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

DANIEL BENJAMIN WELLS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine

NPI
1093159436
CMS profile
7171031
Location
KNOXVILLE, TN

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$86,820.71

  • Reported across 216 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$6,786.95

29 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

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Spineology Inc. $5,684.27 9
Highridge Medical LLC $758.05 3
Arthrex, Inc. $154.00 11
SMOKY MOUNTAIN SURGICAL LLC $131.37 3
SI-BONE, INC. $27.92 1
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $17.44 1
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $13.90 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $9,277.08 59
PY2020 $8,302.33 63
PY2021 $31,507.58 23
PY2022 $12,754.81 15
PY2023 $18,191.96 27
PY2024 $6,786.95 29

Payment records · PY2024 (29)

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

Program year 2024 20192020202120222023 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. $30.00 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146546650 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $24.00 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146546662 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146546668 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146546670 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $50.00 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146546652 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146546654 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146546656 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146546658 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146546660 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146546664 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146546666 CMS
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $13.90 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147250565 CMS
Highridge Medical LLC $211.77 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149012598 CMS
Highridge Medical LLC $273.14 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149012596 CMS
Highridge Medical LLC $273.14 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149012594 CMS
SI-BONE, INC. $27.92 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120074394 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $110.04 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612817 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $3.12 12/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612819 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $18.21 12/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612821 CMS
Spineology Inc. $98.19 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115749459 CMS
Spineology Inc. $27.19 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115749465 CMS
Spineology Inc. $500.00 07/31/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115743322 CMS
Spineology Inc. $2,000.00 07/31/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115743881 CMS
Spineology Inc. $1,500.00 08/14/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115743335 CMS
Spineology Inc. $250.00 08/31/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115743341 CMS
Spineology Inc. $250.00 08/31/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115743350 CMS
Spineology Inc. $1,000.00 08/31/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115743890 CMS
Spineology Inc. $58.89 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115749474 CMS
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $17.44 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105914644 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
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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