Richard Bell, MD
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery · Portland, ORNPI 1992704878
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.5%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 29.3% of the total. Among oral & maxillofacial surgery clinicians in OR 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 180 payments — averaging $866.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$46K
- Sanofi$32K
- Stryker$31K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$26K
- EMD Serono, Inc.$15K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$4K
- plus $2K from 8 others
Across 94 payments — averaging $45,789 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.
- Merck$4.3M
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$84,92754%
- Speaking & faculty fees$47,21030%
- Travel & lodging$17,72211%
- Food & beverage$6,0404%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 51 | $45,692 |
| Sanofi | 24 | $31,871 |
| Stryker | 37 | $30,719 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 24 | $26,449 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 6 | $14,595 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 10 | $4,164 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 13 | $1,393 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $377 |
| Axogen | 3 | $206 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $133 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $133 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $84 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $37 |
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.
- LIBTAYO$56,330
- KEYTRUDA$23,280
- VSP ORTHOGNATHIC$17,172
- UNIVERSAL MANDIBLE$16,732
- UNIVERSAL MID-FACE$16,732
- VSP RECONSTRUCTION$10,827
- OPDIVO$3,641
- MANDIBULAR RECON$1,200
- CUSTOMIZED MANDIBLE RECON$1,200
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,101
- UNIVERSAL ORTHOGNATHIC$362
- NA$292
- TRUMATCH$231
- VSP SYSTEM, VSP CRANIAL$181
- MEDICAL MODELS$139
- MATRIXMANDIBLE$125
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$113
How this compares
$155,899 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 93 oral & maxillofacial surgery providers in Oregon.
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 oral & maxillofacial surgery in Portland
- Baber KhatibPortland$107K
- Jay MalmquistPortland$86K
- Ashish PatelPortland$55K
- Mark EngelstadPortland$42K
- Eric DierksPortland$36K
- Daniel PetrisorPortland$36K
- Allen ChengPortland$9K
- Lance ThompsonPortland$7K
- Jonathan JelminiPortland$6K
- Marcus CoueyPortland$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.