Dr. Benjamin Chen, M.D

Orthopaedic Surgery Puyallup, WA Male
NPI: 1609049295
Total Payments
$163,991
2024 Payments
$55,128
Companies
24
Transactions
331
Medicare Patients
2,565
Medicare Billing
$536,918

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$122,829 (74.9%)
Travel$26,055 (15.9%)
Food & Beverage$12,219 (7.5%)
Consulting$2,888 (1.8%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $122,829 29 74.9%
Travel and Lodging $26,055 100 15.9%
Food and Beverage $12,219 199 7.5%
Consulting Fee $2,888 3 1.8%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Medtronic, Inc. $149,665 206 $0 (2024)
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $2,856 5 $0 (2024)
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $1,844 48 $0 (2024)
NuVasive, Inc. $1,705 13 $0 (2023)
Invictus Surgical Incorporated $1,690 3 $0 (2024)
Nevro Corp. $1,195 11 $0 (2024)
Globus Medical, Inc. $1,185 4 $0 (2019)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $1,105 12 $0 (2018)
SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION $1,055 10 $0 (2020)
Arthrex, Inc. $282.65 3 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $55,128 102 Medtronic, Inc. ($50,469)
2023 $94,774 82 Medtronic, Inc. ($94,261)
2022 $4,006 50 Medtronic, Inc. ($3,438)
2021 $3,416 33 Medtronic, Inc. ($1,498)
2020 $1,251 17 SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION ($880.26)
2019 $3,085 17 NuVasive, Inc. ($1,535)
2018 $1,649 17 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($1,055)
2017 $681.99 13 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. ($278.93)

All Payment Transactions

331 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 14

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/18/2024 Medtronic, Inc. ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.05 General
Category: TL
12/17/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $11.77 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
12/13/2024 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. — Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,300.00 General
11/17/2024 Medtronic, Inc. UNID_PASS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.50 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
11/12/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $153.27 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
11/12/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $45.22 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
11/06/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $487.50 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
11/05/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.15 General
11/02/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $102.40 General
Category: Spine
11/02/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $52.50 General
11/02/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. Teligen (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.38 General
Category: Spine
10/31/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.19 General
10/24/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $49.46 General
10/24/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.78 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
10/23/2024 Medtronic, Inc. UNID_PASS (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,137.50 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
10/23/2024 Nevro Corp. Senza (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $120.10 General
Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator
10/23/2024 Nevro Corp. Senza (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $41.51 General
Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator
10/19/2024 Arthrex, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $34.00 General
10/19/2024 Invictus Surgical Incorporated — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $31.92 General
10/19/2024 Arthrex, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.00 General
10/18/2024 Arthrex, Inc. — Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $238.65 General
09/28/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $40.83 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
09/27/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.44 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
09/20/2024 Medtronic, Inc. UNID_PASS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $120.50 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
09/18/2024 Invictus Surgical Incorporated — Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $1,595.16 General
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Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 15 549 714 $521,113 $132,412
2022 15 667 819 $440,661 $124,052
2021 19 776 993 $615,061 $171,787
2020 13 573 745 $383,952 $108,668
Total Patients
2,565
Total Services
3,271
Medicare Billing
$536,918
Procedure Codes
62

All Medicare Procedures & Services

62 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
63047 Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment Facility 2023 33 34 $96,594 $22,085 22.9%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 151 215 $58,910 $18,545 31.5%
22633 Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc Facility 2023 12 12 $57,360 $16,899 29.5%
22614 Fusion of additional segment of spine Facility 2023 17 46 $46,552 $12,897 27.7%
22842 Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments Facility 2023 20 20 $39,500 $11,492 29.1%
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion Facility 2023 24 49 $31,703 $9,628 30.4%
22558 Fusion of lower spine bone through abdomen with partial removal of disc Facility 2023 13 13 $51,454 $8,708 16.9%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 77 77 $32,186 $8,452 26.3%
63048 Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment Facility 2023 25 51 $27,948 $8,156 29.2%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 58 60 $22,200 $7,821 35.2%
61783 Computer-assisted spinal procedure Facility 2023 15 16 $9,616 $2,836 29.5%
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes Facility 2023 21 21 $7,287 $1,936 26.6%
72100 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views Office 2023 51 65 $28,854 $1,502 5.2%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 17 17 $3,179 $1,074 33.8%
72040 X-ray of upper spine, 2-3 views Office 2023 15 18 $7,770 $380.61 4.9%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 189 250 $65,250 $21,717 33.3%
63047 Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment Facility 2022 29 30 $77,670 $21,085 27.1%
22612 Fusion of spine in lower back Facility 2022 14 14 $52,220 $17,394 33.3%
22614 Fusion of additional segment of spine Facility 2022 16 43 $39,775 $13,016 32.7%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 103 103 $38,934 $11,799 30.3%
22842 Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments Facility 2022 16 16 $28,928 $9,428 32.6%
63048 Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment Facility 2022 22 48 $24,000 $7,819 32.6%
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion Facility 2022 19 35 $21,420 $6,977 32.6%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2022 47 50 $18,150 $6,670 36.8%
99222 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 50 minutes Facility 2022 27 27 $9,987 $2,666 26.7%
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About Dr. Benjamin Chen, M.D

Dr. Benjamin Chen, M.D is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Puyallup, Washington. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/04/2008. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1609049295.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Benjamin Chen, M.D has received a total of $163,991 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $55,128 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 331 transactions from 24 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($122,829).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Chen has provided services to 2,565 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 3,271 services with total Medicare billing of $536,918. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 62 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Other Specialties Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine, Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Location Puyallup, WA
  • Active Since 04/04/2008
  • Last Updated 08/19/2014
  • Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1609049295

Products in Payments

  • MAZOR X SYSTEM (Device) $130,181
  • STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM (Device) $12,663
  • UNID_PASS (Device) $1,899
  • CONDUIT (Device) $1,651
  • Mazor X Stealth Edition (Device) $1,498
  • CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $1,477
  • ALIF (Device) $1,144
  • Mobi-C (Device) $1,121
  • Excelsius - GPS (Device) $1,106
  • PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $914.23
  • Senza (Device) $620.00
  • INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM (Device) $603.73
  • Shoreline ACS (Device) $433.20
  • Omnia (Device) $410.11
  • VIPER (Device) $352.92
  • Mariner (Device) $323.30
  • Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation (Device) $222.47
  • Pulse (Device) $219.31
  • Forza XP (Device) $175.87
  • ETERNA (Device) $174.84

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Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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