Benedetto Palombo
Psychiatric/Mental Health · Charlotte, NCNPI 1255691150
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 866 payments — averaging $774.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$518K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$139K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$13K
- Johnson & Johnson$125
- Masimo Corporation$13
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$41,5626%
- Speaking & faculty fees$535,53580%
- Travel & lodging$77,98412%
- Food & beverage$15,4992%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 591 | $517,749 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 245 | $139,447 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 28 | $13,246 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $125 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $13 |
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.
- INGREZZA$509,607
- Austedo XR$135,766
- REXULTI$12,595
- AUSTEDO$1,697
- INVEGA SUSTENNA$125
How this compares
$670,579 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 947 psychiatric/mental health providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 201 | $1,143,269 |
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 85 | $530,820 |
| Austedo XrDeutetrabenazine | 50 | $305,169 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 106 | $91,972 |
| Invega SustennaPaliperidone Palmitate | 19 | $60,703 |
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 11 | $46,712 |
| Divalproex Sodium | 637 | $30,346 |
| AuvelityDextromethorphan Hbr/Bupropion | 45 | $27,148 |
| Mirtazapine | 402 | $11,296 |
| Olanzapine | 359 | $10,376 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 549 | $9,757 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 460 | $7,771 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 254 | $7,501 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 408 | $7,016 |
| Risperidone | 177 | $4,672 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $517,749 | $1,143,269201 claims |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo, Austedo Xr | $139,447 | $835,989135 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $13,246 | $91,972106 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonInvega Sustenna | $125 | $60,70319 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 947 psychiatric/mental health providers in North Carolina.
Other psychiatric/mental health in Charlotte
- Desiree MatthewsCharlotte$807K
- Carol Cameron MatthewsCharlotte$12K
- Rohan MatthewsCharlotte$8K
- Carli GastleyCharlotte$8K
- Clarence RunnelsCreedmoor$339K
- Lisa SuddrethGastonia$111K
- April NandigamGreensboro$88K
- Hannah NealeyFuquay Varina$75K
- Jessica StoneRocky Mount$63K
- Deborah GranickRaleigh$28K
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.