Benjamin Szerlip, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Westerville, OHNPI 1407153943
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $77,381 of the $104,923 with a category attached, or 73.7%. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Catalyst Orthoscience at 35.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $31,838 and has fallen 68.7% since, to $9,975 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 182 payments — averaging $576.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Catalyst Orthoscience$37K
- Stryker$31K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$14K
- Smith+Nephew$10K
- Arthrex$5K
- CDC Medical LLC$2K
- plus $5K from 22 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $30,000 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.
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$60K
Across 5 payments — averaging $4498.82 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Catalyst Orthoscience$22K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$5,1285%
- Consulting fees$77,38174%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,2806%
- Travel & lodging$6,2376%
- Food & beverage$6,6636%
- Education$3,2353%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 26 | $37,343 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 57 | $31,179 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 16 | $14,305 |
| Smith+Nephew | 11 | $9,689 |
| Arthrex | 20 | $4,762 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 3 | $2,440 |
| Ascension Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $1,500 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 7 | $978 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 1 | $835 |
| Core Surgical Group | 7 | $712 |
| Davol Inc. | 4 | $249 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $137 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $135 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $96 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 3 | $81 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $66 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $58 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $31 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Vertex | 1 | $24 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $21 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Abbott | 1 | $18 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM$20,357
- FREEDOM WRIST$18,148
- TITAN-SHOULDER$18,148
- Catalyst Total CSR$16,264
- External Fixation System$15,618
- REVERSE SHOULDER$15,500
- Archer CSR Total Shoulder System$12,201
- Archer R1 Reverse Shoulder System$12,201
- Catalyst Fracture Shoulder System$5,128
- NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT$3,735
- Catalyst CSR Shoulder System$3,248
- TSS$2,530
- Cadence$2,530
- MCP$2,530
- DJO SURGICAL$1,519
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$1,464
- AEQUALIS$1,450
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$830
- INSPACE$331
- TWINFIX$134
How this compares
$104,923 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 794 orthopaedic surgery providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 63 | $864 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 53 | $370 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 53 | $270 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 66 | $251 |
| Meloxicam | 77 | $135 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Westerville
- Mark GittinsWesterville$434K
- Ryan RauckWesterville$102K
- Reuben GobezieCleveland$12M
- Gregory BerletWorthington$9.6M
- Wael BarsoumCleveland$8.9M
- Brian CohenChillicothe$8.8M
- Joseph IannottiCleveland$7.1M
- John SontichYoungstown$3.6M
- Anthony MiniaciCleveland$3.1M
- David WelkerMiamisburg$2.8M
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.