Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel and Lodging | $1,145 | 3 | 59.4% |
| Food and Beverage | $764.52 | 30 | 39.7% |
| Education | $18.09 | 1 | 0.9% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $1,355 | 11 | $0 (2019) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $237.74 | 6 | $0 (2024) |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $133.51 | 9 | $0 (2024) |
| Cook Incorporated | $66.22 | 1 | $0 (2017) |
| AbbVie, Inc. | $32.15 | 2 | $0 (2019) |
| Covidien LP | $23.45 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $22.50 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| Philips Electronics North America Corporation | $22.30 | 1 | $0 (2017) |
| Masimo Corporation | $19.46 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $15.91 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $75.12 | 4 | Medtronic, Inc. ($22.50) |
| 2023 | $22.79 | 1 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC ($22.79) |
| 2019 | $115.03 | 7 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation ($36.94) |
| 2018 | $363.37 | 11 | Abbott Laboratories ($222.67) |
| 2017 | $1,352 | 11 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($1,248) |
All Payment Transactions
34 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 2
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/18/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | BRIDION (Drug) | Education | In-kind items and services | $18.09 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 03/12/2024 | Masimo Corporation | SET and rainbow SET (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $19.46 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 03/09/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | SOLITAIRE X (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.50 | General |
| Category: Stents | ||||||
| 01/24/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.07 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 01/26/2023 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | BRIDION (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.79 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 10/09/2019 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | HemoSphere advanced monitoring platform (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.64 | General |
| Category: Noninvasive Hemodynamic Monitoring | ||||||
| 06/25/2019 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation | BRIDION (Drug), ENTEREG | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.30 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 06/07/2019 | Covidien LP | Nellcor (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.45 | General |
| Category: Pulse Oximetry | ||||||
| 04/18/2019 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation | BRIDION (Drug), ENTEREG | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.70 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 03/07/2019 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 3F (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.91 | General |
| Category: Heart Valves | ||||||
| 02/11/2019 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation | BRIDION (Drug), ENTEREG | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.94 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 01/24/2019 | AbbVie, Inc. | Ultane (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.09 | General |
| Category: Neuroscience | ||||||
| 10/02/2018 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $49.75 | General |
| 08/23/2018 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.77 | General |
| 05/17/2018 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.03 | General |
| 04/25/2018 | AbbVie, Inc. | Ultane (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.06 | General |
| Category: Neuroscience | ||||||
| 03/30/2018 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $128.12 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 03/30/2018 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $29.93 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 03/30/2018 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.43 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 03/30/2018 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.75 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 02/27/2018 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.44 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 02/01/2018 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $34.67 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 01/23/2018 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation | BRIDION (Drug), ENTEREG | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.42 | General |
| Category: NEUROSCIENCE | ||||||
| 07/10/2017 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $82.41 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 06/29/2017 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $8.13 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | 607 | 1,460 | $407,404 | $165,462 |
| 2022 | 5 | 655 | 1,729 | $528,685 | $214,488 |
| 2021 | 9 | 906 | 1,963 | $594,600 | $250,821 |
| 2020 | 10 | 752 | 1,487 | $411,214 | $188,626 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
32 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99291 | Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 193 | 650 | $276,250 | $100,328 | 36.3% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 191 | 479 | $73,766 | $40,687 | 55.2% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 83 | 183 | $19,764 | $10,417 | 52.7% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 83 | 86 | $25,628 | $10,417 | 40.6% |
| 99292 | Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 18 | 23 | $4,278 | $1,753 | 41.0% |
| 31500 | Emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe using an endoscope | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 12 | $3,777 | $1,225 | 32.4% |
| 36620 | Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | Facility | 2023 | 16 | 16 | $3,410 | $522.08 | 15.3% |
| 76937 | Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $531.00 | $113.41 | 21.4% |
| 99291 | Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 260 | 1,006 | $413,954 | $158,779 | 38.4% |
| 99233 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 209 | 440 | $67,482 | $33,010 | 48.9% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 79 | 81 | $24,085 | $11,634 | 48.3% |
| 99232 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 90 | 181 | $19,312 | $9,373 | 48.5% |
| 99292 | Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 17 | 21 | $3,852 | $1,692 | 43.9% |
| 99291 | Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 355 | 1,136 | $457,808 | $186,939 | 40.8% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 240 | 430 | $65,790 | $32,271 | 49.1% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 62 | 64 | $19,008 | $9,317 | 49.0% |
| 99292 | Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient | Facility | 2021 | 83 | 106 | $18,900 | $8,880 | 47.0% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 106 | 164 | $17,384 | $8,752 | 50.3% |
| 31500 | Emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe cartilage using an endoscope | Facility | 2021 | 20 | 20 | $5,474 | $2,058 | 37.6% |
| 31645 | Aspiration of lung secretions from lung airways using an endoscope, initial | Facility | 2021 | 12 | 12 | $4,080 | $1,326 | 32.5% |
| 36556 | Insertion of central venous catheter for infusion, patient 5 years or older, not tunneled | Facility | 2021 | 16 | 18 | $5,340 | $1,141 | 21.4% |
| 76937 | Ultrasound guidance for accessing into blood vessel | Facility | 2021 | 12 | 13 | $816.00 | $136.89 | 16.8% |
| 99291 | Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 244 | 671 | $270,413 | $123,569 | 45.7% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day | Facility | 2020 | 187 | 391 | $59,823 | $30,778 | 51.4% |
| 99292 | Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient | Facility | 2020 | 72 | 113 | $20,340 | $10,386 | 51.1% |
About Dr. Russell Roberson, M.D
Dr. Russell Roberson, M.D is a Internal Medicine healthcare provider based in Little Rock, Arkansas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 08/08/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1750572277.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Russell Roberson, M.D has received a total of $1,928 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $75.12 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 34 transactions from 10 companies. The most common payment nature is "Travel and Lodging" ($1,145).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Roberson has provided services to 2,920 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 6,639 services with total Medicare billing of $819,397. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 32 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Internal Medicine
- Other Specialties Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology
- Location Little Rock, AR
- Active Since 08/08/2007
- Last Updated 11/06/2025
- Taxonomy Code 207R00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1750572277
Products in Payments
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $1,271
- Mitra Clip system (Device) $222.67
- BRIDION (Drug) $105.71
- Cook Medical Airway Management (Device) $66.22
- Ultane (Drug) $32.15
- Nellcor (Device) $23.45
- HemoSphere advanced monitoring platform (Device) $22.64
- SOLITAIRE X (Device) $22.50
- Simplicity (Device) $22.30
- SET and rainbow SET (Device) $19.46
- 3F (Device) $15.91
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Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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