Benjamin Grear, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Germantown, TNNPI 1922214923
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (52.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions at 40.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,622 and has fallen 95.0% since, to $130 in 2025.
Across 29 payments — averaging $188.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions$2K
- Arthrex$2K
- Stryker$665
- Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC$169
- Johnson & Johnson$141
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$134
- plus $240 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4749%
- Food & beverage$2,14539%
- Education$2,85552%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions | 7 | $2,191 |
| Arthrex | 8 | $1,934 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 6 | $665 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 1 | $169 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $141 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $70 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $55 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $21 |
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.
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$314
- INFINITY$284
- EASYFUSE$163
- INBONE$163
- MOTOBAND$141
- Lapiplasty System$134
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS PERCUTANEOUS FOOT SURGERY SU BURRS$121
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS FOOT & ANKLE DYNANITE STAPLES$102
How this compares
$5,474 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 145 foot and ankle surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 55 | $374 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 45 | $245 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 38 | $232 |
| Meloxicam | 49 | $189 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 15 | $165 |
| Methylprednisolone | 19 | $108 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Germantown
- Garnett MurphyGermantown$130K
- David RichardsonGermantown$61K
- Paul SchroederGermantown$17K
- Sebastien DemoinyMorristown$210K
- Robert ThompsonMurfreesboro$205K
- Bhekumuzi KhumaloUnion City$201K
- Walter ButlerMemphis$191K
- Chad WebsterCordova$185K
- Christian SmithCordova$153K
- Frank OgnibeneMemphis$148K
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.