Total Payments
$14,869
2024 Payments
$493.93
Companies
15
Transactions
47
Medicare Patients
315
Medicare Billing
$24,928

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$11,040 (74.2%)
Travel$1,949 (13.1%)
Food & Beverage$1,880 (12.6%)
Other$0.00 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $11,040 4 74.2%
Travel and Lodging $1,949 5 13.1%
Food and Beverage $1,880 38 12.6%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Merit Medical Systems Inc $7,393 4 $0 (2021)
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $4,727 2 $0 (2021)
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. $1,149 8 $0 (2022)
ATRICURE, INC. $289.50 5 $0 (2024)
Ethicon Inc. $227.76 4 $0 (2020)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $203.17 2 $0 (2022)
Covidien LP $160.50 7 $0 (2018)
Ethicon US, LLC $132.17 2 $0 (2024)
Medtronic, Inc. $121.14 5 $0 (2022)
Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated $114.17 2 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $493.93 9 ATRICURE, INC. ($255.39)
2022 $337.29 6 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($96.04)
2021 $7,101 10 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($4,727)
2020 $5,533 7 Merit Medical Systems Inc ($5,393)
2019 $220.12 3 Ethicon Inc. ($106.00)
2018 $216.97 6 Covidien LP ($125.70)
2017 $966.76 6 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($931.96)

All Payment Transactions

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

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/19/2024 ATRICURE, INC. ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $120.55 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
11/04/2024 ATRICURE, INC. ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $102.66 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
10/12/2024 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP TAGRISSO (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.71 General
Category: Oncology
10/08/2024 ATRICURE, INC. ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $32.18 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
09/09/2024 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP TAGRISSO (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.76 General
Category: Oncology
09/05/2024 Ethicon US, LLC Echelon Flex (Device), Harmonic, VISTASEAL Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $40.90 General
Category: Endo-Mechanical
08/27/2024 Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $48.64 General
08/16/2024 Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $65.53 General
08/08/2024 Solventum Corporation ACTIV.A.C. (Device), ADAPTIC, V.A.C. DERMATAC Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $24.00 General
Category: Negative Pressure Systems & Dressings
12/20/2022 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $93.75 General
Category: SURGERY
06/16/2022 Medtronic, Inc. SIMULUS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $36.62 General
Category: Heart Valves
06/07/2022 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. ZIPFIX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $83.82 General
Category: CMF-Trauma
05/11/2022 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.87 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
03/17/2022 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. RIBFIX BLU ADVANTAGE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $96.04 General
Category: CMF & Thoracic
03/10/2022 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.19 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
12/16/2021 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Echelon Flex (Device), Harmonic, SURGICEL NU-KNIT Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $4,040.00 General
Category: Endo-Mechanical
11/24/2021 Merit Medical Systems Inc Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,000.00 General
10/13/2021 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $687.01 General
10/05/2021 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION EXALT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $86.05 General
Category: THERAPEUTIC IMAGING
09/28/2021 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $72.00 General
Category: SURGERY
06/07/2021 Medtronic, Inc. Signia (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $36.93 General
Category: Surgical Stapling
04/21/2021 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. AdvantageRib (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $107.13 General
Category: CMF & Thoracic
04/07/2021 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.58 General
Category: SURGERY
03/09/2021 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $29.10 General
Category: SURGERY
02/03/2021 Medtronic, Inc. Signia (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.53 General
Category: Surgical Stapling

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2022 1 12 13 $1,989 $807.48
2021 3 90 92 $22,309 $10,281
2020 8 213 275 $52,182 $13,840
Total Patients
315
Total Services
380
Medicare Billing
$24,928
Procedure Codes
12

All Medicare Procedures & Services

12 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Facility 2022 12 13 $1,989 $807.48 40.6%
99205 New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes Facility 2021 55 55 $16,304 $7,702 47.2%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Facility 2021 16 18 $2,749 $1,371 49.9%
99203 New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes Facility 2021 19 19 $3,256 $1,208 37.1%
36561 Insertion of central venous catheter and implanted device for infusion beneath the skin, patient 5 years or older Facility 2020 18 18 $26,532 $4,348 16.4%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes Facility 2020 62 92 $9,200 $3,571 38.8%
99221 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day Facility 2020 24 24 $4,800 $1,820 37.9%
99231 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day Facility 2020 29 58 $4,814 $1,742 36.2%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes Facility 2020 29 29 $4,350 $1,571 36.1%
99441 Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion Facility 2020 16 19 $748.00 $357.45 47.8%
77001 Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion, replacement or removal of central venous access device Facility 2020 17 17 $952.00 $235.78 24.8%
76937 Ultrasound guidance for accessing into blood vessel Facility 2020 18 18 $786.00 $194.42 24.7%

About Dr. Sharon Ben-Or, MD

Dr. Sharon Ben-Or, MD is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Deerfield Beach, Florida. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/25/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1639369887.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Sharon Ben-Or, MD has received a total of $14,869 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $493.93 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 47 transactions from 15 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($11,040).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Ben-Or has provided services to 315 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 380 services with total Medicare billing of $24,928. Data is available for 3 years (2020–2022), covering 12 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • AERO Stent and Delivery System (Device) $5,393
  • Echelon Flex (Device) $4,081
  • Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $1,149
  • ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $255.39
  • Monarch (Device) $121.76
  • AdvantageRib (Device) $107.13
  • SuperDimension (Device) $106.91
  • MONARCH (Device) $106.00
  • Photofrin (Drug) $98.10
  • RIBFIX BLU ADVANTAGE (Device) $96.04
  • ECHELON FLEX Stapler (Device) $91.27
  • EXALT (Device) $86.05
  • ZIPFIX (Device) $83.82
  • TAGRISSO (Drug) $59.47
  • Signia (Device) $57.46
  • SIMULUS (Device) $36.62
  • Covidien (Device) $34.80
  • ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM (Device) $34.11
  • COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) $27.06
  • ACTIV.A.C. (Device) $24.00

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.