Benjamin Thompson, MD
Sports Medicine · Exeter, NHNPI 1669527362
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $4,867 of the $7,970 with a category attached, or 61.1%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 47.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,217 and has fallen 68.4% since, to $1,334 in 2025.
Across 60 payments — averaging $132.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$4K
- Arthrex$2K
- Kairos Surgical Inc$898
- Conformis, Inc.$681
- Smith+Nephew$352
- Catalyst Orthoscience$120
- plus $301 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,86761%
- Food & beverage$2,10526%
- Education$99813%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 32 | $3,804 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $1,814 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 1 | $898 |
| Conformis, Inc. | 3 | $681 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $352 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 2 | $120 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $70 |
| Vertex | 3 | $63 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- REUNION$2,185
- Identity CR$600
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$351
- NONE$114
- Zilretta$110
- NOVOSTITCH$106
How this compares
$7,970 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 38 sports medicine providers in New Hampshire.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 21 | $97 |
| Meloxicam | 25 | $51 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Exeter
- Joshua SiegelExeter$438K
- Avnish ClerkExeter$89K
- Alexander DavisExeter$3K
- Deborah PacikExeter$2K
- Chelsea BackerExeter$217
- Joseph BernardExeter$25
- Neal GoldenbergKeene$38K
- Brendan HigginsConcord$34K
- Jason SimonNashua$9K
- David ThutSomersworth$7K
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.