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 J GEDDES

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine

NPI
1942629969
CMS profile
5964119
Location
CHATTANOOGA, TN

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$14,160.89

  • Reported across 86 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$3,433.72

18 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 $2,207.53 7
Consulting Fee $650.00 1
Food and Beverage $576.19 10

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $3,015.51 11
Medtronic, Inc. $276.51 5
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $119.80 1
Innovation Technologies Inc $21.90 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $2,765.58 23
PY2020 $1,726.99 12
PY2021 $2,571.74 15
PY2022 $396.76 6
PY2023 $3,266.10 12
PY2024 $3,433.72 18

Payment records · PY2024 (18)

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

Program year 2024 20192020202120222023 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
Baxter Healthcare $119.80 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118299080 CMS
Innovation Technologies Inc $21.90 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130820739 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $58.34 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119560570 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $139.85 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119560568 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $30.00 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119560572 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $23.79 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119560574 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $24.53 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119560576 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $269.40 04/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127590850 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $347.86 04/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127590852 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $63.16 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127590820 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $44.02 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127590822 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $184.27 05/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127590854 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $281.50 05/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127590856 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $429.00 05/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127590858 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $429.00 05/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127590860 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $266.50 05/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127590862 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $50.80 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127590890 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $650.00 11/26/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127590904 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
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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