Chelsea Boe, MD
Hand Surgery · Seattle, WANPI 1023426459
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (31.6%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 42.1% of the total. Among hand surgery clinicians in WA 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 58 payments — averaging $545.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$13K
- Trimed, Inc.$13K
- Synthes GmbH$4K
- Axogen$277
- Stryker$181
- Johnson & Johnson$149
- plus $658 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5005%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,25017%
- Grants$9,99032%
- Travel & lodging$8,47327%
- Food & beverage$4,01113%
- Education$2,4008%
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 | 10 | $13,318 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 24 | $12,893 |
| Synthes GmbH | 5 | $4,147 |
| Axogen | 4 | $277 |
| Stryker | 3 | $181 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $149 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $144 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $134 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $118 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $82 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $76 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
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.
- Tools - WFS$7,612
- Tools - AFS$623
- GAMMA$146
- Acu-Loc Wrist Plating System$144
- Total Wrist Fusion Plating System$144
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$128
- Geminus$118
- Align$118
- IJS$118
- Implate$118
- VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS$106
How this compares
$31,623 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 75 hand surgery providers in Washington.
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.
Other hand surgery in Seattle
- Jerry HuangSeattle$428K
- Rajiv GoelSeattle$6K
- Eric PangSeattle$3K
- Stephen KennedySeattle$2K
- Eugene FarngSeattle$1K
- Sarah BeshlianSeattle$1K
- William WagnerSeattle$220
- John BuckmillerSeattle$165
- Thomas TrumbleBellevue$824K
- Mary ThayerBellevue$51K
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.