Charles Varela, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Mountain View, ARNPI 1518071638
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $3,104 of the $5,131 with a category attached, or 60.5%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 29.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,026 and has fallen 93.5% since, to $132 in 2024.
Across 27 payments — averaging $190.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Arthrex$1K
- Midsouth Orthopedics Inc.$810
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$696
- Ensemble Orthopedics, Inc$378
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$106
- plus $127 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,10460%
- Food & beverage$4328%
- Education$1,59631%
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 | 8 | $1,520 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $1,496 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 3 | $810 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $696 |
| Ensemble Orthopedics, Inc | 4 | $378 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $106 |
| Axogen | 1 | $73 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
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.
- MAKO$1,363
- TACTOSET$696
- Ensemble CMC$261
How this compares
$5,131 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 168 orthopaedic surgery providers in Arkansas.
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 | 14 | $72 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Mountain View
- Benjamin StronachLittle Rock$2.5M
- Charles BarnesLittle Rock$2.1M
- Kenneth MartinLittle Rock$322K
- Wesley CoxFayetteville$309K
- William HefleyNorth Little Rock$306K
- David BumpassLittle Rock$175K
- Lawrence O'MalleyLittle Rock$151K
- Jason BrandtJonesboro$104K
- Jason SmithLittle Rock$102K
- Richard McCarthyLittle Rock$75K
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.