Robert Benz, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Fort Collins, CONPI 1972595247
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by ownership interests: $469,333 of the $580,642 with a category attached, or 80.8%. Highline Surgical Solutions, LLC accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $138,667 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $59 in 2025.
Across 12 payments — averaging $48,387 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Highline Surgical Solutions, LLC$580K
- Medtronic$107
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$69
Across 7 payments — averaging $9642.86 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Cascade Surgical Solution, LLC$68K
- Woven Orthopedic Technologies, LLC$0
- Highline Surgical Solutions, LLC$0
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$111,13319%
- Food & beverage$1760%
- Ownership interest$469,33381%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Highline Surgical Solutions, LLC | 5 | $580,466 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $107 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 2 | $69 |
How this compares
$580,642 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 69 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Colorado.
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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-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 66 | $846 |
| Gabapentin | 80 | $734 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 25 | $327 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 32 | $154 |
| Prednisone | 32 | $105 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $90 |
| Diazepam | 11 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Fort Collins
- Douglas BeardFort Collins$583K
- William BiggsFort Collins$581K
- John RayFort Collins$6K
- George FreyDenver$5.3M
- Christopher CainAurora$3.3M
- Edward DonnerJohnstown$2.5M
- Jim YoussefDurango$2.3M
- Scott StanleyParker$1.7M
- Timothy KukloDenver$1.3M
- Michael GallizziLone Tree$1.2M
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.