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 SEARS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1679739221
CMS profile
866207
Location
DENVER, CO

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$102,033.63

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

Latest program year · PY2024

$67,845.95

44 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 $62,000.00 13
Travel and Lodging $4,313.76 10
Food and Beverage $1,532.19 21

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $58,419.31 28
UOC USA INC $8,545.37 5
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $342.44 4
Stryker Corporation $331.86 4
Arthrex, Inc. $157.27 1
Bioventus LLC $25.84 1
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $23.86 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $11,554.79 24
PY2019 $4,214.53 19
PY2020 $5,928.89 13
PY2021 $1,379.26 10
PY2022 $4,287.86 12
PY2023 $6,822.35 14
PY2024 $67,845.95 44

Payment records · PY2024 (44)

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
Arthrex, Inc. $157.27 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146500878 CMS
Bioventus LLC $25.84 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137449063 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $23.86 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077815816 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $532.56 02/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014297 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $698.00 03/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014349 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $5,750.00 03/07/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014299 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $4,000.00 03/08/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014301 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $26.06 03/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014333 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $5.12 03/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014303 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $811.67 03/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014305 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $135.18 04/29/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014307 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $34.37 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014335 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $185.39 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014337 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $4,000.00 05/01/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014309 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $5,750.00 05/13/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014311 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $4,000.00 06/18/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014313 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $4,000.00 07/03/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014315 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $4,000.00 08/08/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014317 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $4,000.00 09/05/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014319 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $352.96 09/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014321 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $4,000.00 10/03/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014323 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $958.94 10/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014351 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $6,750.00 10/16/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014325 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $147.92 10/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014327 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $66.09 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014339 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $103.53 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014341 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $4,000.00 11/22/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014329 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $56.49 11/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014343 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $36.53 12/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014345 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $18.50 12/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014347 CMS
Shoulder Innovations, Inc. $4,000.00 12/06/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154014331 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $107.14 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149571899 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $150.00 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149571901 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $20.40 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149571895 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $64.90 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149571897 CMS
Stryker Corporation $86.56 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119974631 CMS
Stryker Corporation $85.46 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119974633 CMS
Stryker Corporation $22.89 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119974635 CMS
Stryker Corporation $136.95 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119974637 CMS
UOC USA INC $433.96 07/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133241341 CMS
UOC USA INC $109.46 08/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133241283 CMS
UOC USA INC $237.45 08/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133241297 CMS
UOC USA INC $14.50 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133241303 CMS
UOC USA INC $7,750.00 10/16/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133336164 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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