Betsey Bean, DO
Hand Surgery · Ames, IANPI 1316237357
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (48.7%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 49.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $5,334 and has fallen 65.2% since, to $1,855 in 2025. Among hand surgery clinicians in IA 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 60 payments — averaging $215.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$6K
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$2K
- Wardlow Enterprises$2K
- Trimed, Inc.$2K
- Prism Medical$801
- Stryker$451
- plus $24 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,31449%
- Food & beverage$2,11316%
- Education$4,52735%
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 | 25 | $6,353 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $1,978 |
| Wardlow Enterprises | 3 | $1,742 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 11 | $1,606 |
| Prism Medical | 3 | $801 |
| Stryker | 15 | $451 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $24 |
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.
- Geminus$1,978
- Align$1,978
- IJS$1,978
- Implate$1,978
- Tools - WFS$623
How this compares
$12,955 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 24 hand surgery providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 116 | $401 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 37 | $154 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Ames
- Tyson CobbDavenport$155K
- Melissa Young-SzalayWest Des Moines$16K
- Brock ReiterAnkeny$9K
- Peter ChimentiCedar Rapids$5K
- Joseph BuckwalterIowa City$4K
- Shane CookDes Moines$4K
- John HeinemanDes Moines$4K
- Jonathan WinstonBettendorf$3K
- Jeffrey RodgersWest Des Moines$2K
- Ericka LawlerNorth Liberty$2K
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.