Total Payments
$2.0M
2024 Payments
$206,166
Companies
31
Transactions
415
Medicare Patients
2,078
Medicare Billing
$478,262
Payment Breakdown by Category
Royalty/License$1.5M (75.8%)
Consulting$384,513 (19.0%)
Travel$52,155 (2.6%)
Other$41,200 (2.0%)
Food & Beverage$9,502 (0.5%)
Education$1,200 (0.1%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royalty or License | $1.5M | 52 | 75.8% |
| Consulting Fee | $384,513 | 90 | 19.0% |
| Travel and Lodging | $52,155 | 145 | 2.6% |
| Honoraria | $37,200 | 4 | 1.8% |
| Food and Beverage | $9,502 | 122 | 0.5% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program | $4,000 | 1 | 0.2% |
| Education | $1,200 | 1 | 0.1% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stryker Corporation | $1.7M | 125 | $0 (2024) |
| K2M, Inc. | $103,657 | 96 | $0 (2018) |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | $87,330 | 39 | $0 (2024) |
| NuVasive, Inc. | $45,744 | 35 | $0 (2023) |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | $37,875 | 1 | $0 (2023) |
| MiRus, LLC | $20,433 | 15 | $0 (2022) |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $8,321 | 15 | $0 (2018) |
| Synthes GmbH | $5,277 | 3 | $0 (2017) |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | $4,895 | 13 | $0 (2019) |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | $3,751 | 13 | $0 (2022) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $206,166 | 14 | Stryker Corporation ($205,614) |
| 2023 | $347,122 | 27 | Stryker Corporation ($280,435) |
| 2022 | $351,188 | 70 | Stryker Corporation ($271,735) |
| 2021 | $321,816 | 47 | Stryker Corporation ($293,086) |
| 2020 | $241,590 | 21 | Stryker Corporation ($221,068) |
| 2019 | $239,060 | 60 | Stryker Corporation ($231,819) |
| 2018 | $278,794 | 120 | Stryker Corporation ($184,081) |
| 2017 | $33,384 | 56 | K2M, Inc. ($21,490) |
All Payment Transactions
415 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 17
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/12/2024 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | Other - Miscellaneous (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $507.20 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 12/06/2024 | Stryker Corporation | OASYS (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $7,500.00 | General |
| Category: CERVICAL | ||||||
| 12/06/2024 | Stryker Corporation | OZARK CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $750.00 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | Stryker Corporation | EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $56,833.39 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 10/18/2024 | Stryker Corporation | OZARK CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $7,500.00 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 07/24/2024 | DJO, LLC | CMF (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $44.16 | General |
| Category: Osteogenesis Stimulators | ||||||
| 07/05/2024 | Stryker Corporation | NILE ALTERNATIVE FIXATION SYSTEM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $7,500.00 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 05/08/2024 | Stryker Corporation | EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $40,187.78 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 05/08/2024 | Stryker Corporation | EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $13,084.77 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 04/12/2024 | Stryker Corporation | NILE ALTERNATIVE FIXATION SYSTEM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $7,500.00 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 02/08/2024 | Stryker Corporation | EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $41,631.37 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 02/08/2024 | Stryker Corporation | EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $15,064.51 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 01/19/2024 | Stryker Corporation | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $6,562.50 | General |
| 01/05/2024 | Stryker Corporation | NILE ALTERNATIVE FIXATION SYSTEM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,500.00 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 12/13/2023 | Stryker Corporation | EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $315.00 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 12/11/2023 | Stryker Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $45.94 | General |
| 12/07/2023 | Stryker Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.39 | General |
| 12/07/2023 | Stryker Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.45 | General |
| 11/14/2023 | NuVasive, Inc. | VersaTie (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,173.02 | General |
| Category: Spine/Spine Surgery | ||||||
| 11/13/2023 | Stryker Corporation | EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $46,512.27 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 11/13/2023 | Stryker Corporation | EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $13,549.83 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 11/10/2023 | Stryker Corporation | NILE ALTERNATIVE FIXATION SYSTEM (Device), EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,250.20 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
| 09/14/2023 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | Other - Miscellaneous (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $182.00 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 09/14/2023 | Alphatec Spine, Inc | Other - Miscellaneous (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $174.00 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery | ||||||
| 08/25/2023 | Stryker Corporation | EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $34,500.00 | General |
