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 WEISENTHAL

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1487041661
CMS profile
1376461
Location
KNOXVILLE, TN

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$40,005.40

  • Reported across 136 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$15,334.28

42 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 $10,125.00 4
Travel and Lodging $4,106.27 5
Food and Beverage $1,103.01 33

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Choice Spine, LLC $13,448.61 7
Arthrex, Inc. $884.00 18
Stryker Corporation $446.77 3
SMOKY MOUNTAIN SURGICAL LLC $410.05 10
ZIMVIE INC. $51.18 1
Medtronic, Inc. $38.16 1
DJO, LLC $32.68 1
Alpha Orthopedic Systems $22.83 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,162.26 11
PY2019 $2,259.19 13
PY2020 $524.90 11
PY2021 $5,571.00 40
PY2022 $5,252.22 7
PY2023 $8,901.55 12
PY2024 $15,334.28 42

Payment records · PY2024 (42)

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
Alpha Orthopedic Systems $22.83 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089078286 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $30.00 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146545068 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146545070 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146545072 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $24.00 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146545078 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $427.35 01/05/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146545088 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $50.00 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146545066 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146545074 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146545076 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146545080 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146545082 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146545084 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146545086 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $238.65 05/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146545090 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $24.00 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146545092 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146545094 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146545096 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146545098 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146545100 CMS
Choice Spine, LLC $302.46 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1067669356 CMS
Choice Spine, LLC $5,175.00 04/23/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1067669348 CMS
Choice Spine, LLC $2,250.00 06/27/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1067669350 CMS
Choice Spine, LLC $2,615.95 08/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1067669360 CMS
Choice Spine, LLC $405.20 08/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1067669358 CMS
Choice Spine, LLC $1,800.00 08/21/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1067669352 CMS
Choice Spine, LLC $900.00 12/12/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1067669354 CMS
DJO, LLC $32.68 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154743496 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $38.16 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119339438 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $137.64 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612855 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $31.02 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612857 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $5.65 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612859 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $43.60 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612853 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $8.77 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612861 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $39.72 03/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612849 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $97.14 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612847 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $22.37 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612843 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $6.28 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612845 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $17.86 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612851 CMS
Stryker Corporation $419.12 04/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120011940 CMS
Stryker Corporation $11.70 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120011942 CMS
Stryker Corporation $15.95 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120011944 CMS
ZIMVIE INC. $51.18 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142547546 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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