Benjamin Miller, MD
Sports Medicine · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1720252109
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (39.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alpha Orthopedic Systems at 43.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $8,542 and has fallen 95.7% since, to $366 in 2025.
Across 98 payments — averaging $206.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$9K
- Steris Corporation$3K
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- Arthrex$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Linvatec Corporation$155
- plus $455 from 6 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $5725.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Smith+Nephew$11K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$7504%
- Travel & lodging$7,69338%
- Food & beverage$3,74919%
- Education$8,00340%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 22 | $8,688 |
| Steris Corporation | 2 | $3,281 |
| Smith+Nephew | 28 | $3,043 |
| Arthrex | 10 | $2,939 |
| Stryker | 25 | $1,633 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $155 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 1 | $132 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $87 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $82 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $53 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
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.
- HarmonyAIR$3,256
- Q-FIX Hip$1,656
- Hipstruments$1,515
- MICRORAPTOR Knotless Hip$814
- REUNION$405
- MAKO$231
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$146
- HEALICOIL PK Hip$140
- TRITANIUM$128
- LINVATEC ARTHROSCOPY$127
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$122
- Regeneten$119
How this compares
$20,195 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 147 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naloxone Hcl | 120 | $7,581 |
| EliquisApixaban | 23 | $7,423 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 208 | $1,673 |
| Methylprednisolone | 184 | $1,318 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 246 | $1,089 |
| Methocarbamol | 114 | $867 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 56 | $473 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 61 | $383 |
| Meloxicam | 92 | $245 |
| Celecoxib | 14 | $211 |
| Amoxicillin | 123 | $176 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 73 | $130 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 28 | $121 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 13 | $68 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 11 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Chattanooga
- Brandon CincereChattanooga$22K
- Chad SmalleyChattanooga$6K
- Bill SmithChattanooga$5K
- Jeffrey DlabachCollierville$504K
- Ian ByramFranklin$252K
- Jw ByrdNashville$248K
- Lucas RichieLebanon$159K
- Zachary PharrColumbia$75K
- Colin LooneyFranklin$68K
- Jonathan BryantBristol$67K
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.