Benjamin Thomasson, DO
Sports Medicine · Orlando, FLNPI 1396078200
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (48.6%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 54.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,144 and has fallen 79.8% since, to $635 in 2025.
Across 100 payments — averaging $77.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$4K
- Stryker$1K
- Reel Surgical, Inc.$1K
- Encore Medical, LP$452
- Vericel Corporation$204
- Amgen$122
- plus $152 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,67522%
- Food & beverage$2,29730%
- Education$3,74949%
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 | 40 | $4,186 |
| Stryker | 21 | $1,406 |
| Reel Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $1,200 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $452 |
| Vericel Corporation | 30 | $204 |
| Amgen | 1 | $122 |
| Tenex Health Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $32 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $25 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $22 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $18 |
| ERMI LLC | 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.
How this compares
$7,721 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 402 sports medicine providers in Florida.
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 | 87 | $3,477 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 46 | $450 |
| Gabapentin | 109 | $329 |
| Meloxicam | 64 | $208 |
| Ibuprofen | 20 | $132 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 63 | $74 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 14 | $59 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Orlando
- Bruce LevyOrlando$816K
- Andrew CarboneOrlando$90K
- Abhishek KannanOrlando$33K
- Kyle CoxOrlando$29K
- Callie JewettOrlando$23K
- Lee KaplanMiami$11.3M
- Patrick SmithNaples$2.9M
- Ryan SimovitchWest Palm Beach$1.1M
- Gautam YagnikMiami$440K
- Carl DilellaVero Beach$384K
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.