Benjamin Lindsey, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Conway, SCNPI 1821478793
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (52.1%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 70.4% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $10,858 and has fallen 98.4% since, to $176 in 2025.
Across 50 payments — averaging $384.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$14K
- Pinnacle, Inc$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions$766
- Medshape, Inc.$673
- Medline Industries LP$604
- plus $1K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$10,00052%
- Travel & lodging$2,84815%
- Food & beverage$1,87910%
- Education$4,47123%
- Gifts$110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 16 | $13,525 |
| Pinnacle, Inc | 2 | $1,308 |
| Stryker | 11 | $1,194 |
| Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions | 1 | $766 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 4 | $673 |
| Medline Industries LP | 9 | $604 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $491 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 4 | $457 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $176 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$19,209 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 325 orthopaedic surgery providers in South Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 28 | $493 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 76 | $419 |
| Prednisone | 44 | $316 |
| Gabapentin | 109 | $303 |
| Meloxicam | 117 | $267 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 83 | $224 |
| Cephalexin | 25 | $139 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 33 | $58 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 16 | $51 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Conway
- William SmithColumbia$7.7M
- Richard FrischMt Pleasant$1M
- Brent PonceCharleston$874K
- Chi LimSpartanburg$320K
- Todd LansfordNorth Charleston$286K
- Nicholas GrimaldiColumbia$203K
- Richard MarksWest Columbia$176K
- James LogingClinton$118K
- Justin SmithRock Hill$102K
- Matthew DuffinRock Hill$98K
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.