Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

ROBERT D TONKS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Trauma

NPI
1659395671
CMS profile
30198
Location
LA JOLLA, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$1,013,361.39

  • Reported across 146 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$246,503.84

22 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Royalty or License $245,368.30 8
Food and Beverage $1,135.54 14

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Arthrex, Inc. $244,929.40 12
Flower Orthopedics Coporation $1,125.50 5
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $174.65 1
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $118.96 1
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC. $104.22 1
Stryker Corporation $51.11 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $43,079.60 20
PY2019 $61,019.14 21
PY2020 $113,755.09 5
PY2021 $145,156.36 26
PY2022 $188,441.88 27
PY2023 $215,405.48 25
PY2024 $246,503.84 22

Payment records · PY2024 (22)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Arthrex, Inc. $55,678.40 02/15/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146525719 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $59,608.60 05/15/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146525723 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $64,348.44 08/15/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146525716 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $64,747.53 11/15/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146525712 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $94.34 11/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146525681 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $80.31 11/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146525685 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $58.00 11/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146525689 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $68.92 11/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146525693 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $75.23 11/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146525697 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $62.19 11/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146525701 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $17.44 11/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146525704 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $90.00 11/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146525708 CMS
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC. $104.22 05/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148774527 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $118.96 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077806747 CMS
Flower Orthopedics Coporation $293.58 02/02/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146438543 CMS
Flower Orthopedics Coporation $310.10 04/30/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146438565 CMS
Flower Orthopedics Coporation $140.17 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146439122 CMS
Flower Orthopedics Coporation $174.41 07/29/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146438597 CMS
Flower Orthopedics Coporation $207.24 10/29/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146438629 CMS
Stryker Corporation $18.85 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119999329 CMS
Stryker Corporation $32.26 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119999331 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $174.65 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155011579 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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