Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-06-30 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

STEPHEN J BECHER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Trauma

NPI
1114175858
CMS profile
186839
Location
MARIETTA, GA

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$18,813.12

  • Reported across 111 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$3,647.86

28 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

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Travel and Lodging $2,498.20 7
Food and Beverage $1,149.66 21

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $778.79 11
PY2020 $3,856.19 5
PY2021 $1,222.66 8
PY2022 $2,949.19 9
PY2023 $4,173.14 26
PY2024 $2,185.29 24
PY2025 $3,647.86 28

Payment records · PY2025 (28)

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

Program year 2025 201920202021202220232024 Record-level detail is published for PY2025; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Arthrex, Inc. $244.20 12/05/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1246610422 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $34.00 12/06/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1246600644 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $25.00 12/06/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1246600654 CMS
AtriCure, Inc. $31.74 06/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1223188542 CMS
Avita Medical Americas, LLC $25.97 07/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1171900779 CMS
Biocomposites Inc $14.55 12/01/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227038269 CMS
Carbofix Orthopedics Inc $70.39 04/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1223402515 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $59.44 03/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174110214 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $146.08 09/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174110336 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $144.25 09/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174110276 CMS
Innovation Technologies Inc $24.06 01/23/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1208796996 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $424.88 08/26/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173909138 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $14.00 08/26/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173909150 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $634.48 08/26/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173909157 CMS
Medline Industries LP $62.23 12/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1254612815 CMS
Medline Industries LP $43.23 12/06/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1254612803 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $16.55 03/20/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1219921260 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $47.94 07/22/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241178936 CMS
SI-BONE, INC. $443.76 02/16/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241139708 CMS
SI-BONE, INC. $23.08 03/08/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241107462 CMS
SI-BONE, INC. $37.15 03/08/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241114889 CMS
SI-BONE, INC. $302.63 03/08/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241134553 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $147.32 06/19/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242221653 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $36.23 08/07/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242221657 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $110.81 09/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242221655 CMS
Stryker Corporation $31.88 01/30/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227389162 CMS
United Orthopedics LLC $425.17 11/19/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1244801294 CMS
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $26.84 03/26/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1213914828 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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