Physician profile

Robert A Edwards

Surgery · Columbus, GA

NPI 1750382545

$34,218.88

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

16 companies · $22K in 2025

The $22K reported for 2025 was more than what 97% of Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $281).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program$23,100.00
Consulting Fee$4,462.50
Travel and Lodging$2,900.75
Food and Beverage$2,336.58
Education$216.90

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Medtronic, INC. $33,093.16 2021-2025 Venaseal, Closurefast
Medtronic Vascular, INC. $318.54 2019-2020
Intuitive Surgical, INC. $269.13 2020
Organogenesis INC. $124.98 2023 Puraply Antimicrobial
Smith+Nephew, INC. $93.61 2022-2023 Renasys Go V2 Home, Pico 7
Abbvie INC. $77.07 2020-2025
Novo Nordisk INC $50.19 2023 Rybelsus, Ozempic
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division of Bausch Health US, LLC $47.66 2021-2022
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, INC $26.32 2022
Abbott Laboratories $24.20 2023 Freestyle Libre 3
Allergan, INC. $18.61 2022
Amgen INC. $17.83 2020
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, INC. $15.71 2022
Glaxosmithkline, LLC. $15.60 2022
Horizon Therapeutics Plc $15.19 2021
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, INC. $11.08 2021

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

Robert A Edwards

$34,218.88

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Medtronic, INC.
Context
The $22K reported for 2025 was more than what 97% of Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $281).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.