Total Payments
$65,996
2024 Payments
$17,142
Companies
13
Transactions
87
Medicare Patients
1,079
Medicare Billing
$135,485
Payment Breakdown by Category
Education$60,000 (90.9%)
Food & Beverage$3,374 (5.1%)
Travel$2,606 (3.9%)
Gifts$16.25 (0.0%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | $60,000 | 16 | 90.9% |
| Food and Beverage | $3,374 | 54 | 5.1% |
| Travel and Lodging | $2,606 | 16 | 3.9% |
| Gift | $16.25 | 1 | 0.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | $65,558 | 67 | $0 (2024) |
| Ethicon US, LLC | $102.55 | 5 | $0 (2024) |
| Davol Inc. | $98.43 | 4 | $0 (2024) |
| GE HEALTHCARE | $85.31 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation | $28.30 | 2 | $0 (2018) |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | $24.63 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| Olympus America Inc. | $19.33 | 1 | $0 (2017) |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | $15.51 | 1 | $0 (2023) |
| Covidien LP | $14.96 | 1 | $0 (2017) |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | $14.45 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $17,142 | 22 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. ($16,964) |
| 2023 | $8,991 | 12 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($8,976) |
| 2022 | $29,635 | 25 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($29,599) |
| 2021 | $2,575 | 11 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($2,501) |
| 2020 | $7,548 | 10 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($7,518) |
| 2019 | $33.28 | 2 | DAVOL INC. ($33.28) |
| 2018 | $28.30 | 2 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation ($28.30) |
| 2017 | $43.46 | 3 | Olympus America Inc. ($19.33) |
All Payment Transactions
87 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 4
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/09/2024 | Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | MYRISK (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.63 | General |
| Category: ONCOLOGY | ||||||
| 11/26/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $9.67 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 11/26/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.05 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 10/25/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,000.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 10/25/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $150.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 10/23/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,000.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 10/23/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $150.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 10/08/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $7.66 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 09/19/2024 | Ethicon US, LLC | STRATAFIX (Device), ECHELON ENDOPATH, Echelon; Endopath | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.14 | General |
| Category: Wound Closure | ||||||
| 08/20/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $2.94 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 08/20/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $1.08 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 08/05/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $182.04 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 07/30/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $6.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 06/18/2024 | Davol Inc. | Phasix Mesh (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $39.40 | General |
| Category: Surgery | ||||||
| 06/12/2024 | TELA Bio, Inc. | OviTex 2S (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.45 | General |
| Category: Surgical Mesh | ||||||
| 06/05/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,000.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 06/05/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $150.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 05/31/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $144.56 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 05/30/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $6.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 04/17/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,000.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 04/17/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $150.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 02/21/2024 | GE HEALTHCARE | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $85.31 | General |
| 12/15/2023 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,000.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 12/15/2023 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $150.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 08/22/2023 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.33 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12 | 294 | 316 | $136,462 | $36,131 |
| 2022 | 9 | 275 | 297 | $100,294 | $29,866 |
| 2021 | 8 | 229 | 249 | $103,774 | $31,788 |
| 2020 | 8 | 281 | 295 | $113,632 | $37,700 |
Total Patients
1,079
Total Services
1,157
Medicare Billing
$135,485
Procedure Codes
37
All Medicare Procedures & Services
37 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47562 | Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 19 | $30,172 | $9,375 | 31.1% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 64 | 64 | $28,184 | $7,535 | 26.7% |
| 49650 | Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $11,925 | $4,036 | 33.8% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 36 | 45 | $8,624 | $2,949 | 34.2% |
| 36561 | Insertion of central venous tube with port (5 years or older) | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $27,368 | $2,717 | 9.9% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 29 | 29 | $8,215 | $2,587 | 31.5% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 24 | 24 | $6,662 | $1,949 | 29.3% |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 40 | 53 | $4,876 | $1,948 | 39.9% |
| 99221 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 27 | 27 | $6,264 | $1,689 | 27.0% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $3,454 | $1,079 | 31.2% |
| 77001 | Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion or removal of central vein access device | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $404.58 | $149.27 | 36.9% |
| 76937 | Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $313.72 | $118.25 | 37.7% |
| 47563 | Removal of gallbladder with x-ray study of bile ducts using an endoscope | Facility | 2022 | 12 | 12 | $19,356 | $6,334 | 32.7% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2022 | 54 | 54 | $23,781 | $6,009 | 25.3% |
| 49650 | Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 13 | $13,725 | $4,372 | 31.9% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2022 | 40 | 40 | $11,103 | $2,960 | 26.7% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 33 | 34 | $9,632 | $2,894 | 30.1% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2022 | 35 | 43 | $8,241 | $2,729 | 33.1% |
| 99221 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 30 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 35 | 35 | $8,120 | $2,508 | 30.9% |
| 99231 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 15 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 40 | 52 | $4,784 | $1,476 | 30.9% |
| 99212 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes | Office | 2022 | 13 | 14 | $1,553 | $583.71 | 37.6% |
| 47562 | Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope | Facility | 2021 | 16 | 16 | $25,408 | $7,889 | 31.1% |
| 47563 | Removal of gallbladder with x-ray study of bile ducts using endoscope | Facility | 2021 | 13 | 13 | $20,969 | $7,043 | 33.6% |
| 99204 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes | Office | 2021 | 50 | 50 | $22,019 | $5,952 | 27.0% |
| 99213 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes | Office | 2021 | 49 | 65 | $12,457 | $4,280 | 34.4% |
About Dr. Benjamin Stivers, MD
Dr. Benjamin Stivers, MD is a Surgery healthcare provider based in Cincinnati, Ohio. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 11/19/2009. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1447588009.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Benjamin Stivers, MD has received a total of $65,996 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $17,142 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 87 transactions from 13 companies. The most common payment nature is "Education" ($60,000).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Stivers has provided services to 1,079 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,157 services with total Medicare billing of $135,485. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 37 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Surgery
- Location Cincinnati, OH
- Active Since 11/19/2009
- Last Updated 11/19/2009
- Taxonomy Code 208600000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1447588009
Products in Payments
- Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $65,558
- Phasix Mesh (Device) $39.40
- Megadyne (Device) $36.39
- STRATAFIX (Device) $29.91
- BRIDION (Drug) $28.30
- Phasix (Device) $25.75
- MYRISK (Device) $24.63
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT (Device) $19.50
- ThunderBeat (Device) $19.33
- DERMABOND PRINEO (Device) $16.75
- CONTRAVE (Drug) $15.51
- LigaSure Impact (Device) $14.96
- OviTex 2S (Device) $14.45
- SIMPONI ARIA (Biological) $13.54
- VENTRIO (Device) $12.71
- ProGrip (Device) $11.54
- SPY Technology (Device) $9.17
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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