $35,612 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 2 | $2,205 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $59 |
| Boston Scientific | 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.
- Omega LIF$72,593
- OMGLIP$68,818
- OMEGALIF$36,992
- Dakota ACDF System$27,788
- ALIF$2,720
- Other - Miscellaneous$2,205
- Dakota ACDF$1,509
- ACDF$1,500
- NEXT GEN STAND ALONE CERVICAL SYSTEM$1,000
- STAND ALONE CAGE$500
- Vault C$500
How this compares
$216,302 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 662 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $53 |
| Dexamethasone | 13 | $44 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Irvine
- Neal ElattracheLos Angeles$51M
- Nathaniel CohenLos Gatos$6.4M
- Thomas KnappSanta Monica$2.5M
- Michael FreehillStanford$1.6M
- Allan MishraMenlo Park$1.5M
- Heinz Hoeneckela Jolla$1.4M
- Seth ShermanStanford$1.1M
- Stephan YacoubianBurbank$1M
- Stephen Snydervan Nuys$922K
- Deryk JonesSan Carlos$915K
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.