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This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

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ROBERT A CATES
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ROBERT A CATES

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
200 1ST ST SW, ROCHESTER, MN, 55905-0001
* Note: This physician had a Iowa practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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ROBERT CATES,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

11

payments

$31,469

payment total

3

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Grant
 1 $25,000
Education
 1 $5,000
Travel and Lodging
 3 $961
Food and Beverage
 6 $508

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $30,000
COBLATION WANDS

device

 $855
ELITE HIP INSTRUMENTS

device

 $855
FAST-FIX 360

device

 $855
NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $855
REGENETEN

device

 $855
PINPOINT SYSTEM

device

 $532
Q-FIX

device

 $532
MACI _ PEAK STUDY

drug

 $82
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Oct 10, 2018 $25,000 No Listed Product Grant LINVATEC CORPORATION State University of Iowa
Jun 25, 2018 $5,000 No Listed Product Education SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. University of Iowa Department of Orthopaedics
Aug 19, 2018 $532 Q-FIX PINPOINT SYSTEM Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Aug 19, 2018 $296 NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM FAST-FIX 360 COBLATION WANDS REGENETEN ELITE HIP INSTRUMENTS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Aug 19, 2018 $133 NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM FAST-FIX 360 COBLATION WANDS REGENETEN ELITE HIP INSTRUMENTS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Aug 20, 2018 $121 NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM FAST-FIX 360 COBLATION WANDS REGENETEN ELITE HIP INSTRUMENTS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Aug 20, 2018 $89 NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM FAST-FIX 360 COBLATION WANDS REGENETEN ELITE HIP INSTRUMENTS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Dec 16, 2018 $82 MACI _ PEAK STUDY Food and Beverage VERICEL CORPORATION
Aug 21, 2018 $80 NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM FAST-FIX 360 COBLATION WANDS REGENETEN ELITE HIP INSTRUMENTS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Aug 19, 2018 $78 NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM FAST-FIX 360 COBLATION WANDS REGENETEN ELITE HIP INSTRUMENTS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Aug 19, 2018 $58 NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM FAST-FIX 360 COBLATION WANDS REGENETEN ELITE HIP INSTRUMENTS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.