Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Benjamin Collier Watson, DO

Individual provider Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician · NPI 1497074876

Benjamin Collier Watson, DO practises Orthopedic Surgery in Columbus, Georgia. Qualified in 2010, 16 years ago. Practices with Hughston Clinic PC, a 112-clinician group, works from 4 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Alabama, Georgia and Ohio.

Years since qualifying
16
Licensed in
AL, GA, OH
In the registry since
2010
Specialties on file
4
What do these letters mean?
DO — Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
A fully licensed physician, trained like an MD with additional musculoskeletal training. Equivalent practice rights in all 50 states.

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Practice location Address checks out

6262 Veterans Pkwy
Columbus, GA 31909-3540
Phone: (706) 324-6661
Fax: (706) 494-3201
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Additional practice locations (3)

  • 512 N Shady Ln, Dothan, AL 36303-2991 — (334) 699-5747
  • 2257 Taylor Rd, Montgomery, AL 36117-7790 — (334) 245-6605
  • 117 Oakland Pkwy, Leesburg, GA 31763-7201 — (229) 420-1839

Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207XX0004X · Licence 76102 (GA)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 34.011328 (OH)
Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207XX0004X · Licence DO.1629 (AL)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X

Record details

NPI number1497074876
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials DO
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 24, 2010
Last updated in NPPESNovember 19, 2020
Certification dateNovember 19, 2020

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2010 (16 years in practice)
Group practice Hughston Clinic Pc — 112 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations7 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 1–10 times
Removal of nail tissue 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients465
Services billed 2,855 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Consulting Fee $8,785 3 payments
Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $1,250 1 payment
Food and Beverage $980 18 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Hughston Clinic PC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 112 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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