Benjamin McArthur, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Austin, TXNPI 1538328083
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (52.6%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 66.1% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $18,950, 5.2 times the $3,648 reported in 2019.
Across 119 payments — averaging $224.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$18K
- Encore Medical, LP$4K
- Stryker$3K
- Orthalign Inc$1K
- Core Surgical Group$178
- Amgen$148
- plus $700 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6853%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7503%
- Travel & lodging$4,69718%
- Food & beverage$6,53224%
- Education$14,05353%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 22 | $17,653 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 14 | $3,843 |
| Stryker | 29 | $2,997 |
| Orthalign Inc | 17 | $1,197 |
| Core Surgical Group | 2 | $178 |
| Amgen | 6 | $148 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $148 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 3 | $131 |
| UCB, Inc. | 7 | $129 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $48 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $31 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $23 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Arcos$14,053
- Avenir$14,053
- MAKO$2,198
- DJO SURGICAL$1,261
- Persona$1,158
- DJO Surgical 3DKnee System$777
- DJO Surgical Empowr Knee System$750
- DJO Surgical TaperFill Hip System$750
- DJO Surgical Exprt Revision Hip$750
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$296
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$277
- DJO Surgical Linear Hip System$150
- TRIATHLON$126
- Persona Revision$113
How this compares
$26,716 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 86 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Texas.
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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 | 133 | $2,001 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 193 | $1,316 |
| Meloxicam | 380 | $1,056 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 123 | $461 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 27 | $229 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $92 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 12 | $61 |
| Amoxicillin | 50 | $46 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Austin
- Tyler GoldbergAustin$4.6M
- William AbblittAustin$17K
- Erin DunlapAustin$8K
- Antonia ChenDallas$3.8M
- John BarringtonPlano$2.2M
- Roger EmersonPlano$691K
- Donald HohmanDallas$537K
- Steven WeedenFort Worth$370K
- Marcus FordFort Worth$296K
- Raul MarquezEdinburg$278K
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.