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 SCOTT KESTER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine

NPI
1568851251
CMS profile
7588714
Location
LOMBARD, IL

General Payments · PY2020–2024

$55,021.10

  • Reported across 96 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$3,328.44

25 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
Travel and Lodging $1,843.06 7
Food and Beverage $1,485.38 18

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $2,746.62 17
Vericel Corporation $459.16 7
EXACTECH, INC. $122.66 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2020 $32,188.52 8
PY2021 $15,738.47 41
PY2022 $2,955.72 13
PY2023 $809.95 9
PY2024 $3,328.44 25

Payment records · PY2024 (25)

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

Program year 2024 2020202120222023 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
EXACTECH, INC. $122.66 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151238048 CMS
Stryker Corporation $616.01 03/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875831 CMS
Stryker Corporation $165.73 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875833 CMS
Stryker Corporation $91.15 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875835 CMS
Stryker Corporation $22.15 03/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875837 CMS
Stryker Corporation $23.82 03/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875839 CMS
Stryker Corporation $449.12 03/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875841 CMS
Stryker Corporation $266.58 07/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875843 CMS
Stryker Corporation $42.50 07/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875845 CMS
Stryker Corporation $158.38 07/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875847 CMS
Stryker Corporation $164.88 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875849 CMS
Stryker Corporation $114.05 09/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875851 CMS
Stryker Corporation $292.67 09/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875853 CMS
Stryker Corporation $49.47 09/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875855 CMS
Stryker Corporation $32.57 09/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875857 CMS
Stryker Corporation $35.10 09/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875859 CMS
Stryker Corporation $69.53 09/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875861 CMS
Stryker Corporation $152.91 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119875863 CMS
Vericel Corporation $140.31 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128572627 CMS
Vericel Corporation $50.00 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128572631 CMS
Vericel Corporation $47.95 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128572633 CMS
Vericel Corporation $50.00 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128572629 CMS
Vericel Corporation $21.95 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128572635 CMS
Vericel Corporation $12.89 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128572639 CMS
Vericel Corporation $136.06 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128572637 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
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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