| Category: SPINE | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 13 | 524 | 854 | $418,796 | $116,783 |
| 2022 | 13 | 516 | 798 | $391,668 | $111,999 |
| 2021 | 14 | 574 | 993 | $503,328 | $143,547 |
| 2020 | 12 | 464 | 789 | $375,937 | $105,933 |
Total Patients
2,078
Total Services
3,434
Medicare Billing
$478,262
Procedure Codes
52
All Medicare Procedures & Services
52 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22614 | Fusion of additional segment of spine | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 147 | $169,638 | $44,875 | 26.5% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 172 | 286 | $39,182 | $19,468 | 49.7% |
| 22216 | Incision or removal of spine bone segment, each additional segment | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 40 | $43,000 | $11,341 | 26.4% |
| 72082 | X-ray of entire middle and lower spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 135 | 179 | $34,139 | $9,672 | 28.3% |
| 22843 | Placement of stabilizing device to back, 7-12 spine bone segments | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $26,334 | $7,017 | 26.6% |
| 22214 | Incision or removal of lower spine bone segment | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $46,970 | $6,653 | 14.2% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 76 | 76 | $15,504 | $6,496 | 41.9% |
| 22848 | Insertion of instrumentation to pelvic bones | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 15 | $15,945 | $4,220 | 26.5% |
| 22853 | Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 20 | $16,720 | $4,030 | 24.1% |
| 72110 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views | Office | 2023 | 23 | 24 | $4,008 | $940.72 | 23.5% |
| 72084 | X-ray of entire middle and lower spine, minimum of 6 views | Office | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $2,706 | $828.50 | 30.6% |
| 72100 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 13 | 21 | $2,583 | $665.40 | 25.8% |
| 72050 | X-ray of upper spine, 4-5 views | Office | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $2,067 | $577.59 | 27.9% |
| 22614 | Fusion of additional segment of spine | Facility | 2022 | 12 | 98 | $113,092 | $30,736 | 27.2% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2022 | 167 | 282 | $37,464 | $19,565 | 52.2% |
| 22633 | Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 11 | $60,423 | $16,531 | 27.4% |
| 22216 | Incision or removal of spine bone segment, each additional segment | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 38 | $40,850 | $11,088 | 27.1% |
| 72082 | X-ray of entire middle and lower spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2022 | 129 | 162 | $30,801 | $9,202 | 29.9% |
| 22214 | Incision or removal of lower spine bone segment | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 11 | $46,970 | $6,792 | 14.5% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2022 | 74 | 74 | $14,760 | $6,037 | 40.9% |
| 22853 | Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 26 | $21,736 | $5,364 | 24.7% |
| 22848 | Insertion of instrumentation to pelvic bones | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 11 | $11,693 | $3,179 | 27.2% |
| 72110 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views | Office | 2022 | 28 | 29 | $4,796 | $1,101 | 22.9% |
| 72084 | X-ray of entire middle and lower spine, minimum of 6 views | Office | 2022 | 12 | 13 | $3,198 | $936.56 | 29.3% |
| 72050 | X-ray of upper spine, 4-5 views | Office | 2022 | 18 | 19 | $3,021 | $790.41 | 26.2% |
About Dr. Robert Bess, MD
Dr. Robert Bess, MD is a Specialist healthcare provider based in Greenwood Village, Colorado. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 10/13/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1841380474.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Robert Bess, MD has received a total of $2.0M in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $206,166 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 415 transactions from 31 companies. The most common payment nature is "Royalty or License" ($1.5M).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Bess has provided services to 2,078 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 3,434 services with total Medicare billing of $478,262. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 52 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Specialist
- Other Specialties Orthopaedic Surgery
- Location Greenwood Village, CO
- Active Since 10/13/2006
- Last Updated 08/13/2025
- Taxonomy Code 174400000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1841380474
Products in Payments
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $955,251
- EVEREST (Device) $596,390
- Other - Miscellaneous (Device) $82,709
- BACS (Device) $61,801
- General K2M Product Discussion (Device) $47,421
- VersaTie (Device) $41,806
- aprevo (Device) $37,875
- NILE ALTERNATIVE FIXATION SYSTEM (Device) $29,750
- AIRO (Device) $18,053
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $15,836
- EVEREST Spinal System (Device) $13,350
- PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS (Device) $11,588
- EUROPA Pedicle Screw Systyem (Device) $10,675
- EUROPA Pedicle Screw System (Device) $9,758
- OZARK CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM (Device) $8,250
- NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (Device) $7,935
- OASYS (Device) $7,500
- Invictus OPEN (Device) $4,580
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM (Device) $3,473
- CALIBER (Device) $2,864
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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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