Benjamin Frye, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Morgantown, WVNPI 1548471584
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $268,007 of the $328,524 with a category attached, or 81.6%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 60.0% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in WV with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 361 payments — averaging $910.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$197K
- Zimmer Biomet$131K
- Smith+Nephew$67
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$63
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$19
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$268,00782%
- Travel & lodging$41,29413%
- Food & beverage$4,2231%
- Education$15,0005%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 152 | $197,093 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 205 | $131,282 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $67 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- MAKO$174,595
- Oxford$78,851
- Oxford-Knees$28,519
- ACCOLADE$26,575
- Persona$22,008
- AEQUALIS$14,500
- Fuzion$12,750
- Persona MC$5,125
- GMRS$4,750
- INSIGNIA$3,182
- Knees Product Portfolio$3,111
- RESTORATION$2,475
- TRIDENT$2,475
- Persona Revision$1,625
- EXETER$900
- AccuFill$625
- Hips Product Portfolio$506
- TRIATHLON$500
- ASNIS$250
- ROSA$122
How this compares
$328,524 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 93 orthopaedic surgery providers in West 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $135 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $42 |
| Amoxicillin | 46 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Morgantown
- Scott DaffnerMorgantown$102K
- Gregory PurnellMorgantown$65K
- Matthew DietzMorgantown$60K
- Elias JosephMorgantown$6K
- Chad MicucciMorgantown$5K
- Jacob ConjeskiMorgantown$4K
- Andrew ParsonsMorgantown$3K
- David TagerMorgantown$2K
- Nick ZervosMorgantown$2K
- Chad LavenderCharleston$312K
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.