Ben Kittredge, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Alexandria, VANPI 1134147978
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $3,627 of the $3,959 with a category attached, or 91.6%. Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC accounts for 92.7% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,451 and has fallen 94.7% since, to $130 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in VA, where the typical reported total is $3,465.
Across 18 payments — averaging $219.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$4K
- Johnson & Johnson$167
- Smith+Nephew$75
- Vericel Corporation$21
- Baudax Bio Inc.$20
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$5
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3328%
- Education$3,62792%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 7 | $3,671 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $167 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $75 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $5 |
How this compares
$3,959 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 473 orthopaedic surgery providers in Virginia.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 200 | $607 |
| Methylprednisolone | 60 | $489 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 15 | $204 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 19 | $168 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Alexandria
- Michael NzeoguAlexandria$38K
- Dale YoungNorth Chesterfield$10.9M
- James DowdVirginia Beach$6.1M
- Mark de BloisNorth Chesterfield$4M
- Cato LaurencinCharlottesville$3.5M
- Randall PeytonSterling$2.9M
- William MihalkoCharlottesville$2M
- David MillerNorth Chesterfield$1.7M
- Keith LawhornFairfax$1.6M
- Joseph GonduskyVirginia Beach$1.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.