Brian Cohen, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Chillicothe, OHNPI 1801811096
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $8,648,624 of the $8,760,913 with a category attached, or 98.7%. Arthrex accounts for 99.9% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,210,808, 5.4 times the $412,729 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 135 payments — averaging $64,896 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$8.8M
- Stryker$2K
- CDC Medical LLC$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$300
- Zimmer Biomet$171
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$150
- plus $383 from 10 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $10,182 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.
- Arthrex$102K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$8,648,62499%
- Consulting fees$92,8331%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,7350%
- Travel & lodging$2,3000%
- Food & beverage$2,1790%
- Education$1,2430%
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 | 89 | $8,756,256 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 15 | $2,433 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 2 | $1,220 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $300 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $171 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $150 |
| COSA Medical, LLC | 3 | $103 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $94 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $43 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $28 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $26 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $16 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- ARTHREX$38,287,516
- SHOULDER SUTURE FIBERWIRE CERCLAGE$991,791
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY & FRACTURE REVERS$707,331
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY & FRACTURE UNIVERS$707,331
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS KNEE ARTHROPLASTY TOTAL KNEE$551,617
- ARTHROPLASTY INSTRUMENTS KNEE ARTHROPLASTY TOTAL KNEE$441,603
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS REVERS TOTAL SHOULDER REVERS$283,789
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS REVERS TOTAL SHOULDER MODULAR GLENOID SYSTEM$283,789
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY TOTAL KNEE$283,789
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS ANATOMIC TOTAL SHOULDER GLENOIDS$283,789
- ARTHROPLASTY INSTRUMENTS SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY & FRACTURE REVERS$178,107
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS KNEE & HIP ARTHROPLASTY TOTAL KNEE$156,494
- ARTHROPLASTY INSTRUMENTS KNEE & HIP ARTHROPLASTY TOTAL KNEE$87,622
- MAKO$1,997
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS KNEE & HIP ARTHROPLASTY UNI KNEE$1,005
- Verasense$165
- Persona$145
- ATTUNE$123
- ACTIS$123
- Velys$123
How this compares
$8,760,913 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 14 | $6,580 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 72 | $3,824 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 471 | $2,908 |
| Linezolid | 12 | $1,790 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 185 | $1,078 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 174 | $835 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $783 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 59 | $751 |
| Methylprednisolone | 144 | $729 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 24 | $678 |
| Gabapentin | 161 | $596 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 138 | $577 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 185 | $567 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 36 | $471 |
| Cephalexin | 108 | $408 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Chillicothe
- Reuben GobezieCleveland$12M
- Gregory BerletWorthington$9.6M
- Wael BarsoumCleveland$8.9M
- Joseph IannottiCleveland$7.1M
- John SontichYoungstown$3.6M
- Anthony MiniaciCleveland$3.1M
- David WelkerMiamisburg$2.8M
- Kenneth GreeneCleveland$2.6M
- Mark FroimsonCleveland$2.5M
- Robert MolloyCleveland$2.3M
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.