Benjamin Knox, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Easton, MDNPI 1649276452
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 47.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,084 and has fallen 97.1% since, to $31 in 2024.
Across 19 payments — averaging $113.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$1K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$739
- Sonex Health, Inc.$229
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$73
- Linvatec Corporation$31
- Johnson & Johnson$23
- plus $38 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,27559%
- Food & beverage$88141%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical | 3 | $1,022 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 6 | $739 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $229 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $31 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $23 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $12 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Intracept$2,299
- CREO$824
- ULTRAGUIDECTR$229
- ULTRAGUIDETFR$229
- ELSA$124
How this compares
$2,156 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 24 orthopedic surgery providers in Maryland.
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 | 12 | $156 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $117 |
| Meloxicam | 19 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopedic surgery in Easton
- Christopher CannovaBethesda$1.6M
- Craig MillerBethesda$72K
- Jason KinneyBaltimore$22K
- Mark PetersonRockville$13K
- Akachimere UzosikeBaltimore$12K
- James MurphyGlen Burnie$2K
- Andrew SiekanowiczSilver Spring$2K
- Olumuyiwa PaulGlenn Dale$1K
- Mark PfaffElkton$1K
- Roy BandsAnnapolis$917
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.