COBRA

Device Stryker Corporation
Total Payments
$120,325
Transactions
836
Doctors
501
Companies
1

Payment Trends by Year

Year Amount Transactions Doctors
2024 $8,737 92 73
2023 $5,216 78 64
2022 $15,717 134 97
2021 $13,631 265 181
2020 $13,785 152 86
2019 $46,778 95 65
2018 $16,462 20 12

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $66,000 24 54.9%
Food and Beverage $33,854 783 28.1%
Unspecified $9,463 2 7.9%
Travel and Lodging $6,076 21 5.0%
Space rental or facility fees (teaching hospital only) $3,812 1 3.2%
Long term medical supply or device loan $741.71 2 0.6%
Education $378.53 3 0.3%

Payments by Type

General
$110,862
834 transactions
Research
$9,463
2 transactions

Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Sponsor Amount Doctors
BIOMECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF A CURVED SUTURE PASSER NEEDLE VERSUS A FLEXIBLE STRAIGHT NEEDLE Stryker Corporation $9,463 0

Top Doctors Receiving Payments for COBRA — Page 2

Doctor Specialty Location Total Records
, PA-C Surgical Lima, OH $284.91 2
, M.D Orthopaedic Surgery Winter Park, FL $277.60 5
, MD Sports Medicine Boulder, CO $277.52 5
, M.D Sports Medicine Boston, MA $257.81 3
, M.D Orthopaedic Surgery Pearland, TX $254.06 14
, MD Sports Medicine Bakersfield, CA $249.97 5
, MD Sports Medicine Mcminnville, TN $248.22 2
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery West Des Moines, IA $235.93 1
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Owensboro, KY $233.76 3
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Birmingham, AL $224.56 1
, D.O Orthopaedic Surgery Bryn Mawr, PA $223.88 3
, D.O Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Tucson, AZ $223.88 3
, M.D Orthopaedic Surgery Provo, UT $223.40 2
, M.D Sports Medicine Carmichael, CA $218.42 1
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Durham, NC $203.52 4
, M.D Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program La Jolla, CA $197.13 2
, M.D Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Louisville, KY $190.13 3
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Bethesda, MD $189.36 2
, MD Diagnostic Radiology Jacksonville, FL $189.36 2
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Bethesda, MD $189.36 2
, MD Foot and Ankle Surgery Charlotte, NC $189.36 2
Cory Riccio Orthopaedic Surgery Bethesda, MD $189.36 2
, M.D Orthopaedic Surgery Tripler Army Medical Center, HI $189.36 2
, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Bethesda, MD $189.36 2
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Bethesda, MD $189.36 2

About COBRA

COBRA is a device associated with $120,325 in payments to 501 healthcare providers, recorded across 836 transactions in the CMS Open Payments database. The primary manufacturer is Stryker Corporation.

Payment data is available from 2018 to 2024. In 2024, $8,737 was paid across 92 transactions to 73 doctors.

The most common payment nature for COBRA is "Consulting Fee" ($66,000, 54.9% of total).

COBRA is associated with 1 research study, including "BIOMECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF A CURVED SUTURE PASSER NEEDLE VERSUS A FLEXIBLE STRAIGHT NEEDLE" ($9,463).