Total Payments
$31,801
2024 Payments
$90.08
Companies
9
Transactions
26
Medicare Patients
319
Medicare Billing
$23,442

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$17,500 (55.0%)
Education$12,400 (39.0%)
Food & Beverage$1,589 (5.0%)
Travel$311.43 (1.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Grant $17,500 1 55.0%
Education $12,400 4 39.0%
Food and Beverage $1,589 20 5.0%
Travel and Lodging $311.43 1 1.0%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Arthrex, Inc. $19,035 4 $0 (2022)
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $10,046 4 $0 (2023)
Alpha Orthopedic Systems $1,200 1 $0 (2022)
Stryker Corporation $1,077 9 $0 (2023)
Peerless Surgical Inc. $178.51 2 $0 (2024)
Kairos Surgical Inc $111.67 3 $0 (2022)
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $111.19 1 $0 (2022)
Bioventus LLC $24.77 1 $0 (2024)
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $16.03 1 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $90.08 3 Peerless Surgical Inc. ($49.28)
2023 $5,683 8 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($5,046)
2022 $26,028 15 Arthrex, Inc. ($19,035)

All Payment Transactions

26 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 2

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
10/23/2024 Peerless Surgical Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $49.28 General
08/20/2024 Bioventus LLC DUROLANE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.77 General
Category: ORTHOPEDICSORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
05/16/2024 Orthofix Medical, Inc. AccelStim (Device), Physio-Stim Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.03 General
Category: Stimulator, Bone Growth, Non-Invasive
11/08/2023 Smith+Nephew, Inc. PICO (Device), RENASYS GO v2 HOME Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.04 General
Category: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
09/26/2023 Stryker Corporation TRIATHLON (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $92.44 General
Category: KNEES
07/24/2023 Peerless Surgical Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $129.23 General
07/07/2023 Stryker Corporation CINCHLOCK (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $165.32 General
Category: SPORTS MEDICINE
06/14/2023 Stryker Corporation AEQUALIS PERFORM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $170.97 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
02/22/2023 Smith+Nephew, Inc. Q-FIX (Device), Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $36.19 General
Category: Extremities & Limb Restoration
01/11/2023 Stryker Corporation AIR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $78.65 General
Category: KNEES
01/06/2023 Smith+Nephew, Inc. Education Cash or cash equivalent $5,000.00 General
12/20/2022 Stryker Corporation BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $119.34 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
12/09/2022 Arthrex, Inc. Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General
12/09/2022 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.00 General
12/08/2022 Kairos Surgical Inc Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $67.51 General
12/08/2022 Kairos Surgical Inc Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.24 General
12/08/2022 Kairos Surgical Inc Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.92 General
11/30/2022 Arthrex, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $311.43 General
11/22/2022 Smith+Nephew, Inc. Education Cash or cash equivalent $5,000.00 General
10/20/2022 Stryker Corporation BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $168.41 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
09/27/2022 Stryker Corporation NANOTACK FLEX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $174.50 General
Category: SPORTS MEDICINE
09/20/2022 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $111.19 General
Category: Pain Management
09/15/2022 Arthrex, Inc. Grant Cash or cash equivalent $17,500.00 General
09/09/2022 Stryker Corporation BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.07 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
03/30/2022 Alpha Orthopedic Systems Education In-kind items and services $1,200.00 General

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 12 319 422 $121,972 $23,442
Total Patients
319
Total Services
422
Medicare Billing
$23,442
Procedure Codes
12

All Medicare Procedures & Services

12 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 45 63 $16,290 $4,178 25.6%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 31 31 $13,885 $3,764 27.1%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 38 70 $49,657 $3,374 6.8%
J7323 Hyaluronan or derivative, euflexxa, for intra-articular injection, per dose Office 2023 11 34 $11,898 $3,302 27.8%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 30 34 $10,794 $3,074 28.5%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 39 39 $11,307 $2,939 26.0%
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes Facility 2023 14 15 $4,392 $1,442 32.8%
99231 Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes Facility 2023 11 14 $1,444 $556.64 38.5%
73564 X-ray of knee, 4 or more views Office 2023 39 49 $1,134 $399.87 35.3%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2023 31 39 $702.00 $264.10 37.6%
73502 X-ray of hip, 2-3 views Office 2023 14 16 $352.00 $132.00 37.5%
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg Office 2023 16 18 $116.46 $15.89 13.6%

About Dr. Benjamin Welborn, MD

Dr. Benjamin Welborn, MD is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in Asheville, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/11/2017. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1770016263.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Benjamin Welborn, MD has received a total of $31,801 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $90.08 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 26 transactions from 9 companies. The most common payment nature is "Grant" ($17,500).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Welborn has provided services to 319 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 422 services with total Medicare billing of $23,442. Data is available for 1 year (2023–2023), covering 12 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device) $313.82
  • NANOTACK FLEX (Device) $174.50
  • AEQUALIS PERFORM (Device) $170.97
  • CINCHLOCK (Device) $165.32
  • Iovera (Device) $111.19
  • TRIATHLON (Device) $92.44
  • TRITANIUM (Device) $81.29
  • AIR (Device) $78.65
  • Q-FIX (Device) $36.19
  • DUROLANE (Device) $24.77
  • AccelStim (Device) $16.03
  • PICO (Device) $10.04

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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