Dr. Christopher Bensen, MD

NPI: 1740213578
Total Payments
$2,871
2024 Payments
$1,821
Companies
4
Transactions
32
Medicare Patients
5,748
Medicare Billing
$786,919

Payment Breakdown by Category

Travel$1,525 (53.1%)
Food & Beverage$1,345 (46.9%)
Other$0.00 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Travel and Lodging $1,525 3 53.1%
Food and Beverage $1,345 29 46.9%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $2,117 14 $0 (2024)
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $610.93 16 $0 (2022)
DJO, LLC $128.14 1 $0 (2018)
Halyard Health, Inc. $14.19 1 $0 (2017)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $1,821 9 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($1,821)
2023 $28.68 1 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($28.68)
2022 $206.75 6 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. ($206.75)
2021 $404.18 10 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. ($404.18)
2020 $83.83 1 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($83.83)
2019 $159.27 2 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($159.27)
2018 $153.08 2 DJO, LLC ($128.14)
2017 $14.19 1 Halyard Health, Inc. ($14.19)

All Payment Transactions

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

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
08/08/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. Q-FIX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $33.39 General
Category: Extremities & Limb Restoration
04/03/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. Q-FIX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $67.29 General
Category: Extremities & Limb Restoration
02/10/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. SPATIAL FRAME (Device), Q-FIX, Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $396.54 General
Category: Sports Med Knee
02/10/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. SPATIAL FRAME (Device), Q-FIX, Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $371.25 General
Category: Sports Med Knee
02/09/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. LENS 4K (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $91.15 General
Category: Sports Med Visualization
02/09/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. SPATIAL FRAME (Device), Q-FIX, Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.35 General
Category: Sports Med Knee
02/09/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. SPATIAL FRAME (Device), Q-FIX, Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.40 General
Category: Sports Med Knee
02/08/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. NovoStitch (Device), Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $757.60 General
Category: Sports Med Knee
02/08/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $52.56 General
Category: Sports Med Knee
11/07/2023 Smith+Nephew, Inc. Q-FIX (Device), HEALICOIL Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.68 General
Category: Sports Med Shoulder
02/23/2022 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. NA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.40 General
Category: Trauma
02/21/2022 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. NA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $51.00 General
Category: Trauma
02/01/2022 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. NA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $62.75 General
Category: Trauma
02/01/2022 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. NA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.33 General
Category: Trauma
01/30/2022 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. NA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.56 General
Category: Trauma
01/08/2022 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. NA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.71 General
Category: Trauma
11/05/2021 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. NA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $38.21 General
Category: Trauma
10/29/2021 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. NA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $39.06 General
Category: Trauma
10/16/2021 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. NA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $58.64 General
Category: Trauma
09/26/2021 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. NA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $43.00 General
Category: Trauma
09/09/2021 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. NA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $43.27 General
Category: Trauma
08/05/2021 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. NA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $43.27 General
Category: Trauma
07/28/2021 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. NA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.00 General
Category: Trauma
06/23/2021 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. NA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $60.00 General
Category: Trauma
06/01/2021 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. NA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $36.00 General
Category: Trauma

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 22 1,468 2,459 $820,271 $170,742
2022 22 1,266 1,778 $899,406 $183,988
2021 22 1,306 1,922 $949,453 $195,311
2020 22 1,708 2,612 $1.2M $236,878
Total Patients
5,748
Total Services
8,771
Medicare Billing
$786,919
Procedure Codes
88

All Medicare Procedures & Services

88 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 4

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
27447 Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee Facility 2023 32 32 $267,328 $38,686 14.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 223 276 $78,660 $24,999 31.8%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 202 320 $91,889 $18,844 20.5%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 189 225 $43,425 $15,765 36.3%
J7323 Hyaluronan or derivative, euflexxa, for intra-articular injection, per dose Office 2023 34 156 $63,960 $15,251 23.8%
29827 Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope Facility 2023 13 13 $44,616 $12,850 28.8%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 107 107 $47,080 $11,069 23.5%
73564 X-ray of knee, 4 or more views Office 2023 148 182 $29,302 $7,033 24.0%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 80 80 $23,040 $6,560 28.5%
64721 Release and/or relocation of hand nerve Facility 2023 13 14 $34,734 $5,657 16.3%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2023 68 81 $10,611 $2,236 21.1%
29824 Partial removal of collar bone at shoulder using an endoscope Facility 2023 11 11 $29,216 $2,152 7.4%
73502 X-ray of hip, 2-3 views Office 2023 57 60 $6,480 $2,020 31.2%
29826 Shaving of part of shoulder bone and repair of ligament using an endoscope Facility 2023 12 12 $20,064 $1,964 9.8%
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes Facility 2023 11 11 $4,070 $1,254 30.8%
72110 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views Office 2023 21 21 $4,494 $822.89 18.3%
73562 X-ray of knee, 3 views Office 2023 23 27 $3,510 $759.22 21.6%
73110 X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views Office 2023 13 21 $3,402 $730.59 21.5%
J0702 Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg Office 2023 56 121 $2,420 $609.42 25.2%
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg Office 2023 129 658 $7,896 $550.07 7.0%
73130 X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views Office 2023 14 19 $2,888 $534.82 18.5%
73521 X-ray of both hips, 2 views Office 2023 12 12 $1,186 $394.46 33.3%
27447 Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee Facility 2022 35 35 $292,390 $42,361 14.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 280 370 $105,450 $36,020 34.2%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 120 120 $52,800 $14,723 27.9%

About Dr. Christopher Bensen, MD

Dr. Christopher Bensen, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Key West, Florida. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/07/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1740213578.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Christopher Bensen, MD has received a total of $2,871 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $1,821 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 32 transactions from 4 companies. The most common payment nature is "Travel and Lodging" ($1,525).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Bensen has provided services to 5,748 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 8,771 services with total Medicare billing of $786,919. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 88 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Location Key West, FL
  • Active Since 07/07/2006
  • Last Updated 09/14/2020
  • Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1740213578

Products in Payments

  • SPATIAL FRAME (Device) $818.54
  • NovoStitch (Device) $757.60
  • NA (Device) $610.93
  • EVOS (Device) $166.33
  • Q-FIX (Device) $129.36
  • LENS 4K (Device) $91.15
  • NOVOSTITCH (Device) $76.77
  • TRIGEN InterTAN (Device) $24.94
  • SURGICAL PAIN REGIONAL ANESTHESIA (Device) $14.19

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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