Benedict Leung, MD
Surgery · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1245522259
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,665 of the $2,188 with a category attached, or 76.1%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 43.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $744 and has fallen 61.1% since, to $289 in 2025.
Across 95 payments — averaging $23.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$948
- Johnson & Johnson$265
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$257
- Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$179
- Intuitive Surgical$127
- Organogenesis Inc.$106
- plus $307 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1507%
- Travel & lodging$37417%
- Food & beverage$1,66576%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 36 | $948 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $265 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 7 | $257 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $179 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 6 | $127 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 6 | $106 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $93 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $31 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| Vertex | 1 | $15 |
| BD | 1 | $14 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- SYNECOR Biomaterial$264
- GATTEX$150
How this compares
$2,188 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,424 surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 64 | $222 |
| Ibuprofen | 49 | $145 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 12 | $71 |
| IbuIbuprofen | 12 | $25 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 16 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Pittsburgh
- Andy KiserPittsburgh$1M
- George EidPittsburgh$619K
- Ariel AballayPittsburgh$198K
- Blair JobePittsburgh$150K
- Philip SchauerPittsburgh$94K
- Abhinav HumarPittsburgh$57K
- Eric HagerPittsburgh$41K
- Matthew NealPittsburgh$34K
- Derek Serna-GallegosPittsburgh$32K
- Kellie CunninghamPittsburgh$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.