Physician profile

Robert A Waldrop

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Tempe, AZ

NPI 1952531022

$120,925.78

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

31 companies · $1,133 in 2025

The $1,133 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $2,116).

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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)
Food and Beverage$2,233.75
Travel and Lodging$2,064.65
Consulting Fee$500.00
Entertainment$115.76

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
Stryker Corporation $107,810.15 2019-2024 N/A, Stryker Nav3i, Spinemap
Globus Medical, INC. $3,111.24 2019-2024 Excelsiusgps Robotic Navigation System, Excelsius3d Imaging System, Altera
Cerapedics INC. $1,781.12 2022-2025 I-Factor Peptide Enhanced Bone Graft
Medtronic, INC. $1,756.17 2022-2024 Mazor X System, Unid_pass, Cd Horizon Spinal System
Mirus, LLC $1,564.36 2021
Osteocentric Technologies, INC. $974.16 2023-2025 Osteocentric 4.0 X 130mm Locking Bone Screw Fastener St
Integrity Implants INC. $738.17 2021-2022
Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation $656.60 2022
Icotec Medical INC. $444.81 2019-2023 Icotec Blackarmor Spine System
Abbott Laboratories $323.38 2020-2023 Proclaim
Pinnacle Transplant Technologies, LLC $313.64 2019
Nuvasive, INC. $182.02 2019
Carbofix Spine INC $171.79 2020-2023
Alphatec Spine, INC $164.80 2020
Boston Scientific Corporation $161.44 2022
Show all 31 companies
CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Medtronic USA, INC. $160.77 2019
Ulrich Medical USA, INC. $115.76 2023
Relievant Medsystems, INC. $112.67 2021
Spinal Elements, INC. $101.36 2019-2021
Depuy Synthes Sales INC. $48.46 2022
Zimvie INC. $41.81 2022
Carlsmed, INC. $29.97 2022
Spine Wave, INC. $26.06 2023 Paramount Anterior Cervical Spine System
Carbofix Orthopedics INC $22.77 2019
Nevro Corp. $20.31 2021
Impactortho, INC. $19.67 2025
Orthofix Medical, INC. $17.37 2020-2021
Terumo Bct, INC. $15.35 2019
Arteriocyte Medical Systems, INC. $14.58 2019
Theragen, INC. $14.48 2022
Electronic Waveform Lab, INC. $10.54 2019

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

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Payment summary

Robert A Waldrop

$120,925.78

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Stryker Corporation
Context
The $1,133 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $2,116).

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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.