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

BENJAMIN W SZERLIP

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1407153943
CMS profile
1256735
Location
WESTERVILLE, OH

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$109,082.03

  • Reported across 181 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$4,589.15

16 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
Consulting Fee $3,140.98 1
Travel and Lodging $747.46 2
Food and Beverage $700.71 13

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Catalyst OrthoScience $3,248.41 2
Arthrex, Inc. $558.35 2
Stryker Corporation $433.81 4
Core Surgical Group $252.97 3
Medtronic, Inc. $43.46 2
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $24.26 1
Abbott Laboratories $17.67 1
Ossur Americas, Inc. $10.22 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $14,133.73 32
PY2019 $31,837.94 46
PY2020 $11,530.94 20
PY2021 $26,152.03 30
PY2022 $9,637.79 11
PY2023 $11,200.45 26
PY2024 $4,589.15 16

Payment records · PY2024 (16)

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
Abbott Laboratories $17.67 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125048253 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $416.64 11/04/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146532933 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $141.71 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146532935 CMS
Catalyst OrthoScience $107.43 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119641823 CMS
Catalyst OrthoScience $3,140.98 10/03/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119641487 CMS
Core Surgical Group $41.01 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095769581 CMS
Core Surgical Group $80.80 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095769583 CMS
Core Surgical Group $131.16 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095769579 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $18.17 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119304326 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $25.29 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119304328 CMS
Ossur Americas, Inc. $10.22 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154277651 CMS
Stryker Corporation $330.82 09/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119994304 CMS
Stryker Corporation $75.00 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119994306 CMS
Stryker Corporation $7.81 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119994308 CMS
Stryker Corporation $20.18 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119994310 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $24.26 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155013189 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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