Stephen Becher, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Marietta, GANPI 1114175858
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (40.7%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Synthes GmbH at 45.9% of the total.
Across 111 payments — averaging $169.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$9K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Axogen$1K
- Smith+Nephew$896
- Johnson & Johnson$886
- Si-bone, Inc.$807
- plus $4K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,50029%
- Travel & lodging$7,66641%
- Food & beverage$5,64730%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 10 | $8,644 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 18 | $2,896 |
| Axogen | 5 | $1,053 |
| Smith+Nephew | 10 | $896 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $886 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $807 |
| United Orthopedics LLC | 2 | $794 |
| Stryker | 11 | $660 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $581 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $216 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 2 | $200 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 1 | $163 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $141 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Medline Industries LP | 2 | $105 |
| BD | 1 | $85 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $75 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $68 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $60 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $30 |
| Vertex | 1 | $27 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 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.
- NA$2,813
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,010
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$746
- PICO Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy$298
- Oasis$298
- VERSAJET II$298
- Allevyn Life$298
- T2 ALPHA$149
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$147
- EVOS$144
- Taylor Spatial Frame$144
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$136
- PRECICE Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System$127
- MAVERICK$111
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$100
How this compares
$18,813 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 28 orthopaedic trauma providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ibandronate Sodium | 15 | $716 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 76 | $499 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $420 |
| Gabapentin | 55 | $414 |
| Methocarbamol | 35 | $343 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 97 | $287 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 20 | $169 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 14 | $100 |
| Ibuprofen | 14 | $53 |
| Meloxicam | 28 | $50 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 13 | $27 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Marietta
- William TerrellMarietta$669K
- David SmithMarietta$3K
- Bruce ZiranLawrenceville$2.4M
- James BlairAugusta$417K
- Michael MaceroliAtlanta$385K
- Daniel ChanMacon$253K
- Daniel SchlattererAtlanta$69K
- Mara SchenkerAtlanta$59K
- Matthew MartellMacon$48K
- Jarrod DumpeMacon$27K
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.